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1914-1918
Keystone View Company
Camp Pontanezen, at Brest, France, from Which American Soldiers Were Returned to the United States.
A view of railways, barracks, and other buildings at Camp Pontanezen, in Brest, France.
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One of the Buildings of the American Ordance Repair Shops of Mehun-sur-Yevre, France
This photograph is of men at work preparing goods for soldiers on the front. This scene takes place in one of the many ordance repair shops. They were also responsible for repairing weaponry.
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1902
Underwood & Underwood
"The old American theory - treat each man on his own worth as a man" - President Roosevelt, Old
Roosevelt is shown 3/4 back speaking from a railroad car. A very large crowd surrounds him, including several men who have climbed a telegraph pole and a number of people gathered on a roof in the background of the picture.
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Marshall Joffre, Vivani, Chocheprar and Fabry- French War Commission- With Gov. Lowden and State Officials at Tomb of Lincoln, Springfield, ILL.
Many men in uniform are gathered around Lincoln's tomb. There is an American flag.
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1905
Strohmeyer & Wyman
Indian Chiefs: Quanah Parker, Geronimo, Buckskin Charlie, American Horse, Little Plume, Hollow Horn Boar, in the Inaugural Parade .
The Native Americans ride in a tight cluster at the head of the parade.
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Old pensioners, Soldiers Home, Dayton, Ohio
Underwood & Underwood. A group of elderly soldiers in Civil War uniforms seated around a tree.
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1906
Howard, Arthur P. (fl. 1906)
[Officers of the Kearsarge]
Depicts officers of the ship Kearsarge, first launched 11 September 1861 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Apparently reprinted by Howard in 1906. Depicts Civil War-era officers. Accompanied by three lists citing the names of officers depicted in the...
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1918
Happy Reunion for Home-coming Soldier Fathers.
Two American Soldiers stand beside their wives, holding babies born during the war. Behind them stand their fellow soldiers and officer.
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1917
Thousands Marching, Thousands Watching! Our National Army, Chicago, Aug. 4, 1917
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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Dug-outs and Shelters-Cantonment in the Race Course at Flirey, France
Dug-outs and shelters used during trench warfare in Flirey, France. These dug-outs were better constructed than most were during the war. Flirey villlage was destroyed during the war. It was in No Man's land for four years before American occupation...
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Our Boys Boarding Transport for For "the Good Old U.S.A"
This photograph is of American soldiers heading home on a boat after the war's end from Europe. According to the photograph, the ride home was unpleasant for many because of poor living conditions.
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Colored Troops Returning from France on S. S. Aquitania, New York
The steamship Aquitania, heading for New York harbor, containing a number of African-American troops.
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circa 1900s
Unknown
[Portrait of railroad workers]
One undated silver gelatin photgraph mounted on board. Image is of 17 railroad workers, including 14 African American men with tools, posing on tracks.
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circa 1910
[Grace Nash with Native Americans at Indian School]
One photograph of Grace Nash with Native Americans dated circa 1910. Features Nash standing in front of trees with two unnamed Native American girls on either side of her. A note on the back of the photo reads, "Grace Nash with Indians at Indian...
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July 1918
U.S. Committee on Public Information
"At the grave of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt."
Chaplain Francis P. Duffy conducts a service at the grave of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt, near Chamery, France. Lt. Roosevelt's plane was brought down back of the German lines, July 14, 1918. The American advance brought the spot within American lines a...
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Hospital Deck on Giant Transport "Leviathan".
An American sergeant visits with sick men on a hospital transport ship.
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Captured German Machine Guns on Road from Villers-Cotterets to Soissons.
Two American soldiers man a German captured machine gun, kneeling behind a bush.
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Four of Our Submarines in Dry Dock in Government Navy Yard.
Four American submarines on a dry dock in the Government Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
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Our Boys in France Learning to Correctly Use Gas Masks.
A row of American soldiers learn how to put on gas masks at a camp in France.
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General Pershing Decorating Officers of 89th Div., Treves, Germany.
A line of American soldiers receive the Distinguished Service Crosses from General Pershing on a field in Treves, Germany.
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Grave of Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt, Buried by Germans where He Fell
An American soldier stands mourning at the grave of Quentin Roosevelt, the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt.
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America's Most Notable Gathering of Military Heroes-Left to Right, Jacques (Belgium), Diaz (Italy), Coolidge, Foch (France), Pershing, end, Beatty (England), at His Right
In this photograph many military hereos of WWI are gathered at the American Legion in 1921.
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Attaching Observation Balloon to Winch for Towing into Position, Army of Occupation, Weissenburg, Germany.
American troops attach an observation balloon to its winch and prepare it to take off in a field in Weissenburg, Germany.
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Our Answer to the Kaiser -- 3,000 of America's Millions Eager to FIght for Democracy.
Lines of American soldiers as far as the eye can see, in full uniform with their weapons by their sides.
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Doughtnuts for Doughboys -- Montabaur on the Rhine.
Four women from the Y.M.C.A. make fresh doughnuts for the American soldiers, who stand behind them, holding doughtnuts and looking pleased.
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