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International Truck Carrying Female Employees

Date: 1918
Description: International G-1(?) truck carrying International Harvester Company women workers during World War I. The truck is decorated with flags and shields bearing...
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Zincographic Equipment

Date: 1918
Description: Army engineers at Camp Curtiss, demonstrating zincographic equipment. Zincography was a form of printing for large maps using zinc plates.
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African American Soldiers

Date: 06 1918
Description: Gravel screening and separating plant of the 310th Engineers in operation on a road near Camp Custer. All of the soldiers at work on this road construction...
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Wartime Salvage

Date: 10 1918
Description: While engaged in road construction near Aubreville, France, the 310th Engineers came upon this scene and helped themselves. Photographer Victor Morris labe...
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Cowboy Soldiers

Date: 1918
Description: Members of the U.S. Remount Service, all former cowboys, in training at Camp Lewis.
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Group Standing near Locomotive

Date: 1917
Description: Large group of men, including railway workers, standing beside a locomotive. Original caption reads: "U.P. Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign. Farm pre...
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Off to the Trenches

Date: 05 05 1918
Description: Send off for World War I recruits at the railroad station. The man leaning out of the train window is Ben Bergor, a professional magician and vaudeville pe...
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World War I Ambulance Man

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Description: Alvin J. Steinkopf, a member of Ambulance Company No. 125. A reporter for the "Evening Wisconsin," Steinkopf wrote stories about his experiences for that n...
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Uncooperative Transmission

Date: 1917
Description: An engineer wearing eyeglasses is kneeling on the ground and working on a transmission while smoking a pipe. Captioned: "Ed Rehm, University of Illinois, s...
Poster

Are You Working with Schwab?

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of Charles Schwab overseeing men who are working in a shipyard. Text reads: "Charles M. Schwab, Director General of the Emerg...
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Veterninary Hospital

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Description: Turkish veterinary hospital for horses in Beersheba.
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A Cheerful Group of Soldiers and Civilians

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Description: Farmers from Bukowina and Austrian soldiers.
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Sven Hedin in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: The Swedish author and naturalist Sven Hedin during a visit to Berlin.
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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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Load Carrier in Constantinople

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Description: A soldier carrying supplies to the headquarters, preparing to head to the front.
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Eduard Frankl Astride a Camel

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Description: Mr. Frankl as a war photographer with the Turkish Army.
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Serbian Roads

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Description: The bad roads in Serbia are damaging to wagons and wheels. As a result one finds temporary field smithy's set up everywhere in Serbia.
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On the Road to Antivari (Bar)

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Description: Butchers selling meat on the street in Antivari (Bar), Montenegro.
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Skutari Street Scenes

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Description: “The inquisitive reporter” in Skutari. Austrian or German journalist in conversation with a woman on the street in Skutari.
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Bosnian Railway Official

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Description: Bosnian railway official examining the rail bed in Montenegro.

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