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Painting

Battle of Bad Axe

Date: 
Description: Painting by Cal Peters depicting the battle of Bad Axe, also known as the Bad Axe massacre, at the Mississippi River on August 2, 1832.
Photograph

Resting at Night on Patrol, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: 26th of July Movement soldiers resting by a stream in Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution. Two soldiers aresleeping on the sandy bank and two sold...
Photograph

Helilift of Corpses

Date: 06 1962
Description: Helilift of corpses after a Viet Cong attack on the village of Vinh Quoi. The corpses are wrapped in sheets and lying atop mats on the ground in a field. S...
Photograph

Helilift of Corpses

Date: 06 1962
Description: In the aftermath of Viet Cong attack on the village of Vinh Quoi, corpses await helilift. The corpses are wrapped in sheets and lying atop woven mats in a ...
Photograph

River Crossing to Outpost

Date: 06 1962
Description: U.S. Army advisor Major M.C. Curley and soldiers crossing a river in the delta region of Vietnam in a small boat to visit an outpost. A large building, a m...
Photograph

Soldiers Inspect Papers

Date: 1962
Description: An American soldier inspects the papers of a Vietnamese man in the countryside along a river. Vietnamese soldiers and a boy are grouped around him.
Photograph

Widening Irrigation Canal

Date: 1962
Description: Three farmers remove large chunks of earth from the side of an irrigation canal in Vietnam to widen it. One man stands with a tool on the bank to dislodge ...
Photograph

Sea Swallow Militia on Canal

Date: 11 1961
Description: Sea Swallows, an anti-communist Vietnamese militia, begin an operation by boats on a canal in the vicinity of Van Dinh, Vietnam. Militia members hold guns ...
Photograph

Army Helicopter over Countryside

Date: 06 1962
Description: Aerial view of old U.S. Army model H-21 helicopter, assigned to help Vietnamese forces fight the Viet Cong in the mountain region of Vietnam. The patchwork...
Photograph

Vietnamese Rangers with Blindfolded Prisoner

Date: 05 1962
Description: Vietnamese Rangers escort a newly captured prisoner suspected of being Viet Cong down a gravel road in the vicinity of Bac Lien, Vietnam. The prisoner has ...
Photograph

International Truck

Date: 1944
Description: Continental Transportation Lines, Inc. operating an International semi-truck (tractor-trailer) on a road with a hazy view of a bridge, a body of water and ...
Historical Object

140 - Joy Camps Military Visitor

Date: 
Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying three photographs. In one a man poses in a white military uniform holding his hat, with a lake and distant shore...
Map or Atlas

A Map of New England, and Nova Scotia: With Part of New York, Canada, and New Britain & the Adjacent islands of New Found Land, Cape Breton &c.

Date: 1758
Description: Map showing lakes, rivers, cities, Native American land, and the boundaries of French and English claims in America and Canada north of New York. A title c...
Map or Atlas

Partie de l'Amérique Septentrionale: Qui Comprend le Cours de l'Ohio, la Nlle. Angleterre, la Nlle York, le New Jersey, la Pensylvanie, le Maryland, la Virginie, la Caroline

Date: 1755
Description: Map of colonial America, showing the lands north of South Carolina and west of the Mississippi River. An inset map of the Carolinas and Georgia sits in the...
Map or Atlas

A Map of New England & Ye Country Adjacent: Extending Northward to Quebec, & Westward to Niagara, on Lake Ontario; Shewing Gen. Shirley and Gen. Johnson's Routs, & Many Places Omitted in Other Maps

Date: 1755
Description: Map of New England, with three inset maps of Fort Oswego, Fort du Quesne, and Fort Frederick. It shows colonies, a few cities, forts (marked as French or E...

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