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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...
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Supply Wagon

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Description: Supply wagons, passing by the Siegesallee, heading for the war zone.
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Supply Wagons

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Description: Supply wagons, passing by the Siegesallee, heading for the war zone.
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Corsage Pinned to Soldier

Date: 1915
Description: Woman pinning corsage on the lapel of a wounded Austrian soldier.
Photograph

Pleasant Plains Memorial

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Description: The Pleasant Plains Memorial statue honoring the soldiers from the fifth ward who fought in World War II. The bronze statue of a woman holding a palm and ...
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Soldiers Monument

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Description: The Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War memorial on the unpaved Main Street. The memorial features a plaque, a shield, crossed swords, and monument of a ...
Postcard

Civil War Soldiers' Monument

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Description: A colored postcard view of a Union memorial Caption reads: " Soldiers' Monument, Tiffin, Ohio."
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Wedding Party

Date: 1919
Description: The bride, groom, wedding party, and pastor(?) pose for the Stafford-Harold wedding portrait. The groom wears a military uniform from the World War I era.
Poster

Cathédrale de Reims

Date: 1919
Description: Poster with an illustration of the ruins of the Cathédrale de Reims. A ghost image of the undamaged cathedral is in the background. Red poppy flowers are g...
Poster

America's Gift to France

Date: 1920
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman representing the goddess Columbia, who represents America, and two children, presenting a laurel wreath to a wo...
Photograph

Grand Avenue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View down Grand Avenue. Near a streetcar is the city's Civil War memorial, erected in 1898 by John Conway.
Photograph

Vetetans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Banquet

Date: 03 07 1957
Description: The president of the national auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Mrs. Pat Kveton of Dallas, Texas, was a guest of honor at a banquet at the Park Ho...
Poster

Exposition des dons américains . . .

Date: 1916
Description: Poster with an illustration of two French women, one from Alsace and one from Lorraine, wearing traditional costumes and making floral wreaths. A church bu...
Print

Lincoln Portrait Letterhead

Date: 11 14 1868
Description: Letterhead featuring a bust of Abraham Lincoln inside a floral frame. 4 page, folded, illustration printed in upper left in blue ink on lined paper.
Photograph

Red Cross Troops

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Description: Red Cross troops leaving Berlin passing by the Wilhelmstrasse and the Siegesallee.
Poster

Comité Américain Pour les Régions Dévastées de France

Date: 1919
Description: Poster with an illustration of a woman holding a baby in her arms being presented a house by a woman on the American Committee for the Devastated Regions o...
Poster

Buy War Bonds for Fighting Power Today... and Buying Power Tomorrow!

Date: 1943
Description: Treasury Design No. 24, "Happy Family." The poster features two contrasting scenes. On the left is a naval battle commencing on stormy waters in shades of ...
Print

The Union Must & Shall Be Preserved

Date: 1860
Description: A soldier stands on the left with his gun and bayonet. A sailor stands on the right holding a banner that reads, "THE UNION MUST & SHALL BE PRESERVED." In ...
Photograph

Hans Christian Heg Statue

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Description: Statue of Colonel Hans Christian Heg, by Paul Fjelde, at the King Street approach to the Wisconsin State Capitol. Commander of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry,...
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Hans Christian Heg Statue

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Description: Statue of Colonel Hans Christian Heg, by Paul Fjelde, at the King Street approach to the Wisconsin State Capitol. Commander of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry,...

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