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Decorated Post Office

Date: 12 1918
Description: Post Office advertising the sale of War Savings Stamps. A sign above the entrance reads: "Do Your Christmas Shopping Here." Snow is on the ground.
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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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Armistice Day Ceremony

Date: 11 11 1947
Description: Armistice Day ceremony, looking down State Street, with a drum and bugle corps on the left and other veterans in uniform standing at attention near the cen...
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Airing Bunks

Date: 01 1918
Description: World War I soldiers airing out their bunks at Camp Curtis.
Poster

Keep It Coming

Date: 1914
Description: United States Food Administration World War I Poster. "Keep It Coming/ We must not only feed our soldiers at the front but the millions of women and childr...
Poster

"Victory is a Question of Stamina"

Date: 1917
Description: World War I United States Food Administration poster showing two soldiers in full gear running through snow with bayonets drawn. Text reads, "Victory is a ...
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Holiday Card with a Military Theme

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card of a window, looking outward from the inside of a house. On the sill is an American Eagle on a Federal Shield over a swag of holly and ribbon,...
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Marching Down Fifth Avenue

Date: 02 22 1918
Description: U.S. Army soldiers from Camp Upton, where they were undergoing training, marching in Washington's Birthday parade on Fifth Avenue, New York.
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Fargo Family and Friend

Date: 02 1918
Description: From left, Frank B. Fargo, Jr. posing with his parents, Louise Mears and Frank B. Fargo, and Edw. Webster near the porch of the Fargo family home. Webster ...
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Convoy from Paris

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across field of cars in a convoy. Caption reads: "A stop to wait for broken down cars while in convoy from Paris to Longeville."
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Jubécourt

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Two men standing in front of a large group of ambulances parked in the snow. Caption reads: "An early morning scene at Jubécourt. The drivers slept in thei...
Poster

His Home Over There DPP?

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of soldiers in silhouette walking through the snow towards a warmly lit YMCA building at night. The YMCA and YWCA logo's are on...
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"Loyal Fraternal Brotherhood"

Date: 
Description: German medics in Galicia carrying a wounded Austrian soldier on a litter through deep snow.
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German Soldiers Carrying Wounded Soldier

Date: 1915
Description: German soldiers are carrying a wounded Austrian soldier over a narrow bridge in Galicia.
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Destroyed Bridge in the Carpathian Mountains

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers standing by a downed railroad bridge in the Carpathian Mountains. The bridge was blown up by the retreating Russians in the vicinity of t...
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Destroyed Bridge in the Carpathian Mountains

Date: 1915
Description: View of groups of Austrian soldiers, some standing at the base, some standing on an undamaged section, of a bridge destroyed by the Russians near the Dukla...
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Artillery Forward Observers

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian forward observers in Galicia for a 305mm mortar battery using a field telescope to confirm the firing coordinates.
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Guarding Pontoons

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian pioneers guarding pontoon sections being readied for the construction of float bridges.
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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Wounded Soldier in the Mountains

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Description: German medics aiding a wounded soldier in the Carpathian mountains.

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