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Women of the Polar Archives
Film records in the National Archives shine a light on two women who were drawn to the Arctic regions: Marie Peary Stafford and Louise Boyd. More
The Artist at War
Painters, muralists, sculptors, and architects worked to provide camouflage for troops in World War I. More
In Freedom’s Shadow
Uncovering the Reconstruction legacy of Renty Franklin Greaves of Beaufort County, South Carolina. More
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Buffalo Soldiers ride at an unidentified ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy. [NAID 239940425; view in Catalog]
Buffalo Soldiers ride at an unidentified ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy. [NAID 239940423; view in Catalog]
Buffalo Soldiers ride at an unidentified ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy. [NAID 239940431; view in Catalog]
Buffalo Soldiers ride at an unidentified ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy. [NAID 239940433; view in Catalog]
Buffalo Soldiers ride at an unidentified ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy at the U.S. Military Academy. [NAID 239940429; view in Catalog]
The Riding Hall at the U.S. Military Academy [NAID 239939033; view in Catalog]
The Riding Hall at the U.S. Military Academy [NAID 239939035; view in Catalog]
Equestrian Training at the U.S. Military Academy [NAID 239939037; view in Catalog]
Equestrian Training at the U.S. Military Academy [NAID 239939039; view in Catalog]
Equestrian Training at the U.S. Military Academy [NAID 239939041; view in Catalog]
Cavalry Detachment Football Team at the U.S. Military Academy [NAID 239940159; view in Catalog]
Cavalry Detachment Football Team at the U.S. Military Academy [NAID 239940157; view in Catalog]
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A technician places two inflight pens and a penlight in the spacesuit pocket of Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman.
Apollo 8 crewmembers, left to right: James A. Lovell, Jr., William A. Anders, and Frank Borman photo taken November 22, 1968.
A view of the 363-foot-high Saturn V launch vehicle that will carry Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders into space, 10/9/1968.
Earthrise seen from Apollo 8. The astronauts saw the horizon vertically with the lunar surface to the right.
Photograph of Two Toboggans Starting Down the Slide at Silver Valley Winter Sports Area | RG 95 | Series: Historic Photographs, ca. 1880 - ca. 1970 | NAID 2128507
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Photograph of The Eastland (upside down) on Chicago River, Chicago | RG 21 | Series: Criminal Case Files, 1863 - 1969 | NAID 281841
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Declaration of Intention for Enrico Fermi | RG 21 | Series: Naturalization Petition and Record Books, 1906 - ca. 1975 | NAID 281852
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Photograph of Eugene V. Debs Speaking in Canton, Ohio | RG 21 | Series: Criminal Case Files, 1912 - 1986 | NAID 2641496
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Description of Allotment 105 for Kitchi o jan mwe we gi jig (Big George Skye) | RG 75 | Series: Surveys of Indian Industry, 1922 - 1922 | NAID 282246
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Home Card: What You Can Do to Help Win This War | RG 4 | Series: General Correspondence, 1917 - 1918 | NAID 20762195
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