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Death to Traitors

Date: 1860
Description: The letters to the words "DEATH TO TRAITORS" are made up of soldiers, Confederate flags, gallows, a hanged man and guns. A military camp is visible in the ...
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The Bursting of the Secession Bubbles

Date: 1860
Description: Jefferson Davis, seated on the floor, is blowing bubbles and General Winfield Scott, standing, is bursting them with his sword. The soap dish on a table in...
Manuscript

Gettysburg Battle Field Memorial Association

Date: 1895
Description: Certificate appointing Lucius Fairchild as the director of the Gettysburg Battle Field Memorial Association. The certificate is decorated with oval portrai...
Photograph

Arthur MacArthur, Jr.

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Major General Arthur MacArthur in profile, wearing a military uniform and holding a sword, and a hat.
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International Harvester Maintenance Battalion Poster

Date: 1942
Description: Advertising proof illustrating International Harvester's contribution to the war effort through the forming of maintenance battalions to service Internatio...
Book or Pamphlet

Battle of Hoke’s Run

Date: 07 27 1861
Description: The caption with the image states, "Battle of Hoke's Run-Col. Starkweather with his Wisconsin Regiment deploying as skirmishers." The Battle of Hoke's Run ...
Book or Pamphlet

Iowa Regiment at Fort Donelson

Date: 03 15 1862
Description: Engraved Illustration for the story titled: "The Fight at Fort Donelson". The illustration shows the Second Iowa Volunteers regiment attacking Confederate ...
Photograph

Bomb Throwers

Date: 05 09 1939
Description: Italian gas bomb throwers, wearing their gas masks, riding in a truck during a parade for the anniversary of the founding of the Italian Empire in Rome. Th...
Photograph

M-41 and M-54 Cargo Vehicles

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of M-41 and M-54 cargo vehicles servicing and transporting 155-mm howitzers with 10-gun crews. The trucks belonged to the 73rd Armored Art...
Photograph

M-62 Wrecker Moving Truck

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of members of the 73rd Armored Field Artillery using an M-62 wrecker to remove a damaged truck from a field at Fort Hood. The specificatio...
Photograph

M-139 Transporting Bridge-Building Unit

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of an M-139 truck transporting members of a bridge-building unit and construction materials to the bank of a river in a wooded area. The s...
Painting

Civil War Soldier on the Ground with Rifle

Date: 1886
Description: Oil painting of a Confederate Civil War soldier on the ground holding a rifle, created as a preliminary study for the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg...
Photograph

Second Harvester Maintenance Battalion at Camp Perry

Date: 09 1942
Description: Group of Army recruits in formation. Original caption reads: "The 609th Ordnance Base Armament Maintenance Battalion, recruited from IH operations... pictu...
Photograph

Three Civil War Soldiers - Anaglyph

Date: 1863
Description: Stereograph of three U.S. Army soldiers in front of tents in camp under a framework of branches.
Photograph

Mock Artillery Battery - Anaglyph

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Description: Stereograph of a mock battery erected by the 79h New York Volunteer Artillery at Seabrook Point, Coosaw River.
Photograph

Soldier and Civilian

Date: 09 1951
Description: A British soldier or police officer and a civilian on the bridge between the British area of Hong Kong and Communist China.
Photograph

Rifle Inspection

Date: 1942
Description: Lieutenant Colonel Van Syckle inspects the rifle of soldier Morris J. Fortin, formerly an employee of International Harvester's Salina branch.
Photograph

Peter Hansen

Date: 
Description: Waist-up seated oval studio portrait of Peter Hanson, a private in Company A, 15th Wisconsin infantry, wearing his uniform. He is holding his musket across...
Photograph

Anders G. Urness

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Description: Waist-up oval studio portrait of Anders G. Urness [as written on portrait backing; also written as Anders G. Urnces on the published Roster of Wisconsin Vo...
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Merry Christmas

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a soldier in a tan uniform reading a book with a little girl. The cover of the book says "FRENCH." She has a blonde ponytail with a blue ...

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