Korean War, 1950-1953 -- United States.

Content Description

An artificial collection consisting of black and white and color lithographically reproduced prints depicting historical battle scenes and soldiers throughout American history from the 1780s through WWII-era. Artists represented include Currier and Ives, H. Charles McBarron, Arthur Beaumont, Kurz and Allison, Gary Sheahan, Barse Miller, Aaron Bohrod, and Edward Laning.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This artificial collection was begun as a catch-all for small single gifts and purchases, and to make them easier for scholars to search them. This assemblage consists primarily of documents, correspondence, photographs, broadsides and artifacts, dealing mostly with United States history.

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Typed mimeograph description pasted on verso reads: "Slug (GI's - prisoners). Roundup after Battle of Compound 76. Koje Island. U.S. paratroopers are hustling red prisoners along after the GI's razed and emptied compound 76 on June 10. In the heated battle, 31 red prisoners and one American were killed." Dave Cicero, International News Photo, Central Press Association Reference Dept.

Scope and Contents Typed mimeograph description on verso reads: "Street Scene. Pusan, Korea: Straw matting cushions the cement of a Pusan street that serves as a boudoir for this refugee family -- one of manby homeless families that bed down nightly in the streets of the Korean city. Refugees of all ages, from all parts of the war-torn country, sleep in a tangle of arms and legs, preferring a life on the streets of Pusan to return to the dangers of their destroyed home towns..." United Press photograph by...