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Coolidge Point and Kettle Island

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Description: View of Kettle Island as seen from Coolidge Point. A residence stands among trees on Coolidge Point.
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Homes Along the Coast

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Description: Homes stand along the coast near cliffs on Block Island.
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Beach Dunes Looking North

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Description: View from beach dunes looking north. View features many plants on sand dunes in the forefront, and people on a sandy beach, many dwellings, and a flag in t...
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Bernegat Lighthouse

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Description: Barnegat Lighthouse was built in 1854 by the U.S. government. Oil-powered lights were originally installed in 1856 but were replaced by electric lights in ...
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The Beach

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Description: People wearing bathing suits swim in the ocean and lie on the beach.
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Rocky Coast of Bermuda

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Description: Elevated view toward a dwelling that overlooks a steep rocky shoreline over the ocean below. Several people walk along the sand.
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Bathing Beach in Bermuda

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Description: Elevated view of Bermuda shoreline. Several dwellings stand on top of the island and people swim in the ocean on the beaches below.
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First Wharf

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Description: View of First Wharf from the Bering Sea. A railroad bridge leads to the shoreline.
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High Tide in Nome, Alaska

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Description: A view of the city at high tide. Text on the photograph reads, "Nome. For Five Months in the Year Nome Can Be Reached by Steamship. Its Distance From Sea...
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Dutch Canning Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of The Dutch Canning Company of Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, "Packers of Fancy Corn Peas and Beans," with a boy and girl in traditional clothing and ...
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Contrasting Tans on Buster Island

Date: 02 20 1945
Description: The caption in the Milwaukee Journal, says it best, "From the far-off Pacific (somewhere on Kwajalein), the picture of Ensign Ray Hanson and Robert ...
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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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Group Portrait of War Correspondents in Guam

Date: 04 1945
Description: A group of war correspondents, soldiers and officers pose outdoors on the sand in front of palm trees for a portrait in Guam. Many are holding a beverage a...
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View of Troitsky Prospect in the City of Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of Troitsky prospect in Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia, looking south, showing homes, churches, state buildings, as well as the statue of Pe...
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Table Mountain

Date: 1910
Description: View of Table Mountain and beach from Milnerton, South Africa. People are walking on the beach.
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William and Alma at Portofino

Date: 02 22 1930
Description: William Conrad Seipp, Jr., left, and his daughter Melita, far right, pose with Alma Schmidt Petersen and her son Conrad at an overlook above Portofino Bay....
Poster

Four U.S. Marine Corpsmen with a U.S. Flag, Marine Corps Flag

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of four Marine corpsmen on a beach, with one Marine holding an American flag and another Marine a Marines flag. The other ...
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U.S. Marines

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of two marine corpsmen on a shoreline. One Marine is standing and signaling with a signal flag to two battleships just off...
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U.S. Marines. “Soldiers of the Sea”

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of four Marine corpsmen running across a grassy beach. Two battleships are just off the shore in the background. Poster te...

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