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| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in a boxing ring. Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS," underneath reads "3RD ROU... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Winfield Scott and William Seward stand in the boxing ring in which Lincoln fought Davis. Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A Union sailor and King Neptune stand inside a sea shell that is floating on the ocean. Between them appears a decorative circle with the Union Armada in i... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Jefferson Davis seated backwards on a flying goose. He is wearing a military uniform and holds up a sword. The caption and verse below reads: "JEFF SOUND... |
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| Description: | View of a room filled with portraits and relics from the Civil War. A piano is placed below a window across the room, and the walls are lined with framed p... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A rare "risque" (for the time) design. A row of soldiers look away from their officer at a young lady as she lifts her skirts to step over a puddle, exposi... |
| Date: | 05 30 1952 |
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| Description: | Two members of the Oregon Veterans of Foreign Wars drill team and some of the crowd gathered at Forest Hill Cemetery during services to dedicate a marble m... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Two Union soldiers and a Zouave raise their weapons and wave a Union flag. They are standing on dead Confederate soldiers and the Confederate flag. A man ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Union General George McClellan seated on a rearing horse. His saber is drawn and held over his head. A military camp appears in the background. Black ink o... |
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| Description: | Print made after John Trumball's painting, "Surrender of General Burgoyne," completed in 1822. The piece depicts General Horatio Gates in the center and G... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A youthful looking Zouave soldier has a knife in his right hand and the Union flag in his left. A battlefield with explosions is behind him. The verse bel... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | On the left, an officer in uniform, putting on his gloves in preparation for battle and on the right, a tiny image of the same officer running away. He has... |
| Date: | 02 1945 |
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| Description: | Wounded men are laying in a foxhole in Iwo Jima waiting to be moved to another location. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers set off mortar rounds in Panama. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A two-man crew mans a .30mm machine gun in Panama. The men are wearing fatigues. There are trees in the background and plants in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers huddle behind a 30mm machine gun. Part of a series of images made by Chapelle during World War II in the Pacific Ocean region, including image... |
| Date: | 07 1942 |
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| Description: | A patrol officer from the 14th Infantry, based in Fort Davis, Panama, follows his compass through the jungle. The patrol officer has a small cigarette in o... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Five soldiers wearing Zouave uniforms gymnastically form a gallows, one soldier acts as a crossbeam, from which hangs a Secessionist holding the Confederat... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Jefferson Davis and six sailors sail in a tea cup. A pirate flag flies overhead. One sailor is in the "crow's nest." Another is using a paddle. Three sailo... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A knight mounted on a horse is wearing the Union shield as he battles a dragon with a sword. The dragon has the word "SECESSION" on its side. Black ink on ... |
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