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| Date: | 04 25 1953 |
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| Description: | A mushroom cloud from possibly Yucca Flats, Nevada where there was a nuclear bomb test. |
| Date: | 1812 |
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| Description: | Four rusted bayonets and shot that sat in the hold of the ship Niagara for 80 years. |
| Date: | 09 07 1944 |
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| Description: | H.S. Manchester's, Inc., window display promoting saving paper. Shows fake bomb falling on various ammunition with slogans that read: "Get in the Scrap," "... |
| Date: | 09 1958 |
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| Description: | Silhouette of a guard patrolling while wearing a helmet and carrying a bayonet. |
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| Description: | Photographer Dickey Chapelle displays bullets and casings. |
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| Description: | "Death Whoop" an engraving after a drawing by Seth Eastman from the American Aboriginal Portfolio. |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
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| Description: | Two factory workers stand outside firing booths to conduct testing at International Harvester's 20 (Twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
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| Description: | A factory worker operates a vertical broaching machine at International Harvester's 20 (Twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "Vertical bro... |
| Date: | 06 08 1943 |
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| Description: | A female factory worker wearing safety glasses uses what appears to be a piece of sandpaper to polish a torpedo part at International Harvester's McCormick... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A woman's face is visible through an opening in the after-body of an aircraft torpedo as she uses a tool to tap holes in it. The photograph was taken at In... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Montage of machines and armaments produced by International Harvester for the war effort. Included are images of jeeps, crawler tractors (TracTracTors), an... |
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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. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Marine and bayonet silhouetted in a fiery blast of napalm. Taken during a napalm testing maneuver at Camp Pendleton. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | View of the U.S.S. Wisconsin docked during decommissioning ceremonies in preparation for its final cruise. A number of sailors can be seen on deck. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Ceremony beneath the guns on board the U.S.S. Wisconsin. A number of spectators and sailors are seated in the foreground, and uniformed sailors line... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | In this scene still for the silent drama "The Beggar Prince, the Prince of the Island of Desire (played by Sessue Hayakawa) and Olala (Beatrice LaPlante) w... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Allied soldiers gathered near an entrance to an unknown establishment. A sign in French above the entrance is not legible, but there is an image of a crick... |
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| Description: | Gisholt 52" vertical boring mill. The machine has a turret head on the left hand side and "an attachment for crowning pulleys or fly wheels, capable of fin... |
| Date: | 1615 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the Huron Indians and French explorers attacking an Iroquois fort near present day Fenner, New York. A wooden platform was constructed to f... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Two unidentified hunters with recently killed Ruffed Grouse in the St. Croix River area. |
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