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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...
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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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Place de la Concorde

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across plaza towards two buildings in the center of Paris. Captioned: "Place de la Concorde. To the left A.P.C. headquarters; to the right, French min...
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The Pantheon, Napoleon's Tomb, and Invalides, Paris

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View down street and plaza towards buildings in Paris. Captioned: "The Pantheon; Napoleon's Tomb; the Invalides."
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Main Road in Cormicy

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Damaged buildings on the main road in Cormicy. Three men are in the road near a building on the right. Captioned: "The main street at Cormicy, showing the ...
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Opera in Paris

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across plaza towards the Opera. Caption reads: "The Opera, the most famous of all national theaters, Paris."
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Bombed Street in Fismes, France

Date: 1918
Description: Street in Fismes, France destroyed during the Battle of Fismes. The badly damaged town hall can be seen near the center, with rubble from other buildings i...
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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.
Poster

Palais de Glace — Paris Y.M.C.A. Canteen and Theatre

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of a snowy field with bare trees and snow-covered artillery. People are walking toward a lit theater in the background. Text re...
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Shrine of the Black Madonna

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Description: Entrance to the shrine and convent of the Black Madonna in Czenstochau (Częstochowa) in Poland.
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Silly (Silli) in Syria

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Description: Elevated view of railroad cars waiting for supplies to be loaded on board.
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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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East Prussia

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Description: Scene of burned buildings after the Russian occupation.
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Ruins in Ortelsburg

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Description: Ortelsburg in East Prussia after the Russian occupation.

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