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Ford Institutional Advertising on Military Vehicle Production, "Ford Announces New Models for 1943"
The American automobile industry essentially shut down for the duration of World War II -- shut down its civilian production, that is. American automakers turned their plants and workforces to the manufacture of war materiel. This 1943 advertisement…
Harriet Tubman Letter
Letter about Harriet Tubman by Victoria Matthews
Camp Scene, Ladies In Camp
Women in a military camp.
Wounded Soldiers In Hospital
Wounded Soldiers In Hospital
National Security Council Jack Matlock Memo on Strategy for US-Soviet Relations
In a memo to John Poindexter, Jack Matlock highlights Gorbachev’s public arms control proposals, the Soviet “PR fiasco” over Chernobyl, and cautions against overexploiting Soviet missteps to avoid backlash. He suggests indirect ways to leverage the…
Letter: Berea, Kentucky, November 29, 1859, to S. S. Jocelyn
Berea College Correspondence - beginning of exile? discusses threats in Berea and her resolution to remain. Blames southern press. Does not know where her husband is.
Wounded soldiers
Wounded soldiers are shown under trees at Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg. The aftermath depicted was a consequence of the battle of Spotsylvania during 1864.
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.