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Commissary Warehouse at Fort Winnebago

Date: 1898
Description: Ruins of the commissary warehouse at Fort Winnebago, about 1898. Fort Winnebago was closed in 1845 and the land and buildings sold. Today, only the Surgeon...
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Slaves Escaping at Fort Monroe

Date: 1860
Description: Scene of 16 figures. A slave owner is raising his whip as black families are racing towards Fort Monroe, with some remaining behind picking cotton. The sla...
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Plymouth in 1622

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Description: Men work outside dwellings along a shoreline in a reproduction of a painting by W.L. Williams. Copyright by A.S. Burbank, 1891.
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Men Posing in Trench

Date: 1918
Description: Two British soldiers posing in a trench. The soldier on the right is manning an air-cooled Vickers light machine gun, and the soldier on the left is holdin...
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Trench beside Log Cabin

Date: 1918
Description: Two soldiers outside of a trench that is next to a log cabin which is reinforced with sandbags. One of the soldiers appears to be preparing a meal in an ou...
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Damaged Log Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: View of field with a damaged blockhouse constructed of logs, and a smaller outbuilding in the distance. It appears the roof of the fortification has sustai...
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Damaged Log Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: A damaged blockhouse constructed with logs. In the distance are more buildings. It appears the roof of the fortification has sustained some damage and logs...
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A Plan of the City and Environs of New York in North America

Date: 1776
Description: Fairly detailed map of New York City and parts of Long Island. It shows streets, roads, wharves, ferries, ship yards, Fort George and the battery, public b...

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