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A Tribute to Lazy Camp Life

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Description: An ambulance man (presumably Ray E. Williams) sitting on the front fender of an American ambulance.
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Loading an Ambulance

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Description: Medical personnel load a wounded Prussian into an ambulance. Captioned: "A wounded Prussian being loaded in my car for evacuation. He was shot just under h...
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French Torpedoes

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Description: French torpedoes (torpilles) shot by compressed gas.
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Passage for Attack

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Description: Dirt stairs through the trench wall. Captioned: "Passages up which troops rush for an attack."
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A Very Successfully Camouflaged French Road

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Screens prevent hostile balloons from viewing a French road. Captioned: "A very successfully camouflaged French road. The screens across the road are to pr...
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Route 44

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View down center of road towards bunkers and trees. Captioned: "Route 44, a national road, hundreds of years old. It is too close to the Boche to be used i...
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Plane Missing Wings

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Wingless airplane sitting outdoors. Captioned: "A Nieuport at a repair depot."
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Camouflaged French Road

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View down road towards two men standing on a French road camouflaged by trees, branches and leaves. Captioned: "A quite well camouflaged French road."
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Grave of a German Soldier

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A cross marking the grave of a German soldier. Other graves are in the background. Captioned: "A 'Fritz'."
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Artistic Statue of Victory

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A statue with bushes planted at the base. Captioned: "Reims. The artistic statue of Victory. Notice the delicacy of the work."
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Church Hit by German Shell

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A church with a hole in the wall. Captioned: "The hole made by a Boche shell entering the Dombasle church. It exploded inside and left little except ruins....
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Delivery Road in France

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A delivery road in France, filled with water reflecting the trees on both sides. Captioned: "A typical tree-lined country road in France. In delivery at ni...
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War Memorial

Date: 02 18 1919
Description: A memorial to those who died with honor. Caption reads: "A common sight in the wake of the battle of the Marne."
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Strassburg Monument

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A monument decorated with flowers, flags and topped by a statue. Caption reads: "The Strassburg Monument of Alsace. Kept draped in mourning from 1871 to 19...
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French Woman in Her Vineyard

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Outdoor portrait of a woman standing in front of her vineyard. Caption reads: "A chic French Heart-breaker, snapped posing in her vineyard. Near Vaux Varen...
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French Soldier Burial

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across field towards a group of French soldiers. Caption reads: "The funeral procession of a dead French soldier. Whenever possible, a military burial...
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"Obus Non Eclate"

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A non-exploded bomb is resting on the ground, over which three timbers have been placed. A sign reading "Obus Non Eclate" is on a post next to the bomb, an...
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Graves at Vaux Varennes

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Freshly dug graves and piles of dirt at Vaux Varannes. Caption reads: "Graves for prospective 'guests' at Vaux Varennes."
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Underground Trench

Date: 02 02 1919
Description: A rundown underground trench/passageway for soldiers to move from one side of the field to the other without being exposed to enemy fire.

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