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Homecoming Parade in Eau Claire

Date: 1918
Description: Uniformed soldiers marching in a World War I homecoming parade. Many men are carrying flags, and the street is heavily decorated with U.S. flags. The soldi...
Drawing

National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Milwaukee

Date: 1876
Description: Illustration of southwest view of the National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The institution's name changed from National Asylum For Disabled Volun...
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Returning Soldiers Crowd Entrance to Large Hall

Date: 1898
Description: View from across street of the exterior of a large hall with plate glass windows welcoming returning troops from the Spanish-American War. Soldiers and oth...
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2nd Wisconsin Regiment Lines a City Street

Date: 1898
Description: Soldiers from the second Wisconsin regiment line a city street upon returning from Puerto Rico. There is a horse-drawn cart and an electric street car on t...
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International Bus in Nebraska

Date: 07 06 1925
Description: Group of men, likely World War I veterans, sitting in an International model 52 or model 53 bus in the streets of Omaha. One man is standing outside near t...
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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.
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Army Unit Marching Down Road

Date: 1918
Description: View of an approaching group of soldiers coming up a road. A captain flanked by a lieutenant on the right is leading the group of soldiers from the 310th U...
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Army Unit Marching on Road

Date: 1918
Description: An army unit from the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps marching through town. The group is being lead by Captain McArdle from Company A, 310th Unite...
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Army Supply Depot

Date: 1918
Description: View from street towards the 310th U.S. Army Engineer Corps Supply Depot. There is a small group of soldiers standing in the open doorway of the supply dep...
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Austrian Cavalry Asking for Directions

Date: 1914
Description: An Austrian cavalry soldier asking a wagon driver for information and directions.
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Austrian Soldiers in Ruma

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian soldiers are passing a directional sign in the City of Ruma in the region of Syrmien in Serbia. The sign directs traffic to the towns of Vogani, M...
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Military Bridge on the Danube to Petrovaradin

Date: 1914
Description: A car and a wagon are crossing the bridge over the Danube in World War I. Pedestrians are using the walkway of the bridge on the left.
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Elevated View of Oscar Mayer Plant

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Description: Elevated view from roof of the Oscar Mayer plant. There is a water tower on the roof with a sign painted on it that reads: "Oscar Mayer." Automobiles are p...
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Red Cross Troops

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Description: Red Cross troops leaving Berlin passing by the Wilhelmstrasse and the Siegesallee.
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Red Cross

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Description: Red Cross leaving Berlin.
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Landsturm Soldier

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Description: Landsturm (reservist) soldier and wife in Brandenberg on the Havel. Landsturm are identifiable by the cross on their shakos.
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Bavarian Troops

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Horse furniture and leather equipment being replaced.
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Bicycle Patrol

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Description: The watch in the Vosges. Soldier (on bicycle) on patrol with a white handkerchief as a recognition sign.
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Soldier Having His Shoes Polished

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Description: Returning from the front in Budapest.
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Civilians Observe Russians

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Description: Civilian residents observing Russian troops on the heights across the Pruth River.

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