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Poster

McCormick "Battle of Shiloh" Advertising Poster

Date: 1885
Description: Chromolithograph advertising poster produced for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company showing a McCormick binder stored in a shed in the middle of the ...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1732

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Pike Leading from Cemetery Hill,...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1733

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Woodruff's Battery on the Right ...
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Men in Wagons by Post Office

Date: 1873
Description: Men in wagons posed in front of a rural post office. They brandish guns, whiskey bottles and possibly a harmonica with humorous intent.
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Men Outside of Post Office

Date: 1873
Description: Men with guns and dogs and wagons in front of a rural post office. Some men have assumed exaggerated poses, probably for humorous effect.
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Military Convoy

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Description: Soldiers pose in front of a military convoy.
Magazine or Periodical

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1870
Description: Magazine illustration of the home, titled: "Soldiers' National Asylum at Milwaukee, Wisconsin". The building is in the background, and in the foreground ar...
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Jarius Fairchild House

Date: 1918
Description: The Jarius (and his son Lucius) Fairchild home (demolished), 302 Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) at West Wilson Street. A woman is sta...
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4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 28 1918
Description: Soldiers parade with guns bearing American flags past Schuette Brothers clothing store at the corner of S. 8th and Jay Streets as spectators look on. There...
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M-139 Transporting Bridge-Building Unit

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of an M-139 truck transporting members of a bridge-building unit and construction materials to the bank of a river in a wooded area. The s...
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International C-30 School Bus

Date: 04 09 1932
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...
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Inner Line Drive

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Description: View of Inner Line Drive at Gulph Road. Canons line the left side of the road and a reconstructed cabin stands on the right.
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Trainees at Outdoor Lecture

Date: 1942
Description: Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School trainees gathered for an outdoor lecture. The men are all wearing helmets and fatigues, with some carrying submachine gu...
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Law Enforcement Officers with Protest Signs

Date: 1964
Description: A group of law enforcement officers stand in the street near a vehicle labeled "Police Department" on the side. In the foreground on the left a police offi...
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Law Enforcement Officers with Protest Signs

Date: 1964
Description: A group of law enforcement officers wearing helmets hold rolled up paper, probably signs confiscated from demonstrators during a Freedom Summer protest out...
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Wisconsin Soldier Carries a Heavy Load

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Private First Class Carl Krejci of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, carries a heavy load as he leaves on patrol from camp in Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papu...
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Caterpillar Holt G-9 Tank

Date: 1917
Description: Prototype of a G-9 Caterpillar tank during a demonstration for members of the United States Army at the Los Angeles River. Two men stand on the left.
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Missile-Launch Cell on Cargostar

Date: 1970
Description: COF-1810A Cargostar with Missile-Launch Cell. A group of men are in the cab of the Cargostar which is traveling along a road. In the background are industr...
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Austrian Ammunition Column on the Move

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian ammunition column on the march in Poland during World War I.
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Unloading Ammunition the Front

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian soldiers are unloading heavy artillery ammunition from the back of a truck in Galicia.

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