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Supply Wagons

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Description: Supply wagons, passing by the Siegesallee, heading for the war zone.
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Scene in Park

Date: 1929
Description: A small park in a median of Main Street. The park houses the Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War memorial.
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Soldiers' Monument in Jefferson, Wisconsin

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Description: View of the Civil War Soldiers' Monument. The monument on the courthouse grounds is surrounded by a walkway and trees.
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Female Red Cross Volunteers

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Description: Female Red Cross volunteers in front of the Reichstag building.
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First Day of Mobilization in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Crowds in front of the Royal Palace in Berlin on the first day of mobilization, August 2, 1914, after Germany had made the decision to declare war.
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Hohenstein in East Prussia

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Description: Bicycle patrol.
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East Prussian Reservists

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Description: East Prussian Landsturm (reservists) marching.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned buildings.
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Turkish Cavalry On the March

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Description: Turkish cavalry (Ulans) their way to the front.
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Richmond Central School

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph of exterior of a building used as the Confederate government's Executive Mansion. This was where Jefferson Davis and his family stayed during t...
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees in front of the Dom (cathedral) in Berlin.
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Statue of Franklin Pierce

Date: 1915
Description: A statue of Franklin Pierce in a park plaza surrounded by trees. The capitol building surmounted by the original war eagle statue fills the background.
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Grand Avenue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View down Grand Avenue. Near a streetcar is the city's Civil War memorial, erected in 1898 by John Conway.
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Female Red Cross Volunteers

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Description: Female Red Cross volunteers cheering reservists passing by the Reichstag.
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International Truck on the Ohio River Boulevard

Date: 1944
Description: Continental Transportation Lines, Inc. operating an International semi-truck on a highway with an industrial area in the background. Original caption reads...
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The First Day of Mobilization in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: View of the crowd at the Royal Palace in Berlin on the first day of mobilization, August 2, 1914.
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Red Cross Troops

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Description: Red Cross troops leaving Berlin passing by the Wilhelmstrasse and the Siegesallee.
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Homecoming Parade in Eau Claire

Date: 1918
Description: Uniformed soldiers marching in a World War I homecoming parade. Many men are carrying flags, and the street is heavily decorated with U.S. flags. The soldi...
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down Main Street. Cars and shops line the street. The Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War memorial is in the far background at the top of the hill.
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Lucy Rumsey Holt Driving a Car

Date: 1910
Description: Lucy Rumsey Holt driving a car. Her father Captain I.P. Rumsey, a Civil War veteran, is sitting on the passenger side. Men are standing in front of the Hol...

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