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Magazine or Periodical

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1870
Description: Magazine illustration of the home, titled: "Soldiers' National Asylum at Milwaukee, Wisconsin". The building is in the background, and in the foreground ar...
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Military Couples on Stairwell

Date: 1942
Description: Two soldiers link arms with two women wearing dresses at the Port Clinton Service Center. The men were former International Harvester employees, and likely...
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Group of Soldiers at Camp Harvey

Date: 1898
Description: A group of soldiers from Company A, 3rd Regiment, take a break to drink inside the walls of Camp Harvey.
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Resting Soldiers

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Description: Soldiers resting on the grass at Camp Douglas. In the background are tents pitched among trees.
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Baby Carriage, Fort Tyron Park

Date: 1968
Description: A woman sits on the grass reading next to a baby carriage in Fort Tyron Park. A brush-covered hill surmounted by a square tower rises in the background.
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One of the C.S.A. Generals Whose Quiet Will Soon Be Disturbed

Date: 1860
Description: A relaxed man sits in a chair reading a paper with his slippers on. He has food and drink on a nearby table. Below the captions reads "One of the C.S.A. ge...
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Soldiers Relaxing and Talking

Date: 07 1942
Description: Four soldiers are seated under a canopy in Panama, relaxing and talking.
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Playing Biliards in the Central Park Officers House

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Description: Uniformed men play billiards and relax in the Central Park Officers House. The room includes two billiard tables, chandeliers, and other interior decoratio...
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Soldiers Relaxing

Date: 1942
Description: Two soldiers laughing and relaxing under a tree in Panama. One man is lying on his back and the other man is leaning against him. They are both wearing wor...
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Soldier Cleaning Weapons

Date: 1942
Description: Two soldiers sitting and talking in Panama as one of them is cleaning his weapons. One man is sitting on a bed holding a machete and cleaning it with a tow...
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USS Franklin Crew Applauding

Date: 03 1945
Description: Surviving crew members of the USS Franklin watching an amateur vaudeville on their hanger deck, seven says after their disaster. The USS Franklin...
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Wounded Soldier Returned to United States

Date: 10 01 1945
Description: Private First Class George Bebbington, who was wounded in Iwo Jima, resting at the St. Albans Naval Hospital in the United States. He is smiling and relaxi...
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Algerian Drinking Tea

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian member of the National Liberation Front drinking tea outside a cave. He is sitting on a large boulder with his gun across his lap. In front of ...
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Algerian FLN Member Resting

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian member of the Freedom Liberation Front resting under trees. He is lying on a blanket. Near him are a pile of bags.
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Algerian FLN Members Having Tea

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian National Liberation Front members laughing while having tea. Two men are leaning against a large boulder inside a cave. There are cups at their fe...
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Algerians Relaxing

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian National Liberation Front members resting in a tent under the Algerian flag and listening to the radio.
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Algerian FLN Members Relaxing

Date: 08 1957
Description: Two Algerian National Liberation Front members relax and laugh together near the entrance of a cave. In the background is the desert.
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FLN Members Having Tea

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian members of the National Liberation Front sitting at the entrance of a cave having tea. Rifles are leaning against the rocks behind them. The men a...
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FLN Members Relaxing in Cave

Date: 08 1957
Description: A group of Algerian National Liberation Front members sitting in a cave.
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Swimming Hole in the South Pacific

Date: 10 24 1943
Description: Robert Doyle's caption says it best, "The ol' swimmin' hole, South Pacific style. Every afternoon it is filled with shouting soldiers in their birthday sui...

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