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Ruins of Fort Crawford

Date: 1915
Description: Ruins of Fort Crawford. A windmill is in the background on the right. Caption reads: "Ruins of Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, Wis."
Postcard

Fort Sumter

Date: 1915
Description: View across water toward Fort Sumter. Caption reads: "Fort Sumter, Charleston, S. C."
Photograph

The Military Academy

Date: 1915
Description: Soldiers marching in formation in front of a large building at the Military Academy.
Photograph

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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Playing Horseshoes at National Military Home

Date: 1915
Description: A group of veterans pose while playing horseshoes at the National Military Home, which opened in 1867. In the background, the top of the National Military ...
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Dining at the National Military Home

Date: 1915
Description: A large group of veterans eating in the dining hall at the National Military Home, which opened in 1867. Men in white hats and uniforms serve a meal to the...
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Coast Guard Station

Date: 1915
Description: Six Coastguardsmen pose with an officer on the shore at the Coast Guard Station at Baileys Harbor. The men are identified as (left to right) Reinhart Hicke...
Photograph

Baileys Harbor

Date: 1915
Description: The Baileys Harbor Coast Guard Life Saving Station viewed from between a fishing boat and a pier warehouse. The station's pier extends into the harbor and ...
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Baileys Harbor Coast Guard Station

Date: 1915
Description: Winter view of the Coast Guard Life Saving Station at Baileys Harbor. Snow has drifted on the shore, where a small boat rests.
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Soldiers Walking Next to Destroyed Buildings

Date: 1915
Description: Three Austrian soldiers walking past a damaged building in Valjevo, Serbia.
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"An Expressive Scene"

Date: 1915
Description: Horses surrounding a steam threshing machine in Serbia during World War I.
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Austrian Officers on a Serbian Farmstead

Date: 1915
Description: A group of Austrian officers are gathered in front of a building on a Serbian farmstead
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Destroyed Customs House in Sabac, Serbia

Date: 1915
Description: Soldiers and officers are posing in front of the destroyed Customs House in Sabac, Serbia.
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Soldiers Amidst the Ruins of Sabac

Date: 1915
Description: Soldiers posing standing amidst the ruins of destroyed buildings in Sabac, Serbia.
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Austrian River Monitor Artillery Piece

Date: 1915
Description: Three Austrian soldiers with a cannon to be mounted on an Austrian river monitor on Danube River during World War I.
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Loading Bricks for Use in Roadbuilding

Date: 1915
Description: Bricks from a destroyed factory building are being collected for use in the improvement of poor roadways in Serbia during World War I.
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Essential Work in Enemy Territory

Date: 1915
Description: A soldier is doing repair work on a telephone pole in Serbia during World War I.
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Soldiers Waiting at the Train Station in Ruma

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are standing around at the train station in Ruma, Syrmien. A man is standing in the center with a sheep, presumably about to be slaughter...
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Austrian Soldiers Shoot at an Airplane

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers shooting at an airplane somewhere in Galicia.
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Austrian Artillerymen

Date: 1915
Description: Distributing gifts to Austrian artillerymen in Galicia during a fire mission. Several soldiers are wearing snow shirts over the uniforms for camouflage.

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