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Damaged Jeep

Date: 12 23
Description: Damaged Jeep parked outdoors. The Jeep was driven by William Rigney when he struck and killed John Milen near the White Manor Tavern, 2201 N. Sherman Avenu...
Photograph

Lewis Arms on an Airplane

Date: 1962
Description: Lewis Arms is sitting on an airplane as he and other soldiers travel to Fort Knox.
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Advanced Dressing Station

Date: 09 01 1918
Description: Soldiers adorning the grave of a fallen comrade at the advanced dressing station, the farthest point to which ambulances would travel. A sign on an ambulan...
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Truck Frame for Army Use

Date: 06 03 1918
Description: A truck frame for army use is set up on blocks in the yard at McCormick Works. The frame would be covered with a tarp. Railroad tracks and stacks of lumber...
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Truck Frame for Army Use

Date: 06 03 1918
Description: A truck frame for army use is set up on blocks in the yard at McCormick Works. The frame would be covered with a tarp. In the background are railroad track...
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Ambulance on Bad Road

Date: 12 08 1918
Description: Soldiers looking at ambulance 4, 128th Ambulance Co. stuck on the worst hill on the road to the Rhine. 32nd Division between Buchel and Kaisersesck, German...
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Road Behind the Yankee Line

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of the road behind the U.S. line of advance into Saint-Mihiel, jammed with troops and supplies.
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Downed German Plane

Date: 10 04 1918
Description: German plane shot down between Montfaucon and Cierges, France.
Photograph

Troops on Transport Arriving in France

Date: 1918
Description: View looking up towards men of the 32nd Division aboard the steamship Leviathan arriving at Brest, France.
Poster

Anti El Salvador War Poster

Date: 
Description: Poster opposing military aid to the government of El Salvador featuring an illustration of silhouetted helicopters spraying red gas towards two people in s...
Poster

Where the Money Goes [Front]

Date: 1917
Description: Front side of a double-sided poster, showing through photographs the resources purchased using Liberty Bonds. Poster text reads: "Where the Money Goes. A 1...
Poster

Roll of Honor. Service in the World War Roster

Date: 1917
Description: Honor roll for the members of Company K, 345th Infantry. Includes a bald eagle flanked by flags, and reproductions of postcard images. These are titled "Re...
Poster

Soldier's Memorial, The War of 1917

Date: 1918
Description: Memorial poster for the members of Company F, Third Wisconsin, 128th Infantry, 32nd Division. Text reads: "Company F [Third Wisconsin], 128th Infantry, 32n...
Poster

Giant Artillery Tractor Used By U.S. Marines

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of a Marine corpsman peeking out from behind an artillery tractor. Poster text reads: "Giant Artillery Tractor Used by U.S. M...
Photograph

John MacVane

Date: 1945
Description: John MacVane (left) standing and talking with another man on the deck of the "USS Missouri" in the Panama Canal.
Photograph

Police Armored Vehicle

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Close-up of a Lenco armored vehicle parked outside the Donald Trump rally.
Photograph

140 m/m Gun

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Four men posing with a large gun on the deck of a ship. Caption reads: "140 m/m gun on stern of French liner 'Rochambeau' on which I returned to America. (...
Map or Atlas

A New Map of North America

Date: 1780
Description: Detailed map of America east of the Louisiana region. It shows forts, cities, borders and boundary lines, Native American land, the post road, mountains, w...
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...
Photograph

World War I Ambulance Company

Date: 1917
Description: Panoramic group portrait of the Wisconsin National Guard Ambulance Company No. 1 at Camp Douglas, together with its ambulances and motorcycles with sidecar...

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