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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Use for: European War, 1939-1945 ; Second World War, 1939-1945 ; World War 2, 1939-1945 ; World War II, 1939-1945 ; World War Two, 1939-1945 ; WW II (World War, 1939-1945) ; WWII (World War, 1939-1945)

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

A Famed German 88 "Kills No More" , 1945

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Identifier: M456.02.0004.0026
Abstract

A starkly rendered ink depiction of a cannon pointed upwards next to a skeletal tree.

Dates: 1945

A Very Busy Artillery Observer , c. 1940s

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Identifier: M456.02.0004.0010
Abstract

An ink wash drawing depicting a booted figure holding binoculars and staring leftward out beyond the paper, with inscription identifying the figure as an artillery observer running vertically across the right margin.

Dates: c. 1940s

Cards Aboard Train, c. 1940s

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Identifier: M456.02.0004.0006
Abstract

A pencil on paper drawing of a soldier sitting on a stool smoking and playing cards, darkly rendered in a soft leaded pencil, titled lower left.

Dates: c. 1940s

General Hayes, c. 1940s

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Identifier: M456.02.0004.0055
Abstract

A detailed portrait of General Hayes in uniform, smiled and offset by a dark background.

Dates: c. 1940s

George Fuge, A Soldier, c. 1940s

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Identifier: M456.02.0004.0023
Abstract

A portrait of 10th Mountain Division member George Fuge sitting next to his gear.

Dates: c. 1940s

German Guard with Skeletons Smelling an Edelweiss, 1945

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Identifier: M456.02.0004.0071
Abstract

Two drawings of the same composition, a sinister scene rendered in the manner of Goya’s “Disasters of War” etchings depicting a smiling German guard sniffing an edelweiss flower standing in front of dead and dying skeletal prisoners.

Dates: 1945

German Gun found in Italy, "Yago di Garda" , 1945

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Identifier: M456.02.0004.0024
Abstract

A pen and ink rendering of a German cannon in a wooded landscape.

Dates: 1945

German Soldier , 1945 February

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Identifier: M456.02.0004.0020
Abstract

A pen and ink depiction of a German mountain trooper in uniform with edelweiss flower emblem for the Jaeger Divisions on the side of his cape, with a note that Jacques Parker sketched the portrait on a hill in Italy in February 1945, together with one of the actual emblems that appears to have been cut off a cap.

Dates: 1945 February

German Soldier Died with an MG Ammo Box Nearby, c. 1940s

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Identifier: M456.02.0004.0022
Abstract

A pen and ink drawing of a dead German soldier on the ground next to an open box of ammunition.

Dates: c. 1940s

German Truck, 1945 May 5

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Identifier: M456.02.0004.0025
Abstract

A pen and ink depiction of a German vehicle sitting unevenly on the ground.

Dates: 1945 May 5