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Nieuport Waiting for Repairs

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Damaged airplanes sitting on wooden planks. Captioned: "A Nieuport 'sent up' for repairs."
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Three Moroccan Soldiers

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Three soldiers posing for a group portrait. Caption reads: "Three handsome African lads, serving in a division from Morocco."
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Opera in Paris

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across plaza towards the Opera. Caption reads: "The Opera, the most famous of all national theaters, Paris."
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Soldier Standing at Machine Gun Post

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Soldier standing in a field next to a machine gun. Caption reads: "A 37 m.m. gun used largely against Machine gun implacements. It is accurate and quick fi...
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Cormicy Dance Hall

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Exterior view of the damage to the dance hall in Cormicy. Caption reads: "The Cormicy dance-hall. Dance halls in France, whether wrecked as this one or not...
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Band Marching Out

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: An Army band marching along a street. Caption reads: "Band on our Division (71) marching 'out'-hence the joy. The first band I had seen in France."
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Man Standing Near Ambulance

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across road towards a man standing in front of an ambulance. Caption reads: "Two months out of Paris. Taken the day he left Wambasle en route for Waly...
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Esmes

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View down road leading to what is left of Esmes. Caption reads: "What is left of Esmes. Notice the shell-packed road and the concrete water trough."
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The Prison Camp

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Three men standing guard in front of a building which is part of a prison camp in France. A sign on the building reads: "Post de Police." Caption reads: "E...
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Bi-Motor Airplane

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Airplane resting on its landing gear. Caption reads: "A bi-motor caudrone. Valuable for observation, takes the air quickly and is particularly speedy at hi...
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Woman with Two Children

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Two children and a woman posing near a building for a group portrait. Caption reads: "Waly, our first night stop out of Dombasle and where much exhilaratio...
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French Villagers First American Encounter

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: School children gathered around a American. Caption reads: "Sammy Lloyd, Cornell instructor in botany, with a group of merry villagers. We were the first A...
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Horse-Drawn Ambulance

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A horse ambulance parked on a road near buildings. Caption reads: "A horse ambulance frequently used to carry wounded from batteries to "poste de secours" ...
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Jubécourt

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Two men standing in front of a large group of ambulances parked in the snow. Caption reads: "An early morning scene at Jubécourt. The drivers slept in thei...
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Camouflaged Telephone Headquarters

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Two men standing near camouflaged telephone headquarters. Caption reads: "Not a rocky cliff at all but a neatly camouflaged telephone headquarters on the r...
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Camouflaged Gun Base

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Group of men standing by a camouflaged gun base. Caption reads: "Famous French "75." Notice the empty shell, the loaded shells leaning against the sand-bag...
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Prince Eitel's Trench

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A trench dedicated to Prince Eitel of Prussia who was the son of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany.
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Destroyed Village of Northern France

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Elevated view of a village in France that has been totally destroyed by the war. Caption reads: "The utter ruin and desolation of a typical bombarded villa...
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The Château

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Several men standing near two ambulances which are parked near ruins. Caption reads: "The "Château," probably the most celebrated A.A.F.S poste. The entire...
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Camouflaged Weapon

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across field towards a well-camouflaged military weapon.

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