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| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | The outcome of a war caused the ruin of a church. Captioned: "Steps leading to ruined church. Saint Thomas." |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | View through arch of a church left in ruins. Captioned: "The church at St. Thomas, with one wall, the roof and altar shot away. Notice the position of the ... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | A man is standing near a cage for carrier pigeons camouflaged in the hay. Captioned: "A camouflaged, but homelike, haven for carrier pigeons. They carry me... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | View across field of the remains of a Moscow Brewery and Sugar Refinery. Captioned: "Moscow — Hill 108, with ruins of sugar refinery and brewery. Boche tre... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | View down street and plaza towards buildings in Paris. Captioned: "The Pantheon; Napoleon's Tomb; the Invalides." |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | A statue with bushes planted at the base. Captioned: "Reims. The artistic statue of Victory. Notice the delicacy of the work." |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Damaged buildings on the main road in Cormicy. Three men are in the road near a building on the right. Captioned: "The main street at Cormicy, showing the ... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | View down road towards trucks and ambulances. Captioned: "Part of our cantonment at Dombasle on the road to Verdun." |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | A church with a hole in the wall. Captioned: "The hole made by a Boche shell entering the Dombasle church. It exploded inside and left little except ruins.... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | A delivery road in France, filled with water reflecting the trees on both sides. Captioned: "A typical tree-lined country road in France. In delivery at ni... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a damaged church that is missing walls and a roof. Captioned: "Church showing 'the wall which isn't there.' St. Thomas." |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | The remains of a sugar refinery in Moscow. Captioned: "The furnaces of the sugar refinery at Moscow. Notice the trenches on Hill 108." |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Damaged roof and walls of a french bakery on a hill. Captioned: "'Le Four de Paris' (Oven of Paris), the quaint old bakery, after which this part of the Ar... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | View of a man standing in a trench. Captioned: "A. Rodriguez, Corporal of "brancardier," taken in a Russian trench in the Champagne, near Auberive. Notice ... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | A young boy, standing in front of an ambulance, posing for a portrait with mascot puppy in his arms. Captioned: "'The Petit goss' with our pup mascot. He w... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Damaged airplanes sitting on wooden planks. Captioned: "A Nieuport 'sent up' for repairs." |
| Date: | 02 18 1919 |
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| Description: | View of interior of ruined church. Captioned:"Interior of ruined church at St. Hilaire-le-Grand." |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | View of exterior of a church in Cormicy which was hit by opposing forces and almost completely destroyed. Caption reads: "Churches, as the most prominent b... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Three soldiers posing for a group portrait. Caption reads: "Three handsome African lads, serving in a division from Morocco." |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a damaged church tower, with a clock at the top. Caption reads: "Ruined church at St. Hilaire-le-Grand. Notice the clock." |
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