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Keystone View Company Thousands Marching, Thousands Watching! Our National Army, Chicago, Aug. 4, 1917

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.195 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Stereocard Date: 1917 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

Members of the American army march through the streets of Chicago as crowds cheer on the sidewalk just after the United States entered the war.

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