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U.S. Army Engineer Corps Topographer

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor view of a U.S. Army Engineer topographer wearing skis while using a tripod stand to write. The engineer is standing next to a barbed wire obstacle ...
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U.S. Army Artillery Position and Shelter

Date: 1918
Description: A group of soldiers and officers pose next to an artillery piece within a sheltered area. The shelter is fortified with sandbags and camouflaged with branc...
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Artillery Position and Shelter

Date: 1918
Description: Two Canadian soldiers pose in front of a piece of artillery that is underneath a shelter constructed out of timbers. The shelter is also reinforced with th...
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Trench Warfare

Date: 1917
Description: Soldiers with their weapons in a trench.
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Shooting from "The Hole"

Date: 12 1958
Description: A soldier in Castro's forces at the battle for the village of LaMaya, Cuba. He is firing from a position known as "The Hole."
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Perimeter East

Date: 1961
Description: Rear view of a soldier at a wall on the edge of the Vietnamese village of Binh Hung. A rifle and pack are hanging from a wooden post, and next to it is a s...
Map or Atlas

Carte de la Nouvelle France: òu se Voit le Cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi Aujour d'hui S. Louis

Date: 1719
Description: This extremely detailed and ornate map shows the cities, Native American land, mountains, lakes, rivers, and European claims of North America. An inset map...
Photograph

"The Adventures of Marco Polo" Publicity Still

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Description: A man is sitting on a horse in front of the cast and crew of the film "The Adventures of Marco Polo." Mountains are in the background.
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"The Adventures of Marco Polo" Publicity Still

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Description: Cast members of the film "The Adventures of Marco Polo" standing in the entryway of a fortress. Marco Polo (Gary Cooper) is holding the hand of Binguccio (...
Photograph

Front Line Near St. Thomas

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Two soldiers in the trenches near the front line at St. Thomas. Captioned: "Front line at St. Thomas, near Sainte Menehould."
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Brancardier, Stretcher-Bearer

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View of a man standing in a trench. Captioned: "A. Rodriguez, Corporal of "brancardier," taken in a Russian trench in the Champagne, near Auberive. Notice ...
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Stretcher-Bearers Carrying an Injured Soldier

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Two soldiers carrying an injured man through the trenches. Caption reads: "Brancardiers [stretcher-bearers] carrying in a wounded pirla."
Poster

Success in War

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon illustration of six long lines of men marching into a factory. Poster text reads: "Success in War — depends on co-operation and ...
Poster

Be Up-To-Date = Be A U.S. Marine

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a soldier with his gear, adjusting his helmet while standing behind sandbags. On his belt is a gas mask. Poster text re...
Poster

One U.S. Marine Corpsman Raising the U.S. Flag, and Another Saluting the Flag

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of two Marines corpsmen at a beach fort. One Marine is raising a U.S. flag while the other Marine is saluting. In the back...
Photograph

Machine-gunners in Trench

Date: 1917
Description: Two soldiers wearing combat uniforms and holding machine guns are in a trench with barbed wire in the background. The men are in a combat zone in France.
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Sandbags for the Trenches

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are preparing sandbags for the building bunkers and trenches in Serbia.
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Austrian Soldiers Shoot at an Airplane

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers shooting at an airplane somewhere in Galicia.
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Fireplace Ruins

Date: 04 18 1888
Description: Stereograph of fireplace ruins on the site of an old French fort, possibly built by Nicholas Perrot. There is an electric pole behind the fireplace and a g...
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Austrian Artillery in South Tyrol

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Description: Austrian soldiers are manning an artillery piece in a bunker on the battlefield in South Tyrol. The German caption states "We salute you again Italy" refe...

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