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Austrian Soldiers on a Railroad Car

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Description: Through Bosnia and the Herzegovina during the war.
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Wounded Austrians

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Description: Wounded Austrian soldiers being loaded onto train cars.
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Wounded Austrians

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Description: Wounded Austrian soldiers being loaded onto train cars.
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Railway Station Guards in Ruma, Syrmien

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian Railway station guards standing next to a railroad car in the City of Ruma, Syrmien during World War I.
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Kissel War Workers

Date: 1918
Description: Workers leaving the Kissell Motor Car Company have their identification badges checked. The Hartford company was then building trucks of the Four Wheel Dr...
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U.S. Government War Exposition

Date: 09 1918
Description: Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition at Grant Park taken from a window the International Harvester building on Michigan Avenue. A large sign...
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U.S. Government War Exposition

Date: 09 1918
Description: Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition at Grant Park taken from a window the International Harvester building on Michigan Avenue. A large crow...
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The Famous War Engine "General" of the Western & Atlantic R. R. Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original color lithograph featuring a side profile of "The Famous War Engine "General" of the Western & Atlantic R. R." The artist depicts the steam eng...
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Meat in Abundance

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Description: Sheep being unloaded from a train car.
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Wounded on a Train

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Description: Wounded German soldier leaning out a train window reaching for a drink being held up by an Austrian colleague standing on the ground near the railroad car.
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"Plague of Dogs in Turkey"

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Description: Feral dogs hanging around a train.
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World War I Navy Recruits

Date: 04 1917
Description: Elevated view of Navy recruits at Newport, boarding a train destined for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The printed caption indicates that they had had only eight...
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Baghdad Rail Line

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Description: A draisine, or speeder, on the Baghdad rail line.
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Box Car Ride to the Front

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Description: Austrian troops riding in a box car on their way to the front.
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Senior Surgical Advisor Professor Borchardt

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Description: The senior surgical advisor Professor Borchardt inspecting the hospital train.
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"Hurrah, We're Heading to the Front"

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Description: German soldiers and artillery caissons loaded on a flat car.
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Drawing Water

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Description: Drawing water from a well in Silly (Silli).
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Aerial View of Encampment

Date: 1920
Description: Aerial view looking over railroad cars on railroad tracks towards an encampment. Sign on a building at the encampment reads: "War Exposition." A large crow...
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"The Goodbye Kiss"

Date: 1914
Description: A German soldier is kissing a woman before boarding a train.
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Bavarian Troops

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Description: Bavarian troops waving from a train leaving for the front.

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