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| Description: | View of a ship in the spring on the edge of the ice five miles off Nome. On shore, sleds and sled dogs are in the foreground. Caption reads: "The first boa... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Map showing location of Indian reservations in the United States and population figures. |
| Date: | 10 22 1943 |
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| Description: | View across water of Mushu Island in the distance. There is a ship in the foreground, an airplane above, and the appearance of explosions in the water. |
| Date: | 11 13 1942 |
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| Description: | Headquarters of the 32nd American Division, on the beach at Pongani, northeast New Guinea. |
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| Description: | Panoramic collotype of Havana, Cuba harbor. Numerous boats are visible. Sky appears to have been masked out before printing. |
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| Description: | USS "Mt. Vernon" with soldiers aboard departing to fight in World War II. |
| Date: | 1784 |
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| Description: | Map of The United States of America according to the Treaty of Peace of 1784. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Reginald Jackson, Jr., posed at the beach wearing a sailor suit and hat. The photograph was probably taken during a family vacation to the Biloxi area. J... |
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| Description: | View from the USS Wisconsin making contact with two destroyers at sea. The ships are transferring fuel. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of grid-plotted farm fields with a few cows grazing. The ocean is visible in the background. |
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| Description: | View across shrubs toward a stone historical marker dedicated to Champlain, a Canadian explorer. The marker overlooks the ocean, and a sailboat is visible ... |
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| Description: | View of the beach in front of the Hotel Clarendon, featuring swimmers, benches, and shade-structures made with palm leaves. |
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| Description: | View of the Bonnet Shores Club atop a cliff overlooking the ocean. |
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| Description: | View across water toward the shore. People are rowing a boat in the foreground, and people are standing on a rock near the shore. In the background are hou... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an oceanfront residence, featuring a modern flat-roofed structure. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of golf links featuring Squaw Island in the distance. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A view of a shoreline. Caption reads: "Part of the homestead plat and waterfront. Prudence Island." Along the left is a rock wall, and a house in the dista... |
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| Description: | View of part of an old boat frame, presumably from a shipwreck at Point Judith. A group of people are sitting and standing near the frame of the boat on th... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View along top of rocky cliff toward a home on the right overlooking the ocean, with a large building further down the curving shoreline in the distance. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of Anemone Cave and crashing waves, surrounded by coastal rock formations. |
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