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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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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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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1902
Description: Grand Army of the Republic in Memorial Day Parade, in front of the Freeman House. Leading the ranks is probably James Livingston, Alvin "Bean" Hagen is pro...
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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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Masonic Temple Grand Lodge

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Description: View of the stone Norman style Masonic Temple Grand Lodge and its tower. A statue of General John Fulton Reynolds on horseback is in the square in front o...
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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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Drill Grounds and Armory on Government Inspection Day

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Description: Elevated view of military formations on the drill grounds on government inspection day. A band plays for the military drill, and a flag waves on a pole on ...
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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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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.
Plate 53
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Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: Street scene featuring a cannon at the corner of a park. A commercial strip is visible in the background.
Book or Pamphlet

Dedication Ceremony for the National Cemetery at Gettysburg

Date: 12 05 1863
Description: Engraving of the dedication ceremony for the Soldiers' National Cemetery, November 19,1863, that appeared in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper." It was...
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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Turkish Soldier

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Description: Turkish soldier in front of a carriage.
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Empress and Princess Eitel Friedrich

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Description: The Empress and Princess Eitel Friedrich riding in a carriage on the way to visit the hospital ship.
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"Put Out Your Flags— Antwerp Is Ours!"

Date: 10 1914
Description: Horse-drawn trams in Berlin, bedecked with German flags, celebrating the capture of the City of Antwerp in October 1914.
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Officer's Carriage

Date: 1914
Description: German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
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The Mail Wagon

Date: 1914
Description: Our naval infantry in Antwerp. German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.

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