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Soldiers with Military Trucks

Date: 08 29 1918
Description: U.S. soldiers standing in a street with military trucks parked along a curb near the McCormick Works. The truck bodies were likely built under military con...
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Mogul 10-20 H.P. Tractor Pulling a U.S. Army Trailer

Date: 1917
Description: An International Harvester Mogul 10-20 H.P. tractor pulling a trailer for the Aviation Section No. 507 of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. The trailer appears t...
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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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Returning Prisoners of War

Date: 11 25 1918
Description: Verdun-Etain Road, about two weeks after the armistice, showing returning prisoners of war. This photograph was probably taken by Victor Morris, in whose w...
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4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 28 1918
Description: Soldiers parade with guns bearing American flags past Schuette Brothers clothing store at the corner of S. 8th and Jay Streets as spectators look on. There...
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Pleasant Plains Memorial

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Description: The Pleasant Plains Memorial statue honoring the soldiers from the fifth ward who fought in World War II. The bronze statue of a woman holding a palm and ...
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Regimental Street

Date: 1918
Description: A view down Regimental Street, a dirt road at Camp Logan, shows a man in a horse-drawn vehicle, with a fence on the right, and many identical buildings on ...
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Regimental Street

Date: 1918
Description: A view down Regimental Street, a dirt road at Camp Logan, with a bridge leading from the street to buildings on the right. Small buildings also line the le...
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Regimental Street

Date: 1918
Description: A view of two automobiles driving down Regimental Street, a dirt road at Camp Logan, where a man is standing by one of many buildings on the left. The road...
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A Company Street

Date: 1918
Description: Men in uniform walk down a dirt road with tents on either side, surrounded by trees.
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Company Inspection at Camp Logan

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of a company inspection with the tops of tents drawn back. Cots and equipment are lined up outside the tents and men walk on either side of t...
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A large formation of soldiers, led by four dogs, marching down a dirt road at Camp Travis, named in 1917.
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Camp Upton

Date: 1918
Description: Rows of soldiers march down a dirt road at Camp Upton, on which construction began in 1917.
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Camp Logan

Date: 1918
Description: A view of soldiers on horseback, riding down 29th Street at Camp Logan, established in 1917. A fence lines the dirt road on the right, and military buildin...
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A man stands in front of a Holt Caterpillar tractor at Camp Travis, named in 1917. The tractor pulls a train of wagons on a dirt path. Several men work in ...
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Welcoming Arch to Returning War Veterans of Sussex County

Date: 10 04 1919
Description: Front view of a welcoming arch for the returning war veterans of Sussex County. The arch lists major battle sites on the left, and shows the county's honor...
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Company E

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Description: Elevated view of the assembled military men of Company E and the military band on a town street. Other people stand and observe behind the formation of sol...
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Caterpillar Holt G-9 Tank

Date: 1917
Description: Prototype of a G-9 Caterpillar tank during a demonstration for members of the United States Army at the Los Angeles River. Two men stand on the left.
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A Very Successfully Camouflaged French Road

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Screens prevent hostile balloons from viewing a French road. Captioned: "A very successfully camouflaged French road. The screens across the road are to pr...
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Route 44

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View down center of road towards bunkers and trees. Captioned: "Route 44, a national road, hundreds of years old. It is too close to the Boche to be used i...

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