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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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Route 44

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View down center of road towards bunkers and trees. Captioned: "Route 44, a national road, hundreds of years old. It is too close to the Boche to be used i...
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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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Seven Men Pushing a 155mm Cannon up a Hill

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Slightly elevated view of seven men helping to push a 155mm cannon up a hill while trying to get it unstuck. Captioned: "A '155' (6-inch) stuck in the mud ...
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Plane Missing Wings

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Wingless airplane sitting outdoors. Captioned: "A Nieuport at a repair depot."
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Camouflaged French Road

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View down road towards two men standing on a French road camouflaged by trees, branches and leaves. Captioned: "A quite well camouflaged French road."
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Grave of a German Soldier

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A cross marking the grave of a German soldier. Other graves are in the background. Captioned: "A 'Fritz'."
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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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Road to Verdun

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View down road towards trucks and ambulances. Captioned: "Part of our cantonment at Dombasle on the road to Verdun."
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Church Hit by German Shell

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A church with a hole in the wall. Captioned: "The hole made by a Boche shell entering the Dombasle church. It exploded inside and left little except ruins....
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Delivery Road in France

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A delivery road in France, filled with water reflecting the trees on both sides. Captioned: "A typical tree-lined country road in France. In delivery at ni...
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Missing Wall

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Exterior view of a damaged church that is missing walls and a roof. Captioned: "Church showing 'the wall which isn't there.' St. Thomas."
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Oven of Paris

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Damaged roof and walls of a french bakery on a hill. Captioned: "'Le Four de Paris' (Oven of Paris), the quaint old bakery, after which this part of the Ar...
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Convoy from Paris

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across field of cars in a convoy. Caption reads: "A stop to wait for broken down cars while in convoy from Paris to Longeville."
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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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French Soldier Burial

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across field towards a group of French soldiers. Caption reads: "The funeral procession of a dead French soldier. Whenever possible, a military burial...
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"Obus Non Eclate"

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A non-exploded bomb is resting on the ground, over which three timbers have been placed. A sign reading "Obus Non Eclate" is on a post next to the bomb, an...
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Graves at Vaux Varennes

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Freshly dug graves and piles of dirt at Vaux Varannes. Caption reads: "Graves for prospective 'guests' at Vaux Varennes."
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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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