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| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Medical students dissect a cadaver at the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Illinois. Surnames on the students' aprons include: Cor... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of a portrait of George Henry Williams (deceased child at 18 months), son of Henry C. and Diana T. Williams, and may be the cousi... |
| Date: | 10 1891 |
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| Description: | The wreckage of a head-on collision of two Chicago, St. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad trains at Tramway. Men stand near and on top of the railroad cars... |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | War correspondents carry the flag-draped casket containing the body of Byron Darnton, the first casualty of their group; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Mor... |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | Byron Darnston coffin being borne to the grave by war correspondent pallbearers; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Moresby, New Guinea. |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | Darnton-Fahuestock funeral with a rifle squad at attention and two coffins draped with American flags, Bomana Military Cemetery in Port Moresby, New Guinea... |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | Military Chaplain Fred Bartrop performs an Episcopal burial ceremony for Byron Darnton over the coffins; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Moresby, New Guinea... |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | "Taps" is played at the Darnton-Fahuestock funeral; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Moresby, New Guinea. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Bringing in two small bucks, dead and loaded on a sled behind a team of horses, Old Camp 2. The third man from the right is Clarence Deitz. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Site of the Battle of Antietam. The bloody lane. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | View of a man executed by firing squad at the base of a tree. His face is covered with a cloth, and he has a small heart bull's eye on his chest. |
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| Description: | A view of four beheaded men lying on the ground with a group of officers standing behind, posing for the camera. A man to the left in the central group hol... |
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| Description: | A view of men's bodies hanging from poles. People are watching from behind. Caption reads: "Public Hanging in Korea." |
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| Description: | A view of members of the Yaqui tribe after the execution of six men in Guaymas Mexico. Caption reads: "Yaquis after the execution, Guaymas, Mexico." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of an autopsy cadaver around which eight male students are gathered. The photographer was from Black River Falls, probably Charles Van Schaick. This i... |
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| Description: | Illustration drawing of a European deathbed scene around 1850. |
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| Description: | Illustration drawing of a European deathbed scene around 1870. The drawing features a woman lying in a canopied bed and grieving loved ones. |
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| Description: | A family poses outdoors in the snow in front of their house. The father proudly holds a dead fox. The mother and youngest child stand on the left, and the ... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Thomas Barlett of Old Town, Maine. He is seated, resting his arms on the arms of the chair, and holding a handkerchief. His ey... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Group of medical students (?) and instructor (?) posed around a cadaver. Presented by Dr. John G. Meachem III of Racine, Wis. Probably a dissection class a... |
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