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A Toolkit of Photo Sites Premium
Libraries and Archives • United States Army Military History Institute Carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/photoDB.html Write to Special Collections, 22 Ashburn Dr., Carlisle, PA 17013. Use the Web site and archive to find photographs of military participation. • Steamship Historical Society of America www.ubalt.edu/archives/ship/transe.htm University of Baltimore Library...
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Angel Island Immigration Photographic Collection 207.212.67.173/angel_island/ Angel Island—known as the Ellis Island of the West—was the immigration point for many Asians entering the United States. This site contains four pages of Angel Island photos, including boats, people and even slides of blood work taken from immigrants. Images...
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There are compelling photographs in every family collection that contain a mystery. In New Zealander Dafanie Goldsmith's family, there is this portrait of a woman in mourning with a haunting expression on her face. She looks so lost that you want to know more about her. In 1904 her...
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