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Truax Field Barracks

Date: 08 06 1947
Description: Rows of barracks at Truax Field.
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Truax Barracks Fire

Date: 11 06 1948
Description: Truax barracks building where a kerosene explosion and fire fatally burned Mrs. Walter (Dorothy) Alburn, and seriously burned her husband and two of their ...
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Truax Barracks Fire

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Police officers Robert O'Neil (left) and Frank Eisele standing next to the charred crib from which infant Walter Alburn, Jr. was rescued by neighbors in th...
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Truax Barracks Fire

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Four Truax barracks apartment neighbors who rescued Walter Alburn and two of his children from the Alburn apartment after a kerosene explosion and resultin...
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Elevated View of Fort Seward

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Description: Elevated view of Fort Seward from Mount Rippinsky, showing Pyramid Harbor and Davidson Glacier in distance. Caption reads: "Haines and Fort Wm. H. Seward f...
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Marine Barracks and Grounds

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Description: A view of a marine barracks from across the grounds. Cannons are on the right, next to a flag pole.
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Marine Barracks

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Description: A view of the staff at the dining hall of the marine barracks. The staff wears white aprons and prepares to serve food, and tables are set on either side ...
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Marine Barracks

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Description: A large group of men looking at the camera, standing near their cots in a squad room of a marine barracks. A staircase leads upward on the left.
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Camp Upton

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Description: View looking uphill toward two men standing on a road near a tall lookout tower with a flag on a flagpole, and barracks at Camp Upton, active starting in 1...
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Camp Upton

Date: 1918
Description: An informal group portrait of soldiers standing near their barracks. On the right, a soldier holds a dog. The barracks and other military buildings stand i...
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Washington Barracks

Date: 1915
Description: A view of a line of soldiers in the drill field, holding firearms. One officer stands in front of them, and another behind. Two large buildings in the back...
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New York State Police Barracks

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Description: A view of the exterior, made of "adobe." An outdoor patio-like area has a wooden lattice covering over it. The building itself has decorative touches on th...
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United States Naval Training Camp

Date: 1918
Description: A view of the barracks in a wooded area of the United States Naval Training Camp. A man stands between the barracks and trees in the center.
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United States Naval Training Station

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Description: A view of sailors in uniform standing between the rows of barracks of the United States Naval Training Station.
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United States Navy Camp Wissahickon

Date: 1918
Description: A row of sailors stand in the barracks by their belongings for a clothing inspection. An officer stands on the left.
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National Military Home

Date: 1915
Description: Interior of the infirmary barracks at the National Military Home. Men sit in chairs next to rows of beds on both sides of the room. Construction of the Nat...
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Awaiting Retreat Call

Date: 1918
Description: View of a group of uniformed men in formation in front of their barracks, awaiting retreat call. The men are lined up with an officer at the front.
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Jump River CCC Clerks with Trophies

Date: 1935
Description: Russ Edlerkin, Army Chief Clerk in shorts and tank top; George Arthur Weidner, Army Chief Clerk holding two trophy cups; unknown F.S. Clerk holding two tro...
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Billets

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow-covered logs of billets of the 310th U.S. Army Corps of Engineers near Arkhangelsk, Russia surrounded by pine trees. There are pine boughs...
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Trenches

Date: 1918
Description: Trenches constructed for American forces to defend against the Bolshevik "Red" forces. In the background are possibly barracks and other buildings for the ...

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