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Denver Public Library Western History & Genealogy
Western Americana collection, this site features 120,000 digitized images. Most date from the 19th century, depicting American Indiana, pioneer life, mining, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Colorado cities and towns, railroads and more.
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Digital Library of Georgia
Colonial wills; confederate enlistment records, muster rolls and pension applications; and historic newspapers.
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Digital Public Library of America
One can search through more than fifty-two million digitized items from public libraries across the United States. There are thirty-two search results for the search “soldiers Omaha Nebraska” including soldiers saluting President Truman at Offutt Air Base and soldiers standing at parade rest during the dedication of the World War II Memorial Park in Omaha. A “draft recruitment” search returns more than one hundred results including articles of draft calls for Idaho and Montana for WWI and a newspaper article about more favorable military service opportunities in artillery and engineers’ divisions in Canada. Another search leads one to a downloadable PDF of “A Guide to the Monuments on the State House Grounds” in South Carolina and a postcard depicting the “Monument to the Women of the Confederacy, Columbia, S.C.”
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Indiana Memory
Indiana Memory is a collaborative effort to provide access to the wealth of primary sources in Indiana libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions. It is a gateway to Indiana's history and culture found in digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, maps, and other media. The collections presented here have been created as part of the Indiana Memory program by the Indiana State Library and other contributing organizations. County collections contain materials from one or more cultural heritage organizations within a specific county. Indiana Memory is a program of the Indiana State Library and is made possible through grant funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.
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Internet Archive
More than four million texts from American libraries are available for free use on the Internet Archive. More than four hundred texts can be found on the Mexican American War. The Internet Archive viewing experience allows one to search through many of the texts for specific names, places, and activities. One can find publications from the National Association of Veterans of the Mexican War and an image of Veterans of American Legion Post 804 near the Mexican-American All Wars Memorial, Boyle Heights, California, and much more.
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