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| Date: | 12 05 1925 |
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| Description: | A man sits behind the wheel of an International truck parked in front of an old "City Hall" building. There is a cannon displayed on the front lawn. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two men assemble a patriotic display consisting of International machinery, a T-9 Tractractor (crawler tractor), a cannon, coils of barbed wire, signs, and... |
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| Description: | View of John Brown's Fort, built in 1848 and originally constructed for use as a guard and fire engine house for the federal Harpers Ferry Armory in Harper... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | No. 15. Volcano Trading Post and Museum. Building originally erected in 1851. "Old Abe," the famous Civil War cannon, was smuggled into Volcano in a coffin... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Forest Middleton offers a treat to a squirrel, who is sitting on his knee. They are in Capitol Park; Grace Episcopal Church is in the background on the le... |
| Date: | 06 1953 |
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| Description: | Col. Robert K. Haskell (left) receiving the one millionth shell manufactured by the Malleable Iron Range Co. of Beaver Dam in a ceremony at the manufacturi... |
| Date: | 06 1962 |
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| Description: | Alley in Vinh Quoi, Vietnam, after a Viet Cong attack. Empty wooden ammunition boxes are strewn about in front of the charred entryway to a small brick bui... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Motorcycle police at the Badger Ordnance plant in Baraboo, Wisconsin, between 1942 and 1945. These men patrolled the fence line of the plant. One of the gu... |
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| Description: | When we built our house we couldn't afford it, but we built everything the best It's our fortune, and I am so very thankful A rock An ark ... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | A non-exploded bomb is resting on the ground, over which three timbers have been placed. A sign reading "Obus Non Eclate" is on a post next to the bomb, an... |
| Date: | 08 1900 |
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| Description: | Handwritten text on back reads: "Mr. Prescott and Mr. Damon at Old Soldier's Home, Madison, Wisc." The building behind the men appears to actually be the t... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View of the service roll for the Town of Genesee. Local service members' names are listed, and a small cannon is set up below. Next to it is a sign that re... |
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