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Armistice Day Ceremonies

Date: 11 11 1947
Description: Armistice Day ceremony with Mrs. Ella M. Bresee, representing the Grand Army of the Republic and the Daughters of 1812, shown placing a wreath at the cenot...
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Chester Elvord

Date: 
Description: Chester Elvord, cousin of Louis (Lew) Arms, poses outdoors on Lake Street wearing his military uniform.
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Lewis Arms and Cousin in Military Uniforms

Date: 1952
Description: Lewis Arms (kneeling), who is wearing his Marine Corps uniform, poses with his first cousin Chester Elvord, who is wearing his Army uniform. They are on La...
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The Market

Date: 1918
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men, women, and children standing outdoors and looking towards the camera. They are probably attending the market in A...
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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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Two Soldiers near Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow of two soldiers standing outside a blockhouse fortification. One soldier is wearing heavy wool furs and is armed with a rifle, and the oth...
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Blockhouse and Dugout

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow of a soldier with a rifle standing near a timber and sandbag constructed blockhouse. In the distance is a Russian town. The most prominent...
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Soldiers near Blockhouse and Dugout

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow of three soldiers standing in front of a blockhouse that has a tall wooden fence along the exterior. The man on the left is armed with a r...
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Road to the Front, Covered with Brush

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow towards four soldiers standing near brush piles. Two men standing in the center, and two men stand behind the brush, defending the road to...
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Camouflaged Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: Four soldiers stand outside a blockhouse in the snow. One man stands on the left side of the building, the other three men stand on the right. The building...
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Motor Transport

Date: 1918
Description: A group portrait of the motor transport of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, showing the soldiers of motor transport standing next to their auto...
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Water Station

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow towards a group of Russian men, women, children, and American soldiers at a water station. Behind the sled on the left is a dog, and horse...
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Religious Procession

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of a large group of Russians conducting a religious parade through a town. The men in the group are carrying the iconography. Soldiers in mil...
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Barracks of Army Units from Michigan

Date: 1918
Description: View from snowy road towards a group of men standing among barracks occupied by Army units from Michigan.
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Sleeping Quarters and Mess of U.S. Army Engineer Corps

Date: 1918
Description: View from snowy road of the exterior of the sleeping quarters and mess of the United States Army Engineer Corps. There is a Russian family standing alongsi...
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 377-386

Date: 
Description: In the soft underside of war
The home point is to be home again with honor
without quite understanding why
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Market Place and Russian Troops

Date: 1918
Description: A large group of Russian soldiers are assembled and appear to be drilling within the center of a Russian town. Civilians stand off to the side observing th...
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U.S. Army YMCA

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of the U.S. Army's YMCA building for those deployed to northern Russia during the Allied intervention there after World War I. The building h...
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Outpost No. 5

Date: 1918
Description: Two soldiers wearing heavy winter clothes are kneeling behind a Lewis machine gun displayed on a blanket. Immediately behind the two soldiers is what appea...
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U.S. Army Engineer Corps Topographer

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor view of a U.S. Army Engineer topographer wearing skis while in the process of surveying land. The engineer is standing next to a barbed wire obstac...

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