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Naval Reservists

Date: 09 08 1950
Description: Naval reservists line up for roll call while awaiting their train to Chicago on their way to Korea.
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People on Russian Train Platform

Date: 1917
Description: Men and women wait in boxcars and on the platform at a Russian railroad station. The original caption reads: "uppers and lowers on the Trans-Siberian Ry. [...
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Soldier and Civilian

Date: 09 1951
Description: A British soldier or police officer and a civilian on the bridge between the British area of Hong Kong and Communist China.
Postcard

Unloading Horses

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view of horses being unloaded from railroad cars by soldiers. Caption reads: "'Unloading Horses,' Camp Douglas, Wis."
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National Guardsmen at the Depot

Date: 1885
Description: Group of Wisconsin National Guardmen standing on a platform, possibly at the Union Depot in Camp Douglas.
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Company D Leaving Hartford

Date: 08 17 1917
Description: Large crowd of people gathered at the train station to see off Company D of the 5th Wisconsin National Guard Infantry. The soldiers, some leaning out of th...
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Robert Doyle on the German Border

Date: 10 29 1944
Description: Robert Doyle stands with one foot resting on a railroad track on the border between Germany and Belgium. A sign on the right reads "Entering Germany." Behi...
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Parade Down City Street

Date: 1918
Description: View down street of an approaching column of American officers and soldiers parading through the downtown of Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia.
Postcard

U.S. Soldiers

Date: 1912
Description: Photographic postcard view of troops marching on the road across the railroad tracks past the depot.
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Advance Party of the British Relief Expedition

Date: 1918
Description: British troops with a regimental band marching into a Russian town. Leading the way ahead of the troops are a group of boys, and closer to the large buildi...
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Bavarians in Vosges

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of people gathered on a road. There are railroad tracks alongside the road on the left. Our Bavarians in the Vosges. The welcome sutler wagon...
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East Prussian Refugees

Date: 
Description: East Prussian refugees whose homes had been burned by Russian troops and who are living in railroad cars.
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The First Neutral Train Pulling into Merxen

Date: 1914
Description: The first neutral train carrying returning refugees is pulling into the Merxen station in Antwerp. Soldiers are posing in front of the engine.
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Belgian Refugees Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: View of the neutral train entering Merxen (Merskem), near Antwerp, bringing refugees from Holland.
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Belgian Refugees in Merxen Train Station

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees passing through a line of soldiers.
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German Soldiers in Front of Refugee Train

Date: 1914
Description: German soldiers and Dutch officials in front of a neutral train transporting refugees back to Belgium.
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Belgian Refugees on the Way Home

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees gathering on train tracks on their way to return home.
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Refugees from Antwerp Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees from Antwerp awaiting the train that will take them home.
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Belgian Refugees Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees receiving their railway tickets in Bergen op Zoom for the trip to Merxen. Bergen op Zoom, the first large city on the Dutch side of the border was...
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An Arab Leader Addressing Djemal Pascha

Date: 
Description: An Arab leader greeting Djemal Pascha at the Railroad station in Damascus.

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