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Can You Drive A Car? Will You Drive One In France? Immediate Service At The Front! American Field Service

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of Columbia, personification of the United States, standing at the rear of an ambulance. She is blocking a ragged skeleton (the...
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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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Transport Americain. American Field Service

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a French ambulance driving at night. The driver is wearing a helmet, and the man standing on the side of the truck is l...
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Loading an Ambulance

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Description: Medical personnel load a wounded Prussian into an ambulance. Captioned: "A wounded Prussian being loaded in my car for evacuation. He was shot just under h...
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A Tribute to Lazy Camp Life

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Description: An ambulance man (presumably Ray E. Williams) sitting on the front fender of an American ambulance.
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Transportation of Wounded Soldier

Date: 1945
Description: Two men carry a wounded soldier on a stretcher toward the back of a waiting vehicle to transport him to another location. A grass-roofed building is in the...
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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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Airfield at Steeple Morden

Date: 08 1944
Description: Elevated view of the airfield at Royal Air Force station Steeple Morden, located 3.5 miles west of Royston, Hertfordshire, England. The 355th Fighter Group...
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Unloading of USS Samaritan

Date: 03 1945
Description: Elevated view looking down towards a group of men taking a wounded soldier down a ramp from the USS Samaritan to a waiting ambulance. Several milita...
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TWA Hostesses in International Ambulance

Date: 1941
Description: Two uniformed TWA Hostesses, Ruth Ellison and Eula Walker, examine the interior of an International D-15-M (Metro) truck sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for...
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Man Standing Near Two Ambulances

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View of a man standing near a small table in front of two ambulances.
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Group with Czechloslovak Relief Ambulance

Date: 1941
Description: A group of two men and two women stand near an International D-15-M (Metro) truck sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for service with the Czechoslovakian Army ...
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Hostesses and Lieutenant in International Ambulance

Date: 1941
Description: Two TWA hostesses, Ruth Ellison and Eula Walker, are sitting inside an International D-15-M (Metro) truck sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for service with t...
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Road to Verdun

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View down road towards trucks and ambulances. Captioned: "Part of our cantonment at Dombasle on the road to Verdun."
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World War I Ambulance Company

Date: 1917
Description: Panoramic group portrait of the Wisconsin National Guard Ambulance Company No. 1 at Camp Douglas, together with its ambulances and motorcycles with sidecar...
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Group in International Ambulance

Date: 1941
Description: A uniformed First Lieutenant and two TWA air hostesses are sitting inside an International D-15-M (Metro) truck sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for service ...
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Hostesses with International Ambulance

Date: 1941
Description: Ruth Ellison, TWA hostess, looks into an an International D-15-M (Metro) truck converted into an ambulance and sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for service w...
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Men Gathering For Work

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Men gathering for work at Ferme De Piemont. Captioned: "Taken at Ferme De Piemont (in the Champagne) to work the Bull Durham people for the 'makins.'"
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Ambulances in Recy

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A line of ambulances from the S.S.U 12 convoy getting ready to leave Recy. Caption reads: "The ambulances of S.S.U 12 lined up outside of Recy waiting for ...
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Horse-Drawn Ambulance

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A horse ambulance parked on a road near buildings. Caption reads: "A horse ambulance frequently used to carry wounded from batteries to "poste de secours" ...

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