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Passenger Train at Russian Railroad Station
1917
Group of people at a railroad platform near the "Imperial train" used by the Root Commission as they traveled through Russia.
Cyrus McCormick, Jr. in Russia
July 1917
Admiral Glennon (left), Cyrus McCormick, Jr. (center) and "Gorbatenka" standing near a train in Russia.
Crowd Near Train Station at Irkutsk, Russia
1917
Soldiers and civilians on a street near the train station at Irkutsk, Russia. Original caption reads: "station scene at Irkutsk."
Passenger Train at Manchurian Railroad Station
1917
Group of people at a railroad station in Manchuria, gathered near the "Imperial train" that carried the Root Commission members through Russia.
Train Station at Vyatka, Russia
July 12, 1917
Crowd at a train station in Vyatka, Russia. Smoke in the background is coming from a burning railway ice-house.
Senator Root Addressing Russian Soldiers at Perm
1917
Senator Elihu Root addressing Russian soldiers at Perm. Root is standing near the Imperial train that carried members of the Root Commission.
