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Antietam, Dunker Church

Date: 1890
Description: Site of the Battle to Antietam, The Dunker Church. A group of men stand among trees on the left. Horse-drawn carriages are under trees on the right.
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Camp Randall Annual Fair

Date: 1879
Description: Elevated view of ornate carriage and animal cage with tents and people looking on at the annual Wisconsin State Fair held at Camp Randall.
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Horse Race at Camp Randall Fairgrounds

Date: 09 10 1879
Description: Crowd at the Camp Randall fairgrounds watching a horse race, part of that year's Wisconsin State Fair. Carriages and people are near buildings on the left,...
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1902
Description: Grand Army of the Republic in Memorial Day Parade. During the 1890s and 1900s, most of the 45 to 65 age group of men were Civil War veterans, and belonged ...
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Military Parade

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Description: A small crowd watches as parading soldiers march down the street.
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Court House and Monument

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Description: A view of people standing on the sidewalk in front of the courthouse and the Confederate monument.
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Aunt Charlotte

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Description: An old woman known as Aunt Charlotte in an ox-drawn cart on fortress grounds. Caption reads: "Aunt Charlotte, Fortress Monroe, VA."
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Regimental Street

Date: 1918
Description: A view down Regimental Street, a dirt road at Camp Logan, shows a man in a horse-drawn vehicle, with a fence on the right, and many identical buildings on ...
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No. 2296 of the War Views Series

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Description: Stereograph of Union infantry standing in front of a slave dealer's shop.
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Eighteenth Annual National Encampment of G.A.R.

Date: 1884
Description: Elevated view of the Eighteenth Annual National Encampment of Grand Army of the Republic in Minneapolis, Minnesota in July 1884.
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Columbia from the Capitol

Date: 1866
Description: Destruction of Columbia after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War.
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Battle Field of New Hope Church, GA No.1

Date: 1866
Description: A dirt road passes through the battlefield, with fortifications on the sides. It is a lightly forested area. A horse and buggy are among some trees in the ...
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Vietnamese Soldiers Breaking Camp

Date: 1961
Description: Vietnamese soldiers breaking camp along a muddy road after a night of heavy rain. The shirtless man is battallion commander, Major Giai (?). Civilian vill...
Historical Object

Fargo Children at Play

Date: 1903
Description: A hand-painted nasturtium bud and leaf decorate an album page with five photographs of the children of Frank and Louise Mears Fargo. At top left, Frank Jr....
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The Pantheon, Napoleon's Tomb, and Invalides, Paris

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View down street and plaza towards buildings in Paris. Captioned: "The Pantheon; Napoleon's Tomb; the Invalides."
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Passport Control

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Description: Passport control on the Swiss border.
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Fighting the Russians

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Description: German and Austrian soldiers, who are jointly fighting the Russians in the Carpathians, on an oxcart.
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Turkish Artillery in the Desert

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Description: Turkish artillery equipped with "desert tires."
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Turkish Artillery in the Desert

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Description: Turkish artillery equipped with "desert tires."
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Field Guns at the Ready

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Description: A Turkish field gun in Syria is being emplaced.

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