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| Date: | 08 22 1964 |
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| Description: | A close-up view of a cedar tree root knuckle, surrounded by grass. This gnarled root was found on Mr. Jack Myers' property on Washington Island. |
| Date: | 08 24 1964 |
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| Description: | View of a forest interior as seen from West Harbor Road. A large variety of vegetation grows within the forest. |
| Date: | 08 22 1964 |
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| Description: | Two men construct an addition to Mr. Jack Myers' house on Washington Island. |
| Date: | 08 20 1964 |
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| Description: | View towards horizon of old boat dock extending into Lake Michigan, as seen from the West Harbor of Washington Island. The dock is surrounded by plants and... |
| Date: | 08 20 1964 |
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| Description: | View of a dark forest with birch trees and stumps in the foreground. The forest is near the west harbor of Washington Island. |
| Date: | 10 18 1964 |
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| Description: | Three outbuildings and a large tree near a country home owned by Mrs. Kay Curtis on Washington Island. |
| Date: | 10 19 1964 |
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| Description: | Cedar tree on shoreline looking out to an old pier over pilings and rocks. There is a building or boathouse on it. This is a former fishing settlement west... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Three dogs near a sandbagged foxhole during the battle of Iwo Jima. A marine is near another dog behind the foxhole. Wooden boxes in the foreground have wr... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Three marines dressed in uniform, carrying packs and holding guns, pull an ammunition cart through the water towards the beach at Iwo Jima. Military boats ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Marines, killed in action, lie on stretchers covered with ponchos on the beach at Iwo Jima. Four marines attend to the dead. Tents, military boats, and an ... |
| Date: | 02 19 1945 |
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| Description: | Marines on the beach and military boats, including an LSM 242, in the water at Iwo Jima. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Private First Class Anthony R. Buzzelli opens an ammunition box with an axe for Marines battling on Iwo Jima. Another man on the right appears to be openin... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Parts of destroyed boats and military equipment on the shoreline of Iwo Jima on D-Day. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Marines dig foxholes into the sand on the beaches of Iwo Jima. The men are surrounded by military equipment, including a crane. An International Diesel cra... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of marines Private Richard Klatt, of North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (left), and Private First Class Wilfred Voegeli, as they set fire to brush ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View down hill towards people near two buildings on a shoreline. Boats are out in the water. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View across rocks toward the Mount Desert Rock granite lighthouse, established in 1830 and automated in 1977, located thirty miles out to sea on a treeless... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A view of the Prudence Island granite lighthouse, established in 1852 and automated in 1972, more commonly known locally as the Sandy Point Lighthouse. The... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of three steamships arriving at Fox's Dock, an island in Lake Erie. People are waiting on the docks. A smaller ship is in the dock area as we... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of tourists arriving on steamship. Many passengers are on the ship and the dock. |
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