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Man Pointing Revolver Toward Himself

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Description: A man stands near a woodpile and points a revolver toward his chest.
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Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
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Libby Prison - Anaglyph

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
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Soldiers with Wreckage

Date: 1958
Description: Soldiers of Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement during the Cuban Revolution stand next to a pile of wreckage in a rural area holding guns.
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Group Posed by Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: A group of possibly both American and British soldiers standing just outside a blockhouse fortification. There are piles of logs and an axe on the ground i...
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Concrete Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: A large concrete blockhouse fortification at Verst 581 with a concrete outhouse next to it on the right. An armed solder wearing winter clothing stands be...
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Major McArdle

Date: 1918
Description: Major McArdle returning to a village from an inspection trip. He is riding in a horse-drawn wagon with a driver, and local Russians, women and children, ar...
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Russian Firemen Extinguishing Flames

Date: 1918
Description: A group of soldiers look on as a group of Russian firefighters are attempting to extinguish a fire in a building possibly used by the Allied forces in Arch...
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Russian Firemen Extinguishing Flames

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view over fence of a group of soldiers looking on as a group of Russian firefighters are attempting to extinguish a fire in a building possibly us...
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Painting at Wiota in Memory of First Settlers

Date: 1925
Description: Painting of Fort Hamilton propped outdoors on a woodpile. An oval inset painting at the top commemorates is titled: "Col. Hamilton Leaving For The Gold Fie...
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"The Beautification Consultant at Work"

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Description: An Austrian soldier is getting his hair cut outdoors.
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Soldiers Sharpening a Saber

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Description: Two German soldiers using the services of a field carpentry detachment to sharpen a saber using a hand cranked sharpening wheel outdoors next to a shed.
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Saales in Ruins

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Description: Town of Saales in Alsace, with damaged buildings and debris lying on the ground. A ladder in front of the damaged building in the foreground reaches the ro...
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Sawing Firewood

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Description: Getting ready for winter.
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Sawing Firewood

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Description: Austrian soldiers getting ready for winter.
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Transporting Wood in the Streets of Constantinople

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Description: Soldier leading a donkey transporting wood in Constantinople.
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In Front of the Hut

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Description: A soldier eating a snack in front of a pile of wood on a break from duty.
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Resupplying on the Glacier

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Description: Provisioning soldiers fighting against the enemy and nature at over 3000 meters in elevation can only be accomplished through human effort. Soldiers are ca...
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Provisioning Firewood

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Description: Provisioning our highest battlefield with firewood.
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Sarajevo

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Description: Firewood being brought into the city for sale in Sarajevo, Bosnia.

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