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| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of members of the 73rd Armored Field Artillery using an M-62 wrecker to remove a damaged truck from a field at Fort Hood. The specificatio... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Oil on linen study of a Union Civil War soldier firing a cannon. The painting was done by one of a group of German panorama painters active in Milwaukee d... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Oil painting of a Civil War cannon, created as a preliminary study for the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg, painted by a group of German painters kno... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Oil on linen study of a Civil War cannon with ammunition wagon attached. The painting was created by one of a group of German panorama painters active in ... |
| Date: | 04 09 1932 |
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| Description: | An International Model C-30 school bus passing through gates in a stone wall. Cannons stand on either side of the gate opening, and there is a plaque about... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Fort Sumter. A cannon has fallen on the steep shoreline and waves are hitting the rocks. Plate 58 |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | General Hood ordered a train full of gunpowder set on fire so that the Union Army couldn't use it, resulting in a series of explosions Plate 44 |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | One of the Confederate defenses surrounding the city. This view is of the inside of the earthworks which includes two cannons. A Union soldier sits as a lo... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | One of the Confederate defenses around the city, with a cannon and earthworks in the foreground. Tents are in the background among trees. Plate 41 |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | One of the Confederate defenses around the city, with several cannons behind earthworks. A Union soldier stands near one of the cannons. Plate 40 |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Old Abe, eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment. Popular cards sold in great quantities as benefit items ($9 per 100), so great was this bird's fame. ... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | View down capitol building steps, where cannons sit on a landing, and statues decorate two lampposts. The city spreads out far below. Plate 03 |
| Date: | 05 23 1865 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph portrait of "Old Abe," eagle mascot of Company C, 8th Wisconsin Regiment (the Eau Claire Eagles). Old Abe is perched on a cannon with his ... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Old Abe, bald eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Civil War Volunteer Infantry. He is perched on a cannon with his head turned to the left and t... |
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| Description: | Exterior of Portage County Courthouse, built in 1868. Stairs lead to the main entrance of the stone building and a monument and cannon stand on the lawn. |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment. Rear view of Old Abe perched on a cannon, with his head turned to the right. Included... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A University of Wisconsin veteran holding his baby outside of his Camp Randall trailer camp house. There is a large cannon pointing at him and his trailer. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Forest Middleton offers a treat to a squirrel, who is sitting on his knee. They are in Capitol Park; Grace Episcopal Church is in the background on the le... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with an atomic bomb exploding with "Joy, Peace, Health, Happiness and Good Will" flying out of it. Below is the verse: "The atom bomb brings g... |
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| Description: | View of Inner Line Drive at Gulph Road. Canons line the left side of the road and a reconstructed cabin stands on the right. |
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