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| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | "Battle of Chickamauga," an oil painting depicting a dramatic moment in the Battle of Chickamauga, painted by Alfred Thorsen after the lithograph. "Charge ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Soldiers firing rockets from two International M-2-4 launch vehicles during combat operations in Iwo Jima. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "A loaded magazine is mounted on a 20mm cannon in one of the test stands at Hazel Park Firing Range." Frederick Viator is the gunne... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A Civil War cannon captured at the Battle of Shiloh, displayed at Camp Randall near the corner of Randall Street and Dayton Street. A fire station is visib... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a Civil War cannon partially covered with snow at Camp Randall. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Camp Randall Memorial Park cannon with an American flag flying in the background. |
| Date: | 08 1957 |
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| Description: | A group of men from the National Liberation Front (FLN) show an unexploded aerial bomb to Dickey Chapelle, demonstrating NATO involvement in the war. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | The four shirtless men in helmets shown with ammunition are a general and his crew of the 14th infantry in Panama. |
| Date: | 11 22 1970 |
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| Description: | A cannon from the Civil War which stands outside the Camp Randall Memorial Building. It is one of several preserved on the grounds. |
| 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... |
| 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: | 1961 |
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| Description: | No. 15. Volcano Trading Post and Museum. Building originally erected in 1851. "Old Abe," the famous Civil War cannon, was smuggled into Volcano in a coffin... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers set off mortar rounds in Panama. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of M-41 and M-54 cargo vehicles servicing and transporting 155-mm howitzers with 10-gun crews. The trucks belonged to the 73rd Armored Art... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of members of the 73rd Armored Field Artillery using an M-62 wrecker to remove a damaged truck from a field at Fort Hood. The specificatio... |
| Date: | 04 09 1932 |
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| Description: | An International Model C-30 school bus passing through gates in a stone wall. Cannons stand on either side of the gate opening, and there is a plaque about... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Forest Middleton offers a treat to a squirrel, who is sitting on his knee. They are in Capitol Park; Grace Episcopal Church is in the background on the le... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L talking in their arms factory/barrack. There are spray-painted homemade explosive devices on the table and a p... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L manufacturing explosives in a kitchen. The man is pouring a liquid from a small pot into a bundle of metal tube... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of a member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L manufacturing explosive devices. The man is placing metal scrap such as rusty bolts and wash... |
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