Strickland's watercolor drawing of the Tomb (Pyramid) of Caius Cestius, showing the pyramid in the foreground. Also shown are the Roman walls, and the Porta San Paolo gates. Also in the foreground is the Protestant Cemetery. Strickland provides...
Tombstone of Alvin C. York with brass plaque and engraved decorations. The decorations above the plaque depict York's Congressional Medal of Honor, a rifle with bayonet attached, and an M1917 "Tommy" helmet. 35mm slide labeled "York Memorial 5."
Photocopy of the tombstone of Lt. Col. Joseph B. Taft at the National Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Taft was killed at the Battle of Missionary Ridge.
A native of Gibson County, Tenn., Patterson (known as Berry), served as a private in Co. B, 47th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. The certificate documents his transfer as a paroled prisoner of war from Cairo, Ill., to Trenton, Tenn.
War; World War, 1914-1918; War destruction & pillage; Craters; Campaigns & battles; Forts & fortifications
The caption reads, "Trenches, mine craters, and shell holes." The photograph was taken at Vauquois Hill in the Meuse-Argonne sector of France. The photograph has a desolate,"moonscape" quality to it.
Military personnel; Soldiers; Streets; Trucks; Military vehicles; Cities & towns
Caption reads, "Twelve of the Thirty five tracks used by regiment on road work." Members of the 105th stand on muddy, war-torn streets next to their vehicles.
Account Form No. 22 from the United States Army Quartermaster to Private B. P. Pool of Company A, 27th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, for extra duty service as a wagoner for ninety-one days- September, October, and November of 1862- at twenty-five...
Account Form No. 12 from the United States Army Quartermaster for the purchase of one iron box for the protection of Quartermaster's funds at a cost of $40.00. Item was received at Eastport, Mississippi, by Captain Simon Perkins Jr., U. S. Army...
Muster roll for Capt. Zina B. Chatfield's Co. F, 58th Inf. Regt., United States Colored Troops. These troops were recruited in the vicinity of Natchez and Vicksburg, Miss. Chatfield enlisted in Co. A, 4th Minn. Inf. Regt. on September 27, 1861. He...
Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Military vehicles; Trucks; Automobiles; Horses; Military facilities; Military headquarters; Campaigns & battles; War; World War 1914-1918; Vehicles
"View in front of the 30th Division Headquarters, showing heavy traffic caused by the transportation of British, American, & Australian war material to the battle lines. Montbrehain, Aisne, France. October 14, 1918." Numerous vehicles, troops,...
Capitols; Soldiers; Guards; Forts & fortifications; Military camps; Railroads; Cannons; Spectators; Public sculpture; Architecture; Lampposts
Image presents the juxtaposition of the beautiful architectutral features and sculpture exhibited in the east, or main fascade of the Tennesseee State Capitol Building with the surrounding heavy Federal stockades, fortifications, and general...
Front view of the castle-like structure of W. Spain's Palace of Illusions and Mirror Maze, featured in the Vanity Fair area of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, 1897. A number of men and women are standing at the entrance area, surrounded by...
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front and side views of War Creek School, a white educational facility in Hancock County. The two-story, clapboard schoolhouse is topped with a steeple and set amid a stand of trees.
Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Helmets; Military medicine; Medical equipment & supplies; Litters; War casualties; Canteens (Beverage containers); Gas masks; Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918; Barbed wire
Unidentified members of the American Expeditionary Force transporting a wounded comrade on the field.
World War, 1914-1918; War; Soldiers; War casualties; Wounds & injuries; Prisoners of war
Wounded from the 27th Division, United States Army, being carried to the rear by the aid of German prisoners taken during the drive at Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, October 17, 1918. See "Catalogue of Official A. E. F. Photographs Taken by the Signal Corps,...
Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Helmets; Military medicine; Military hospitals; Medical equipment & supplies; Litters; Gas masks; Horses; Campaigns & battles; World War, 1914-1918; War casualties; Carts and Wagons; Mules
Members of the 137th Ambulance Co. transport wounded soldiers to the hospital at Camp de Galbert. One mule pulls three carts that are attached to one another in single file.
