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Wisconsin Heavy Artillery at Fort Sherman

Date: 1864
Description: Elevated view of Battery C, 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Heavy Artillery at Fort Sherman, shown here after the battles of Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain....
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Union Army Officers in the Field

Date: 1863
Description: Union army officers. From left are: General U.S. Grant, General Rawlins, General Webster, Colonel Lagow, and Colonel Killyer take a break.
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Horlick Mountains, Antarctica

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Description: Unidentified explorer standing in field of snow with the Horlick Mountains of Antarctica in the background. The Horlick Mountains were named by Admiral Ric...
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Officers of the Twenty-First Wisconsin Infantry

Date: 1863
Description: The Twenty-First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry posing on Lookout Mountain. From right to left: Fred W. Borcherdt of Manitowoc, Wisconsin; acting Adjutant Co...
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Call of the Open Road

Date: 1922
Description: Front and back cover of the Call of the Open Road, an annual publication of the Milwaukee Journal Tour Department based on its regular columns of mo...
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Portrait of Rabbi Mayer Relles in Swiss Refugee Camp

Date: 06 1944
Description: Portrait of Holocaust survivor Rabbi Mayer Relles during the time he worked in a refugee camp; Rabius, Switzerland.
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P&H 25-Ton Type "N" Bridge Crane

Date: 07 19 1917
Description: Elevated view of Pawling & Harnischfeger 25-ton type "N" bridge with a 5-ton type "A" trolley and a standard bottom block, equipped for exterior use. There...
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Ice Breakup

Date: 1905
Description: Two men stand near giant chunks of snowy ice which is breaking up on the Yukon River, outside of Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada.
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Cars on Dirt Road to Town

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Description: Elevated view of two cars on a dirt road heading downhill. A town is in the valley below, and mountains are in the distance.
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Three Men in Rowboat

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Description: View across water toward three men in a rowboat on a river in a mountain gorge.
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Fort Union

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Description: An illustrated view of Fort Union (on the North Dakota-Montana boundary), with an Indian encampment.
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Perrine's Ranch

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Description: View of Perrine's Ranch, located in the vicinity of Twin Falls. A man is crossing a stream filled with large rock boulders. The ranch is on the left side o...
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Relaxing in the Adirondacks

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Description: A man and woman relaxing in the Adirondack Mountains in New York State. The woman is holding a cat, and a dog is curled up near her feet.
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Teams of Horses

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Description: Many teams of horses placing machinery on Palmer Mountain, climbing to 4,291 feet above sea level. Caption reads: "Placing Machinery on Palmer Mountain, Lo...
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Two Men on Top of Stagecoach

Date: 1910
Description: A rear view of two men atop a stagecoach as it winds through the Twin Falls, Idaho, home of the Snake River Canyon. A waterfall is in the background on the...
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Landing Field

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Description: View from inside doorway of a hangar toward a man near an airplane at the landing field of an aerial mail station. Hills or mountains are in the distance.
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Mount Lowe Railway's Cable Car

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Description: The cable car on Mount Lowe Railway, existing from 1893-1938, climbing a steep incline in California. Mount Lowe is known for being the only scenic mountai...
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Mountain Home

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Description: Group portrait of a man, a woman and seven children standing in front of a log cabin. The caption reads: "A Typical Mountain Home in Kentucky."
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Handcar on a Mountain Railroad Track

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Description: Two men pumping handcar on White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad. This railroad served the needs of Yukon's population as well as its mining industry since 18...
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Loading Hay

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Description: Agricultural workers are loading hay onto a wagon pulled by two horses in the vicinity of Carbondale or Elk Hill. A man sits in a horse-drawn carriage near...

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