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Abraham Lincoln Brigade

Date: 1937
Description: Five Wisconsin men who fought in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. This was in Albacete, Spain. From left to right standing are: Fred P...
Photograph

Killing of Registre Gagnier

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the Winnebago attack on the Gagnier homestead in 1827 and the killing of Registre Gagnier. The homestead w...
Drawing

Captain Augustus Quarles

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Captain Augustus Quarles of Southport (now Kenosha) who served in an Illinois Regiment during the Mexican War.
Photograph

Battle of Jarama

Date: 03 1937
Description: Men in a trench holding rifles.
Print

Poor Old Simple Virginia

Date: 1860
Description: An old woman, stooped over and holding a cane, has Union soldiers ("NORTH" on the left) and Confederate soldiers ("SOUTH" on the right) climbing ladders to...
Photograph

Vietnamese Woman with Children Surrounded by Soldiers

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Description: A woman is placing a baby in a basket held by a little boy. Behind her, a man lies prone holding another child, while two soldiers walk towards a house in ...
Photograph

Schwartzkopf Conference

Date: 1991
Description: Congressman David Obey was part of a delegation that visited the Middle East during the Persian Gulf War. This photograph was taken following a briefing by...
Photograph

Colonel Jeremiah Austill

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Col. Jeremiah Austill of Alabama as an older man. Austill fought in the Creek War in Alabama and Georgia, from 1813-14. After ...
Photograph

Captain Joseph Dickson

Date: 1850
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Captain Joseph Dickson, waist-up, facing front and slightly towards the right. Dickson fought in the Black Hawk War in 1832.
Photograph

Vietnam Veteran

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Description: A candid portrait of a Vietnam veteran with a moustache, wearing a headband with a flower tucked in it, and a Vietnam Veterans Against the War button. He i...
Photograph

Kaltenborn Interviewing a Commander During the Spanish Civil War

Date: 1936
Description: Hans V. Kaltenborn, wearing a helmet, interviews one of Generalissimo Franco's commanders during the siege of Madrid. They are surrounded by young soldiers...
Photograph

"Helen of Troy" Film Still

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Description: A large group of men are pulling the wooden Trojan horse through a large gate, and into the city of Troy, as people cheer in a scene from the film Helen of...
Poster

The Greatest Mother in the World

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a monumental woman cradling a wounded man. She is wearing a Red Cross hat, and the Red Cross insignia behind her on the...
Poster

Which of the Men You know is a German Agent?

Date: 1918
Description: Across the top of the poster are portrait images of seven men. The poster is a blown up page from "The Journal." This particular article is about watching ...
Poster

Left Behind In Serbia

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a woman standing and holding a baby. Below the woman is another child and three other people. Text reads: "Left Behind In Serbia. Send Mon...
Poster

Keep 'em going!

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Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a Prussian leader looking back in fear at a large locomotive, with a US seal on the front, heading towards him. Text re...
Poster

All Slackers to the Front!

Date: 1917
Description: Hand-drawn poster. At the bottom is a soldier with a pack and a rifle on his back, carrying a US flag, embracing a woman. At the top is a general with the ...
Photograph

Martin Wolke

Date: 1985
Description: A man is standing and posing outdoors. He is wearing a small pin that reads "Stop the Bombing in El Salvador CISPES." Caption reads: "Martin Wolke, organiz...
Poster

Los Combatientes

Date: 1936
Description: Illustration of a man wearing a helmet and a weapon, and wearing winter clothing covering the bottom half of his face. Text reads: "Los Combatientes Necesi...
Poster

La Obra Del Fascismo

Date: 1936
Description: Poster with images and text. A symbol near top right reads: "SO Corro Rojo Internacional Comite E Je Cutivo." Text reads: "Destruccion. — Hogares deschecho...

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