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Coast Guard Training Ship

Date: 1920
Description: View from boat of the Coast Guard ship at La Pointe. A shoreline is in the far background.
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War Ruins

Date: 1917
Description: Ruins of a French house. Captioned: "The first real ruins of the war that any of S.S.U. 12 ever saw. Our way to the front lead over the battlefield of th...
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Neighborhood House Activities Scrapbook: Preparing Vases - U.S.O.

Date: 1943
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with women painting vases for United Service Organizations (USO) use. Groups at the settlement house wor...
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Front Line Near St. Thomas

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Two soldiers in the trenches near the front line at St. Thomas. Captioned: "Front line at St. Thomas, near Sainte Menehould."
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Ruins of Moscou Sugar Refinery

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Sugar refinery and forest in France left in ruins. Captioned: "Ruins of the Moscou sugar refinery. It was the largest in France, we are told."
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Mess Hall and Kitchen in Vaux Varennes

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Mess hall and kitchen in a truck located in Vaux Varennes. Captioned: ""Salle a manger" and "Cuisine" at Vaux Varennes in the Aieux Country."
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Students in an Alley

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Students waiting outdoors during a sunny day, wearing their smocks and fatigue caps. Captioned: "The alley in which the school was located at Ste. Menehoul...
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American Ambulance and French Ambulance

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Two ambulances parked near a building. Captioned: "My ambulance contrasted with a French one."
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Men Gathering For Work

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Men gathering for work at Ferme De Piemont. Captioned: "Taken at Ferme De Piemont (in the Champagne) to work the Bull Durham people for the 'makins.'"
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Faith and Benny on the Ambulance

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Elevated view of two men sleeping on top of an ambulance during the day. Captioned: "Faith and Benny, both in aviation now, asleep on top of the latter's a...
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Donkey Carrying Supplies in a Trench

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Three men loading a donkey with supplies. One of the men is holding a dog in his arms. Captioned: "Donkeys are used to carry munitions and supplies to batt...
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Cemetery at Dead Man's Hill

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Hundreds of graves for fallen soldiers at Dead Man's Hill. Captioned: "Cemetery at foot of Mort Homme (Dead Man's Hill). Notice the 'communication trenches...
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Crowd at Pier

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View from ship as a crowd on a pier is saying goodbye to "Espagne" as it is sailing away. Captioned: "The crowd at the pier as the 'Espagne' left for Borde...
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The Coat of Arms of Joan of Arc

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: The coat-of-arms of Joan of Arc atop a doorway in Cormicy. Captioned: "Jeanne d'arc, on her way to Reims to coronate Charles VII, stopped at Cormicy overni...
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Place de la Concorde

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across plaza towards two buildings in the center of Paris. Captioned: "Place de la Concorde. To the left A.P.C. headquarters; to the right, French min...
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50th Chasseur's Band

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Group of band members posing for a commemorative group portrait. Captioned: "The band of the 50th Chasseures at Bowancount."
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March Out of Ste. Menehould

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: The band and infantry marching together as they leave Ste. Menehould. Captioned: "Infantry following the band on their march 'out.' Ste. Menehould."
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Dining Room in Recy

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Soldiers gathering in the open air dining room for a meal. Captioned: "Our 'Salle a manger' at Recy."
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Ruined Church

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: The outcome of a war caused the ruin of a church. Captioned: "Steps leading to ruined church. Saint Thomas."
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Moscow Refinery and Brewery

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across field of the remains of a Moscow Brewery and Sugar Refinery. Captioned: "Moscow — Hill 108, with ruins of sugar refinery and brewery. Boche tre...

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