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Small Vessels Carry Supplies

Date: 1943
Description: Small fishing vessels carried supplies for troops marching up the coast towards Buna, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Here soldiers lower cases ...
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Indigenous Boys Help Soldiers

Date: 1942
Description: Indigenous men help 32nd Division soldiers from units, originally from Wisconsin, who paddle in collapsible canvas boats to small coastal vessels. The man ...
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Beach Landing

Date: 11 1942
Description: Soldiers land on the beach in New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They use collapsible canvas boats to ferry men and equipment from small coastal ve...
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Canvas Boats Land on Beach

Date: 11 1942
Description: Soldiers land on the beach in New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They use collapsible canvas boats to ferry men and equipment from small coastal ve...
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New Guinea Coast

Date: 1942
Description: View over water towards the New Guinea coast from a boat. A larger boat is on the right and several smaller craft in the center. A pier is on the shoreline...
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Robert Doyle with Two Indigenous Men

Date: 06 1945
Description: Micronesian men, who put thatched roofs on buildings in the western Caroline Islands for United States forces, sit chatting with Robert J. Doyle, The Journ...
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Crossing the Atlantic

Date: 1906
Description: Group of men and woman on the deck of a steamship crossing the Atlantic. Dr. Joseph Smith is seated second from the right and Mary E. Smith is seated thir...
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Scout at Bird Sanctuary

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Description: Man sitting in pale yellow Scout parked at bird sanctuary. Hat and fishing gear are resting on the grass in the foreground, ocean is in the background.
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International Scout on the Dunes

Date: 1968
Description: Three-quarter view from front of passenger side of red International Scout with white Traveltop. Two people are in the front seat. The sides of the Travelt...
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Frederick Layton at Sea

Date: 1891
Description: Frederick Layton standing on deck smoking a cigar while at sea in a Kodak #2 camera portrait by T.W. Ingersoll from St. Paul, Minnesota. The photographer's...
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Layton with Two Women on Deck

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Description: Frederick Layton is posing with Grace Hayman Fowle, his niece, and Grace's mother (the former Grace Dawson) near the rails on the deck of a ship. Behind th...
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Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: Two portraits of President George H.W. Bush. One caption on the reverse reads:"President Bush presides at a meeting of his Cabinet in the White House." The...
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Hoisting a Boat

Date: 1901
Description: Stereograph of two sailors standing in a small boat as it is hoisted aboard the Battleship "Wisconsin." More sailors are in the lower right corner. Caption...
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Havana Bay

Date: 03 1913
Description: View across water towards a two-masted sailboat and a launch plying the waters of Havana Bay. Other boats are tied to the wharf in the background, with bui...
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At the Beach

Date: 1924
Description: Margaret Bouer Brumder is sitting on a log on a beach, with her son Philip beside her. Her other children, Barbara and Herbert Edmund are standing behind t...
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W.A. Holt and Alfred Holt on the Beach

Date: 07 02 1920
Description: Alfred Holt is standing on the beach, carrying several boxes under his arm. To his right is his father W.A. Holt. A group of eight women are sitting on the...
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Wisconsin Pioneers on Board the St. Mihiel

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of men, women and children ready to disembark ship. Original caption reads: "Determination to make good is written on the faces of the Wiscon...
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Biological Laboratory at Signy Island

Date: 1965
Description: Elevated view of the Biological Laboratory in Antarctica.

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