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Buildings and Marching Field

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of buildings and soldiers marching in a field. Automobiles are parked on the lower right.
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Up and Away

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Men standing near a hot air balloon. Hot air balloons were mostly used as spotters for the enemy. Captioned: "The basket in which the observer sits while '...
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War Zone Road

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Elevated view of a well-paved road in a war zone, surrounded by piles and fields of hay. Captioned: "A typical road in the War Zone. Wild, smooth, well gra...
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Convoy from Paris

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across field of cars in a convoy. Caption reads: "A stop to wait for broken down cars while in convoy from Paris to Longeville."
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Underground Trench

Date: 02 02 1919
Description: A rundown underground trench/passageway for soldiers to move from one side of the field to the other without being exposed to enemy fire.
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Downed German Plane

Date: 10 04 1918
Description: German plane shot down between Montfaucon and Cierges, France.
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Road Behind the Yankee Line

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of the road behind the U.S. line of advance into Saint-Mihiel, jammed with troops and supplies.
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Purchasing Wagons

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Description: Military supply administration purchasing civilian wagons at the Tempelhof field. The accepted wagons are being stamped for identification.
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Requisitioned Animals

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Description: Slightly elevated view of soldiers on a road with requisitioned animals. The oxen are first used as draft animals and when meat supplies run low are slaugh...
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Bavarians in Vosges

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Description: Elevated view of people gathered on a road. There are railroad tracks alongside the road on the left. Our Bavarians in the Vosges. The welcome sutler wagon...
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Bavarians in Vosges

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Description: Elevated view of people gathered on a road. There are railroad tracks alongside the road on the left. Our Bavarians in the Vosges. The welcome sutler wagon...
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Bavarians in Vosges

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Supply column on the road.
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Bavarians in Vosges

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Supply column on the road.
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Bavarian Supply Column

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Supply column on the road.

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