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Civil War Soldier

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Description: Tintype/ferrotype of unidentified Civil War soldier.
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Jerome A. Watrous

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Description: Jerome A. Watrous in uniform, wearing medals for his military service during the Civil War and the Spanish-American War.
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J.N. Loving

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Description: Civil War soldier J.N. Loving.
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Adolphus Heiman

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Description: Portrait of Civil War soldier Adolphus Heiman.
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Unidentified Civil War Soldier

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Description: Three-quarter length seated portrait of an unidentified Civil War soldier.
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VVAW in Philadelphia

Date: 1976
Description: Demonstration by members of the Philadelphia chapter of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, one year after the war ended.
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Soldiers Departing for War

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Description: USS "Mt. Vernon" with soldiers aboard departing to fight in World War II.
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War Worker

Date: 04 04 1944
Description: Henry Schmidt, an employee of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company, during World War II.
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Black Civil War Soldiers

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Description: Two Black Civil War soldiers from Hughes and Metzer "Pictorial History of the Negro in America."
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Consolidated War Work

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Laboratory development of a paper-based plastic laminate product by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper, during World War II. The product was used ...
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William Barstow in Uniform

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Description: Civil War portrait of William Barstow in uniform.
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World War II Worker

Date: 04 26 1944
Description: An unidentified employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company during World War II.
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Mothers Against the War

Date: 1966
Description: Mothers and infants at a demonstration against the war in Vietnam.
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Anti-War Protest

Date: 08 1966
Description: Anti-Vietnam War protestors being dragged onto federal property by police at the Naval Weapons Station.
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Joseph McCarthy During World War II

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Description: Candid portrait of Joe McCarthy wearing a pith helmet during World War II.
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Adelbert Ames

Date: 1865
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Adelbert Ames, US Army veteran and Republican politician. Ames was a general in both the Civil War and the Spanish-American War....
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William H. Brisbane

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Description: William H. Brisbane, Chaplain of the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry. Inset photograph taken from a large Civil War commemorative roster.
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Alvin Reis

Date: 1918
Description: A portrait of Alvin C. Reis of Madison during his service in World War I. During the war, Reis commanded several observation balloon squadrons. Later, he b...
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Consolidated Paper War Work

Date: 08 31 1943
Description: Unidentified executive of the Consolidated Paper Company Plastics Division sitting in a folding transport chair, produced as part of the company's war work...
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Returning Prisoners of War

Date: 11 25 1918
Description: Verdun-Etain Road, about two weeks after the armistice, showing returning prisoners of war. This photograph was probably taken by Victor Morris, in whose w...

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