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| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Blockhouse fortification under construction in a forested area. There are two uniformed soldiers standing on the right. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Three uniformed soldiers in the process of constructing Blockhouse No. 8 with logs and earth. The area appears to overlook a ravine. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Looking up at Blockhouse No. 4 while under construction. Trees around the constructions site are being used to provide camouflage. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Interior of blockhouse No. 2 looking out, showing use of timbers to reinforce the fortification's construction. There is a partial image of a soldier stand... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View looking up hill towards Blockhouse No. 1 that is constructed from timbers and earth. The fortification appears to be partially constructed into the to... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Four soldiers standing around a bomb-poof shelter, which received four direct hits from Bolshevik artillery without any damage. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Two British soldiers in a mortar station of a trench. One soldier is sitting on top of stack of wooden boxes that contain mortar rounds, while the other is... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Two British soldiers posing in a trench. The soldier on the right is manning an air-cooled Vickers light machine gun, and the soldier on the left is holdin... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of either British or American uniformed soldiers sitting in a dugout. Fabric, either curtains or clothing, is hanging down from the low ceil... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers outside of a trench that is next to a log cabin which is reinforced with sandbags. One of the soldiers appears to be preparing a meal in an ou... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a log building, with sandbags covering a portion of the roof as well as sandbags supported against the wall by wooden posts. Two Russian c... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a building constructed of logs that has suffered damage from an attack. The building is behind a wood pole and barbed wire fence. A man ne... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View of field with a damaged blockhouse constructed of logs, and a smaller outbuilding in the distance. It appears the roof of the fortification has sustai... |
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| Description: | The entrance of an underground bunker built into the side of a hill. The entrance is supported with timber and wooden planks and has wooden flooring. Above... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A damaged blockhouse constructed with logs. In the distance are more buildings. It appears the roof of the fortification has sustained some damage and logs... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A tall blockhouse constructed of logs behind a wood and barbed wire fence. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A three inch trench mortar entrenchment, surrounded by piles of logs and barbed wire fence going beyond the log fortification into a forested area. Two sol... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View through stumps and trees of a group of soldiers, possibly French, posing outside a blockhouse constructed of logs. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View through stumps and trees of a group of French and British soldiers posing outside a blockhouse constructed of logs. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The headquarters and blockhouse of the Unites States Artillery on the Dvina River, showing five uniformed men standing outdoors, and an artillery piece par... |
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