LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Fortifications on a vast area of land]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvZm9ydGlmaWNhdGlvbnMtb24tYS12YXN0LWFyZWEtb2YtbGFuZC00Y2ZiZjItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/230/jpg "[Fortifications on a vast area of land]")
![[Group at land clearing] - Public domain portrait photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzUvMDEvMDEvZ3JvdXAtYXQtbGFuZC1jbGVhcmluZy02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Group at land clearing] - Public domain portrait photograph")
![[Buildings surrounded by fields]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTgvMDEvMDEvYnVpbGRpbmdzLXN1cnJvdW5kZWQtYnktZmllbGRzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Buildings surrounded by fields]")
![[Expanse of land covered with shrubs]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvZXhwYW5zZS1vZi1sYW5kLWNvdmVyZWQtd2l0aC1zaHJ1YnMtMi02NDAuanBn/40/102/webp "[Expanse of land covered with shrubs]")
![[Expanse of land covered with shrubs]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvZXhwYW5zZS1vZi1sYW5kLWNvdmVyZWQtd2l0aC1zaHJ1YnMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/39/webp "[Expanse of land covered with shrubs]")
![[Buildings surrounded by fields]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTgvMDEvMDEvYnVpbGRpbmdzLXN1cnJvdW5kZWQtYnktZmllbGRzLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Buildings surrounded by fields]")
![[Group at land clearing] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzUvMDEvMDEvZ3JvdXAtYXQtbGFuZC1jbGVhcmluZy0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Group at land clearing] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.")
