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| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A three inch trench mortar entrenchment, surrounded by piles of logs and barbed wire fence going beyond the log fortification into a forested area. Two sol... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The headquarters and blockhouse of the Unites States Artillery on the Dvina River, showing five uniformed men standing outdoors, and an artillery piece par... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A timber constructed blockhouse housing crates of what is possibly artillery shells. The fortification is camouflaged with branches and fallen trees fasten... |
| Date: | 1986 |
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| Description: | Three people standing in a field watching a missile replacement (large trailer lifted at an angle behind a barbed wire fence) at an Mx installation. Near t... |
| Date: | 06 1986 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of construction of underground launch control facility. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Handwritten caption reads: "Sole Survivors, Class of 1866. U.S. Military Academy. Fiftieth Anniversary of Graduation." Twelve men are lined up in two rows ... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of seven men helping to push a 155mm cannon up a hill while trying to get it unstuck. Captioned: "A '155' (6-inch) stuck in the mud ... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | The breech of a cannon is in the foreground on a muddy road, and buildings are on a low hill in the background. Captioned: "The breech of a field gun lying... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | A church with a hole in the wall. Captioned: "The hole made by a Boche shell entering the Dombasle church. It exploded inside and left little except ruins.... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | A non-exploded bomb is resting on the ground, over which three timbers have been placed. A sign reading "Obus Non Eclate" is on a post next to the bomb, an... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Group of men standing by a camouflaged gun base. Caption reads: "Famous French "75." Notice the empty shell, the loaded shells leaning against the sand-bag... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Forest Middleton, in his U.S. Navy dress blues uniform, posing on the lawn of the 1758 Old Barracks in Trenton, New Jersey. On the right is a two and one h... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Front side of a double-sided poster, showing through photographs the resources purchased using Liberty Bonds. Poster text reads: "Where the Money Goes. A 1... |
| Date: | 01 28 1862 |
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| Description: | Letterhead depicting a scene in the Battle of Big Bethel, in which Lieutenant John T. Greble refused to pull back, as he continued to fire his last cannon.... |
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| Description: | Gisholt 52" vertical boring mill. The machine has a turret head on the left hand side and "an attachment for crowning pulleys or fly wheels, capable of fin... |
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| Description: | Standard type of Gisholt Vertical Boring and Turning Mills manufactured as 52, 60, 64, and 72 inches. Gisholt was the first company to specialize in heavy ... |
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| Description: | Gisholt 22" Turret Lathe. The metal stamp states: "American Turret Lathe Mfg. Co. Patented December 26, 1899. Semi-Automatic. Warren, PA." The Pennsylvania... |
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| Description: | Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe. The metal stamp states: "Gisholt Machine Co. Madison, Wis., U.S.A." Gisholt was the first company to specialize in heavy typ... |
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| Description: | Standard Turret Lathe, "Conradson," by American Turret Lathe Company in Wilmington, Delaware, "Patented December 26, 1899." Gisholt was the first company t... |
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