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Wounded on the USS Samaritan

Date: 1945
Description: A badly wounded Sergent Frank W. Mrocykowski resting aboard the USS Samaritan. His head and eye are bandaged.
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Algerian Man

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian member of the National Liberation Front is looking over his shoulder at the camera. He is climbing into a tree.
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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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Elsie Janis and Three of her Gang

Date: 1919
Description: Elsie Janis, in military uniform, stands arm-in-arm with three soldiers in a publicity photograph for the musical revue "Elsie Janis and Her Gang." They we...
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Marc Blitzstein Publicity Still

Date: 1943
Description: Marc Blitzstein in U.S. Army Air Corps uniform at a piano, singing into a BBC microphone. Caption on reverse of image reads "London, 1943".
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Bryant Washburn with his Son and Wife

Date: 1917
Description: Essanay silent film star Bryant Washburn in U.S. Army sergeant's uniform sits on the grass with his little son Bryant Washburn, Jr., and his wife, the actr...
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Pedro de Cordoba, Marion Davies, and Forrest Stanley

Date: 1922
Description: Dr. Dimitrius (played by Pedro de Cordoba) looks meaningfully at Diana May (Marion Davies) who clings to Commander Richard Cleeve (Forrest Stanley) in a sc...
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Studio production still for "The North Star"

Date: 1943
Description: High angle view from behind a rotating gobo of Eric von Stroheim and Martin Kosleck sitting in the back seat of a military vehicle for the 1943 production ...
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Poster design for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: This photographic element of a poster design shows Charlie Chaplin's Hynkel character from the waist up in a military uniform. He is making a Nazi salute, ...
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Poster design for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: This photographic element of a poster design shows Charlie Chaplin's Hynkel character full length in a military uniform including jodhpurs. He is making a ...
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Marine Flyers Publicity Still

Date: 1935
Description: A publicity still from "Devil Dogs of the Air," (Warner Brothers 1935) in which Milwaukee-born Pat O'Brien appeared with Jimmy Cagney. In this production, ...
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The Trial

Date: 1957
Description: Alleged traitor stands on trial before seated Algerian soldiers.
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Anoxic Faint Chamber

Date: 02 1945
Description: Gwen Jensen, a female flight nurse, poses for a photograph during flight training at Alameda Naval Air Strip. In an anoxic faint chamber, used to simulate ...
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Soldiers with Stuck Jeep

Date: 1942
Description: Soldiers from the 14th Infantry work to move a stuck Jeep from deep mud. One man in uniform with a cigarette in his mouth is leaning down over the wheel ho...
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Soldiers Working on B-29 Bomber

Date: 03 1945
Description: Two men working on a B-29 bomber, just returned from its first fire raid on Tokyo. The men are on top of the plane, opening a hatch. They are both shirtles...
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26th of July Movement Meeting in Oriente Province, Cuba

Date: 1958
Description: Meeting of the 26th of July Movement in the woods of Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution. A number of participants, including Vilma Espin and Juan...
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Flight Nurse with Wounded

Date: 1945
Description: Flight nurse, Gwen Jensen, wearing a jumpsuit and a cap, standing and waiting with near an airplane with marine Private First Class George Berier, left, an...
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"1865 Military Ball" at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 06 01 1989
Description: A costumed couple is dancing while four women in costumes are clapping their hands. Caption reads: "Dancers strutted their stuff at an '1865 Military Ball'...
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Dickey Chapelle with Bullets

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Description: Photographer Dickey Chapelle displays bullets and casings.
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Vietnam Helicopter Mission

Date: 06 1962
Description: A photograph taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle on board a helicopter that was enroute to Vinh Quoi in the Delta Region of South Vietnam. The ...

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