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Man, Woman and Girl on Russian Train Platform

Date: 1917
Description: A bearded man wearing a hat and boots is standing near a passenger train. On the left is a woman with a young girl looking on. The original caption reads: ...
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Root Commission Members with Imperial Train at Harbin

Date: 1917
Description: Men standing at a train station in Harbin, Russia (now China). Original caption identifies the men as follows: "Dr. Mott, Mr. Moran, Mr. [?] (YMCA Gen'l Se...
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Chinese Laborers Standing near Wooden Fence

Date: 1917
Description: Group of "Chinese laborers" standing along wooden fence outside small building. In front of the men are baskets on the ground.
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"Buryat Prince" on Platform near Imperial Train

Date: 1917
Description: A man wearing a long coat belted at the waist, and a cap, is standing on a platform. The original caption identifies the man as a "Buryat prince." In the b...
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Seminary Church and Buildings at Vyatka, Russia

Date: 07 11 1917
Description: Church buildings in a town along the Trans-Siberian Railway. Original caption reads: "seminary church and buildings at Vyatka."
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Crowd near Train Station in Russia

Date: 07 1917
Description: Crowd of women, children and soldiers at a train station on the Trans-Siberian Railway. The station may have been located between Mogzon and Vyatka, Russia...
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Church of the Resurrection at Petrograd, Russia

Date: 1917
Description: View down a Petrograd (St. Petersburg) street with the Church of the Resurrection in the background.
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Parade on Nevski Prospekt

Date: 07 1917
Description: Parade down a city street in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia. There are numerous shops and storefronts. Original caption reads: "parade on Nevski Prospe...
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Cyrus McCormick, Jr. in Russia

Date: 07 1917
Description: Admiral Glennon (left), Cyrus McCormick, Jr. (center) and "Gorbatenka" standing near a train in Russia.
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Cyrus McCormick, Jr. and General Scott in Russia

Date: 07 1917
Description: Cyrus McCormick, Jr. and General Scott standing at a Russian railroad station.
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Men at Manchurian Train Station

Date: 07 1917
Description: Man dressed in white suit standing outside with uniformed man. Original caption reads: "Russian station master and wealthy peasant at Manchuria."
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Colonel Hurd and Colonel Michie

Date: 07 1917
Description: Colonel Hurd and Colonel Michie, probably at a train station near Irkutsk.
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Chinese Customs Officials Seizing Opium

Date: 07 1917
Description: Uniformed men gathered around a train car somewhere along the Trans-Siberian railway in China. Original caption reads: "Chinese custom officials confiscati...
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Men and Boys Standing Outisde Railroad Car at Vladivostok

Date: 1917
Description: Several well-dressed men stand near uniformed men outside a railroad car. Two young boys are in the foreground looking back at the photographer. Original c...
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Room in the Winter Palace of the Czar

Date: 1917
Description: Interior of a room in the Winter Palace in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia. Original caption reads: "Rooms in the Winter Palace of the Czar."
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Root Commission Members on Board the Buffalo

Date: 1917
Description: Members of the Root Commission trip to Russia playing "ship golf" on board the Buffalo. Original caption identifies the participants as: "Cyrus McCo...
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Mr. Duncan on Root Commission Passage

Date: 1917
Description: Man identified in original caption as "Mr. Duncan" on board the ship Buffalo as part of the Root Commission's trip to Russia. A goat appears to be l...
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Root Commission Members Aboard the Buffalo

Date: 1917
Description: Root Commission members seated aboard the deck of the Buffalo.
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Rear View of the Buffalo

Date: 1917
Description: Rear view of the Buffalo in Vladivostok harbor, Russia. The ship was transporting members of the Root Commission.
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Passenger Train at Russian Railroad Station

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people at a railroad platform near the "Imperial train" used by the Root Commission as they traveled through Russia.

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