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| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | The photographer J. Robert Taylor posing outdoors with his motorcycle in front of a large cannon. The cannon is mounted on a low pedestal and is enclosed b... |
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| Description: | A tinted tintype of a Civil War soldier posing with an officer's sword in front of an elaborately painted studio backdrop depicting a tent, an American fla... |
| Date: | 12 05 1925 |
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| Description: | A man sits behind the wheel of an International truck parked in front of an old "City Hall" building. There is a cannon displayed on the front lawn. |
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| Description: | A Pawling and Harnischfeger Company truck, with an artillery gun mounted on the bed, decorated with banners and flags. Two soldiers are standing on the bac... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two men assemble a patriotic display consisting of International machinery, a T-9 Tractractor (crawler tractor), a cannon, coils of barbed wire, signs, and... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Old Abe, the Wisconsin War eagle, is perched outdoors with his wings stretched a little, on a stars and stripes shield near a cannon with a flag in the bac... |
| Date: | 08 08 1950 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Professor Joseph Hirschfelder, University of Wisconsin chemist. He also is project director for the U.W. Naval Research Laboratory, member of t... |
| Date: | 11 24 1942 |
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| Description: | Three female factory workers inspect 40-millimeter artillery shells at International Harvester's West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 07 30 1898 |
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| Description: | A cannon at Soldiers Home adorned with American flags near a sign reading "Keep off the grass." |
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| Description: | View of a home which was once General George Washington's headquarters, with people sitting on benches outside along a sidewalk. There are cannons on the l... |
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| Description: | A view of the house that was General Varnum's headquarters. Two cannons are on the lawn. |
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| Description: | A photograph of a scene from the panoramic painting "Grant's Assault on Vicksburg..." |
| Date: | 07 04 1863 |
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| Description: | The surrender of Confederate troops after the battle of Vicksburg. Watercolor by Private John Gaddis of the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company E. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | "McPherson's Corps in the Afternoon's Assault." A scene from a panoramic painting of Grant's assault on Vicksburg. |
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| Description: | Civil War memorial statue and fountain in a town park with a cannon in the background. Parkgoers relax on the surrounding benches in the shade of trees. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin on the water. Another ship is in the background near the horizon. |
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| Description: | View toward Washington Memorial School. There is a cannon on the right near a stone wall. The school has large, stained glass windows. |
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| Description: | View of John Brown's Fort, built in 1848 and originally constructed for use as a guard and fire engine house for the federal Harpers Ferry Armory in Harper... |
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| Description: | A road curves to the right and in the background is the Star Redoubt, a military structure built by Continental soldiers during the winter encampment of 17... |
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| Description: | A view of Lunette Batteries. Canons stand in a line and United States flags are lined up into the distance. |
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