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Jules Jacot-Guillarmod

Black and white photograph of Jules Jacot-Guillarmod riding a horse during expedition to K2

Earthrise

On Christmas Eve in 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts captured an image that symbolizes hope and inspired environmentalism.

Gettysburg Field Hospital

A Union Army hospital tent is shown on the battlefield of Gettysburg--based in Pennsylvania, America. An emergency amputation is seen being performed,…

Mrs. Margaret Sanger

Photograph shows Margaret Higgins Sanger (1879-1966), an American birth control activist, sex educator, and nurse with a child. (Source: Flickr…

Wounded soldiers

Wounded soldiers are shown under trees at Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg. The aftermath depicted was a consequence of the battle of Spotsylvania…

Battery

Battery in action at Fredericksburg, VA. Captured in 1863, location unknown.

Confederates Dead

Confederate dead behind stone wall. The 6th. Maine Inf. penetrated the Confederate lines at this point. Fredericksburg, VA, 1863.

U.S. Statutes at Large, Volume 17 (1871-1873), 42nd Congress.

Official Title: The Statutes at Large and Proclamations, of the United States of America, from March 1871 to March 1873, and Treaties and Postal…