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Henry Clay Taylor

Date: 1862
Description: Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Henry Clay Taylor (1838-1864), 21st Wisconsin Infantry, Company A, wearing a Union soldier's uniform. Henry was a bookke...
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Civil War "First Battle of Bull Run"

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Description: Steel engraving of the first major battle of the Civil War, fought in Virginia, near the Manassas, Virginia, railway junction, after which the battle is ca...
Print

"The Red Package" Cover

Date: 1947
Description: Anti-communist brochure, copyright by Harry T. Everingham, Chicago, Illinois, in 1947. The text asks "Why not try Communism?" and replies "The answer is y...
Photograph

The Late Major J.W. Powell

Date: 1902
Description: Waist-up studio portrait, with accompanying obituary entry, of Major John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), American soldier, explorer, and geologist. Best known ...
Photograph

Manning Ferguson Force, Army Commander

Date: 1865
Description: Reproduction of a carte-de-visite portrait of Manning Ferguson Force (1824-1899), U.S. Army Commander. Force led the 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Un...
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Military Parade on Main Street

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Description: Crowds of individuals assembled on the sides of the street to watch parading soldiers, and Native Americans riding horses. Looking east on Main Street from...
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Military Parade

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Description: A small crowd watches as parading soldiers march down the street.
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Soldiers Departing for War

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Description: USS "Mt. Vernon" with soldiers aboard departing to fight in World War II.
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Joseph McCarthy During World War II

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Description: Candid portrait of Joe McCarthy wearing a pith helmet during World War II.
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Battle of Jarama

Date: 03 1937
Description: Men in a trench holding rifles.
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First Attempt to Enter Central High School by the Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: First attempt of the Little Rock Nine to enter Central High School. They were denied entrance by the Arkansas National Guard who had been called up by Gove...
Photograph

Highlander Folk School Main Building

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Description: Picture from the beginning of Highlander Folk School, in front of main office before addition was added. From left to right: Delmus Horton (brother of Myl...
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Erik Nelson Basness

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Description: Head and shoulders oval studio portrait of Erik N. Basness [as written on published Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 [Vol. 1...
Photograph

John Henry Johnson

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of John Henry Johnson, a sergeant in Company G, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the...
Photograph

Civil War Memorial

Date: 1950
Description: Milwaukee Court of Honor, in front of the Public Library. View from below of the statue "The Victorious Charge" with four figures.
Photograph

Carl Tjorbjornsen

Date: 1862
Description: A seated studio portrait of Carl Tjorbjornsen [as written on the photograph backing and Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20; also written as Carl Torbjorson publi...
Photograph

Albert Emmonson

Date: 1862
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Albert Emmerson, a sergeant in Company C, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform and holding a revolver across his chest. The ...
Poster

Front National de Liberté Poster

Date: 1970
Description: Graphic poster announcing an event for the Front National de Liberté (National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam). Poster depicts a Southern Vietna...
Photograph

SDS March Againt Racist Unemployment Poster

Date: 1971
Description: Poster for a Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) march against racist unemployment, taking place March 20, 1971, in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento, C...
Postcard

Kosciuszko Monument

Date: 1910
Description: Statue of soldier holding a sword, seated on a horse, erected in 1905. The statue stands on an engraved plinth. Caption reads: "Kosciuszko Monument, Kosciu...

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