Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road | PICRYL

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Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road

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01/01/1940

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Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road

Advance Base Depot Davisville, Building T-17, Ninth Street southeast of Davisville Road, Davisville, Washington County, RI

Advance Base Depot Davisville, Building T-17, Ninth Street southeast of Davisville Road, Davisville, Washington County, RI

Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, Saturday, September 19, 1863 (General Meade's inability to advance on Lee)

Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, Saturday, September 19, 1863 (General Meade's inability to advance on Lee)

[ Advance/intake note on Martha Graham apperance at the National]

[ Advance/intake note on Martha Graham apperance at the National]

Advance Base Depot Davisville, Building T-17, Ninth Street southeast of Davisville Road, Davisville, Washington County, RI

Advance Base Depot Davisville, Building T-17, Ninth Street southeast of Davisville Road, Davisville, Washington County, RI

Joseph Hooker to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, April 17, 1863 (Advance of the army)

Joseph Hooker to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, April 17, 1863 (Advance of the army)

Unpleasant plight of the "advance agent of prosperity" / Dalrymple.

Unpleasant plight of the "advance agent of prosperity" / Dalrymple.

Map of the country between Monterey, Tenn: & Corinth, Miss: showing the lines of entrenchments made & the routes followed by the U.S. forces under the command of Maj. Genl. Halleck, U.S. Army, in their advance upon Corinth in May 1862: /

Map of the country between Monterey, Tenn: & Corinth, Miss: showing the lines of entrenchments made & the routes followed by the U.S. forces under the command of Maj. Genl. Halleck, U.S. Army, in their advance upon Corinth in May 1862: /

Constables the Des Moines Searchers and Advance Guard of the Fighting Prohibition Army.

Constables the Des Moines Searchers and Advance Guard of the Fighting Prohibition Army.

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From mountain height, song of May

From mountain height, song of May

"Miss Washington" Washington, D.C., Aug. 4. Miss Dorothy Parker has been selected as Miss Washington and will compete for the title of "Miss America" at the Atlantic City beauty pageant to be held during Labor Day week. 18 Years old, she weighs 112 pounds and is 5 feet, 4 inches in height. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Albert Parker of Washington, 8/4/38

"Miss Washington" Washington, D.C., Aug. 4. Miss Dorothy Parker has been selected as Miss Washington and will compete for the title of "Miss America" at the Atlantic City beauty pageant to be held during Labor Day week. 18 Years old, she weighs 112 pounds and is 5 feet, 4 inches in height. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Albert Parker of Washington, 8/4/38

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road

Convex wall, Cañon de Chelle, about 700 feet in height.

Convex wall, Cañon de Chelle, about 700 feet in height.

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 500 pickers in the height of the season. Not many young workers yet.] Location: [Bowling Green vicinity, Kentucky]. / L.W. Hine.

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 500 pickers in the height of the season. Not many young workers yet.] Location: [Bowling Green vicinity, Kentucky]. / L.W. Hine.

[Flight 82: Wilbur piloting at a considerable height, flying a distance of 2 3/4 miles in 5 minutes and 4 seconds, almost four circles of the field at Huffman Prairie, the best and longest flight of the year; Dayton, Ohio]

[Flight 82: Wilbur piloting at a considerable height, flying a distance of 2 3/4 miles in 5 minutes and 4 seconds, almost four circles of the field at Huffman Prairie, the best and longest flight of the year; Dayton, Ohio]

View of the great railroad wreck The most appalling railroad disaster on the Continent, on the T.P. & W.R.R. near Chatsworth, Illinois, of the Niagara Excursion Train, at midnight, August 10th, 1887 ; From south, showing sleeper "Tunis," the height and width of the culvert 5 1/2 by 8 feet, the cause of the wreck, and seventeen pairs of trucks in one pile / / Harlan Holferty, view artist.

View of the great railroad wreck The most appalling railroad disaster on the Continent, on the T.P. & W.R.R. near Chatsworth, Illinois, of the Niagara Excursion Train, at midnight, August 10th, 1887 ; From south, showing sleeper "Tunis," the height and width of the culvert 5 1/2 by 8 feet, the cause of the wreck, and seventeen pairs of trucks in one pile / / Harlan Holferty, view artist.

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Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Old home with mud walls built by mulattoes, now part of the John Henry cotton plantation

Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Old home with mud walls built by mulattoes, now part of the John Henry cotton plantation

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

San Juan, Puerto Rico. In the huge slum area known as "El Fangitto" ("the mud")

San Juan, Puerto Rico. In the huge slum area known as "El Fangitto" ("the mud")

High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Residence, State Highway 124 Crossing of Mud Bayou, High Island, Galveston County, TX

High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Residence, State Highway 124 Crossing of Mud Bayou, High Island, Galveston County, TX

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road

Fort Mifflin, Soldiers' Barracks, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fort Mifflin, Soldiers' Barracks, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pearl Harbor bombing. California hit. Battered by aerial bombs and torpedoes, the USS California settles slowly into the mud and muck of Pearl Harbor. Clouds of black, oily smoke pouring up from the California and her stricken sister ships conceal all but the hull of the capsized USS Oklahoma at the extreme right

Pearl Harbor bombing. California hit. Battered by aerial bombs and torpedoes, the USS California settles slowly into the mud and muck of Pearl Harbor. Clouds of black, oily smoke pouring up from the California and her stricken sister ships conceal all but the hull of the capsized USS Oklahoma at the extreme right

Fort Mifflin, Officers' Quarters, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fort Mifflin, Officers' Quarters, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA