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Keystone View Company Building Barbed Wire Entanglements -- Reserve Officers in Training Camp, Ft. Sheridan, Ill.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.192 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Germany Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

Soldiers at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, construct a barbed wire entanglement between two trees. Soldiers are seen in a field in the background.

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