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Poster

McCormick "Back from the War" Advertising Poster

Date: 1899
Description: Chromolithograph advertising poster for the McCormick grain binder showing a father, young girl, and a dog welcoming a returning Spanish-American War soldi...
Photograph

First to Fly — Army Demonstration

Date: 09 17 1908
Description: Soldiers at Fort Myer, Virginia, watching Orville Wright demonstrate the Wright Brothers' airplane for the U.S. Army. Milwaukee's Billy Mitchell is said to...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Catalog

Date: 1894
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring an illustration of a soldier on a horse in a field under the title "Peace and...
Book or Pamphlet

Frost and Wood Company Catalog

Date: 1902
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Frost and Wood Company, manufacturers of agricultural equipment, Smith's Falls, Ontario, Canada. Features a color i...
Photograph

Man Being Carried on Stretcher

Date: 06 1962
Description: Vietnamese man and survivor of a Viet Cong attack on the village of Vinh Quoi is carried on a stretcher to a helicopter for medical evacuation. Three women...
Photograph

Helicopter Aid after Viet Cong Attack

Date: 06 1962
Description: Survivors of a Viet Cong attack on the village of Vinh Quoi, Vietnam sit or stand near an American military helicopter that has arrived to offer aid. A sol...
Photograph

Soldiers Transport Woman on Stretcher

Date: 1962
Description: Two American soldiers carry a Vietnamese woman on a stretcher across a field in Vietnam.
Photograph

Camp Randall

Date: 06 21 1912
Description: Slightly elevated view of Military training at Camp Randall. A number of horses and wagons line the foreground and rows of tents can be seen in the backgro...
Photograph

Racine Light Guards at Drill

Date: 
Description: Members of the Wisconsin Light Guard standing in formation in a field. There is a hill in the background lined with trees.
Postcard

Governor James Davidson at a Cemetery

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Description: Three-quarter view from rear of group of men standing in a field. Governor James O. Davidson stands in front of the group on the left. Behind him six men i...
Photograph

Readying the Horses

Date: 
Description: Mustering horses for service at the Tempelhof field.
Photograph

Mustering Horses

Date: 
Description: Mustering horses for service at the Tempelhof field.
Photograph

Bavarians in Vosges

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of people gathered on a road. There are railroad tracks alongside the road on the left. Our Bavarians in the Vosges. The welcome sutler wagon...
Photograph

Training Recruits

Date: 1914
Description: Wounded German officer training recruits who are still in civilian clothing.
Photograph

Volunteer Unit

Date: 
Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
Photograph

Volunteer Unit

Date: 1914
Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
Photograph

Volunteer Unit

Date: 
Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
Photograph

Fred in Uniform

Date: 1910
Description: A standing full length photograph of Fred von der Sump in a U.S. Army uniform including a field service coat, gaiters, and hat. He is wearing pince-nez gla...

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