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Lake Mendota Drive Bridge

Date: 1911
Description: A new bridge on Lake Mendota Drive.
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Buildings Along Milwaukee River

Date: 1940
Description: View from the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge. A building on the left has a large sign for Gimbel's on its roof. Beyond the river in the background are two large s...
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Piggsville

Date: 1940
Description: Small neighborhood of the city at the west end of the Menomonee River Valley. Overhead is the second Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct, demolished in 1992. Cars a...
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Man and Women Driving on Rural Road

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man driving three women in an International Model M truck along a rural road. In the background is a valley with farm buildings...
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Military Bridge Opened for Passing Steamer

Date: 1914
Description: Rough translation: Bridge between Sabac and Klenak military bridge opened for passing a steamer.
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Guards at the War Bridge

Date: 1914
Description: A group of soldiers are standing in front of a building with a sign that reads: "Brückenkommando." (Bridge Command).
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Bosnian Soldiers Building a Floating Bridge

Date: 1914
Description: Bosnian soldiers rowing a pontoon section while building a floating bridge across the Sava River in Serbia during World War I.
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Soldiers Crossing the Floating Bridge over the Save River

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers crossing the floating war bridge over the Save River during World War I.
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Austrian Soldiers Building a Bridge

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian military engineers building a bridge over the Dunajec River in Galicia.
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German Soldiers Carrying Wounded Soldier

Date: 1915
Description: German soldiers are carrying a wounded Austrian soldier over a narrow bridge in Galicia.
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Destroyed Bridge in the Carpathian Mountains

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers standing by a downed railroad bridge in the Carpathian Mountains. The bridge was blown up by the retreating Russians in the vicinity of t...
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Austrian Bridge Building Troops

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian engineering troops shaping a timber for bridge building over the Dunajec River in Galicia.
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Bridge Guard in Serbia

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Description: Winter quarters in Serbia. Bridge guard.
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"A Difficult Passage"

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Description: German troops crossing a log bridge.
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Aerial View of Construction

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Description: Aerial view of the construction of a bridge over the Warte River near Sieradz in Russian Poland.
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Construction of a Bridge

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Description: Construction of a bridge over the Warte River near Sieradz in Russian Poland.
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Construction of a Bridge

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Description: Construction of a bridge over the Warte River near Sieradz in Russian Poland.
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Construction of a Bridge

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Description: Construction of a bridge over the Warte River near Sieradz in Russian Poland.
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Repairing a Bridge in Heavy Snow

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Description: Even the worst weather does not stop our brave Pioniere (engineering troops). Here they are repairing a bridge in heavy snow.
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Destroyed Bridge

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Description: The destroyed bridge in the park at Skiernewize (Skierniewice), which has been replaced by the Germans with a first-rate emergency bridge.

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