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Drawing

Gunboat on Ohio River

Date: 03 13 1862
Description: View down railroad tracks of the gunboat "Cinncinati" guarding Union approaches to Cairo on the Ohio River.
Drawing

Ferry "New Era"

Date: 
Description: "Ferry 'New Era' being transformed into a gunboat at St. Louis." Drawing includes workers building with lumber.
Drawing

Hamburg Landing

Date: 
Description: Preliminary sketch of Hamburg Landing. Men are carrying items on land. There is a line of boats docked at the rivers edge.
Print

"Capture of Fort Fisher"

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Description: "Capture of Fort Fisher." A color lithograph published by L. Prang & Co., Boston.
Photograph

Steamship "Thomas Powell"

Date: 1863
Description: View from shoreline of the side-wheel steamship "Thomas Powell," probably in southern waters. Industrial buildings are in the background.
Book or Pamphlet

The Gun Boat Fleet

Date: 04 05 1862
Description: Engraved illustration for the story titled: "The Fight at Island No. 10". The view from the deck of a boat looks out at the approaching gun boats coming do...
Photograph

Island Jetty Dock

Date: 10 26 1943
Description: A warship moored at the Island Jetty Dock on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A palm tree is silhouetted o...
Photograph

Trucks and Jeeps at Saidor Landing

Date: 01 02 1944
Description: At 8:30 am, military vehicles pour off of the LST (Landing Ship, Tank) and along the beach at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Doyle's ca...
Photograph

View of Saidor from Ship

Date: 01 02 1944
Description: Robert Doyle's caption that ran with this photograph: "Here is a general view of the beachhead at Saidor seized by the Red Arrow task force. Several ships ...
Photograph

Port Moresby Harbor

Date: 02 05 1944
Description: General view of Port Moresby Harbor from road, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A jeep is on the road on the left. Several soldiers are near a sh...

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