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| Date: | 06 19 1912 |
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| Description: | A group of people posing in front of the Camp Randall Memorial Arch during its dedication. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Fort Howard Hospital Marker. "Hospital of old Fort Howard - 1816. This building formerly stood with the surgeons quarters and the powder magazine on the ri... |
| Date: | 08 1931 |
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| Description: | The Beaumont memorial marker on the site of Fort Crawford. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Ruins of the commissary warehouse at Fort Winnebago, about 1898. Fort Winnebago was closed in 1845 and the land and buildings sold. Today, only the Surgeon... |
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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... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Block House, built in 1880, at the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. The United States flag waves on a pole atop the Block House.... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the block house with a steep exposed ceiling. A man is siting in a chair, and United States flags adorn the columns and a framed image on ... |
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| Description: | A view of Fort Moultrie from across a body of water. A doorway leads into the fort, and to the left a sign reads, "Cable Crossing Do Not Anchor." Past the ... |
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| Description: | A view of a group of men on horseback during a cavalry inspection at Fort Assinniboine, built in 1879. One soldier holds a flag, and behind the formation s... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | This 1867 manuscript map by Increase Lapham shows the topography and geology of the Blue Mounds region in the Town of Brigham in Iowa County and the towns ... |
| Date: | 10 29 1944 |
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| Description: | A German warning sign nailed to a tree trunk. Just beyond the sign are dragon's teeth, concrete pyramids put in to stop tanks, on the Siegfried Line, a lin... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Painting of Fort Hamilton propped outdoors on a woodpile. An oval inset painting at the top commemorates is titled: "Col. Hamilton Leaving For The Gold Fie... |
| Date: | 12 1958 |
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| Description: | A soldier in Castro's forces at the battle for the village of LaMaya, Cuba. He is firing from a position known as "The Hole." |
| Date: | 1846 |
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| Description: | This map shows the plotting of the various townships in Wisconsin, both those that had been surveyed and some outlines for those which have not. A note in ... |
| Date: | 05 08 1927 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing by a sign, near a fence, marking the former location of Fort Antoine. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View of a post tower at Fort Snelling. A tree partially obscures the tower. Flags are arrayed on the battlements and the number "1820" (the year fort const... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A horizontal view of the palisade between old Fort Crawford and the military hospital. The number "30" has been placed in the trench on the left. |
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| Description: | A vertical view of the palisade between old Fort Crawford and the military hospital. The number "30" is in the right trench. |
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