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Ann Caracristi

A photograph of Ann Caracristi, a cryptanalyst who worked as a code breaker during World War II. She later became the first female deputy director of…

Angels taming sea monsters

page ornament with angels taming sea monsters

Angelina Grimké

A wood engraving of Angelina Grimké

Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. Issuing rations, view from main gate

No. 8220.
- Title from item.
- Hand written on verso: "[Miller] Vol. VII, p. 131".
- Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Andersonville Prison

Areas of the sketch are numbered, the labels at the bottom are transcribed below:

1. Head Quarters,
2. Rebel Camp.
3. Hospital,
4. Cook…

Andersonville in 1864, Andersonville National Historic Site, 1864.

Nazareth Allen, of Bibb County, Georgia, was one of the several Andersonville guards who spoke during the trial of Henry Wirz in fall 1865. Allen…

Andersonville Burial Trench

Andersonville prison burial trenches displaying men standing over burial with tools in hand.

Ancient Roman Scutum

Scutum found at Dura-Europos

Ancient Egyptian Medical Text

This papyrus, one of many ancient Egyptian medical writings, included a prescription for asthma. This was written in hieratic text, c. 1550 BCE.