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Flying School

Date: 08 1917
Description: A visiting French officer instructs novice American pilots at Camp Mineola on the conditions that they can expect to find at the front.
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Women Volunteering for World War I Work

Date: 1917
Description: Volunteers signing up at the Red Cross office in New York to do hospital or other volunteer work. The woman in the white smock and dark hat is Mrs. Belmont...
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World War I War Work

Date: 1917
Description: Red Cross volunteers preparing bandages at a Red Cross office in New York City. The woman standing on the right, who is supervising the work, is Mrs. Belmo...
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Registration of Enemy Aliens

Date: 05 23 1917
Description: Unnaturalized Germans registering as enemy aliens at the New York Federal Building. Registration was necessary for them to be able to travel within the va...
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Treasure and Trinket Fund

Date: 01 1918
Description: Mrs. William Bartlett of the Aviation Committee of the National Special Aid Society, examines metal objects donated by members to be sold to benefit Americ...
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Protective Gear for Mosquitos

Date: 07 30 1917
Description: For these World War I recruits seen at an unidentified training camp on Long Island, the enemy was not the Germans, but ferocious "Jersey mosquitos" and th...
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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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Camp Upton

Date: 1918
Description: A row of soldiers at Camp Upton, created in 1917. Men observe the formation of soldiers from the windows behind them and an automobile is in the background...
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Camp Upton

Date: 1918
Description: An informal group portrait of soldiers standing near their barracks. On the right, a soldier holds a dog. The barracks and other military buildings stand i...
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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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Military Training Camp

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Description: A view of a group of men during rifle practice. A fence divides the practice field from the wooded background.
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Camp Upton

Date: 1918
Description: Soldiers raise their arms during an exercise session in a field at Camp Upton, created in 1917.
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Camp Upton

Date: 1918
Description: A view of soldiers standing outside a military building at Camp Upton, built in 1917, doing dishes.
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Camp Upton

Date: 1918
Description: Soldiers standing outside a military building at Camp Upton, built in 1917. Some soldiers play basketball while others observe.
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Camp Upton

Date: 1918
Description: Men stand outside the Post Exchange Store at Camp Upton, built in 1917.
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Edith Storey, Ambulance Driver

Date: 05 1919
Description: "For months Miss Storey has been driving a war ambulance in the streets of New York--a work no less valuable than handling one behind the Flanders lines. A...
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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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Wisconsin Hospitality Committee

Date: 1919
Description: Four women and three men standing or sitting near a desk and table that are labelled "Wisconsin." Two of the women appear to be doing paperwork, and the me...

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