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UW Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps

Date: 06 21 1948
Description: Group portrait of 16 members of the University of Wisconsin Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps in front of two railroad cars. They left for San Francisc...
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North Western Railway Polka

Date: 1859
Description: Sheet music cover for the song "North Western Railway Polka." Images on the page include two trains, two soldiers, and a crowd in a ballroom.
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24th US Infantry Division Leaves for Japan

Date: 01 29 1952
Description: Personnel of the 24th US Infantry Division, carrying duffel bags, prepare to board a train to Northern Japan.
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Root Commission Members with Imperial Train at Harbin

Date: 1917
Description: Men standing at a train station in Harbin, Russia (now China). Original caption identifies the men as follows: "Dr. Mott, Mr. Moran, Mr. [?] (YMCA Gen'l Se...
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People on Russian Train Platform

Date: 1917
Description: Men and women wait in boxcars and on the platform at a Russian railroad station. The original caption reads: "uppers and lowers on the Trans-Siberian Ry. [...
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People on Trans-Siberian Train Platform

Date: 1917
Description: Men and women wait on and near box cars at a train platform in Russia. The original caption reads: "cheapest traveling on the Trans-Siberian Ry. [Railway]....
Postcard

Unloading Horses

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Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view of horses being unloaded from railroad cars by soldiers. Caption reads: "'Unloading Horses,' Camp Douglas, Wis."
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Hospital Train Carries Gift from Home

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Description: Austrian soldiers gathering around a hospital train that is also carrying gifts from home.
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Hospital Train Carries Gift from Home

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Description: Austrian soldiers gathering around a hospital train that is also carrying gifts from home.
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Meat in Abundance

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Description: Sheep being unloaded from a train car.
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Train Car Load of Hay in East Prussia

Date: 1914
Description: German train shipping hay to the front in East Prussia.
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Arrival in Damascus

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Description: The arrival in Damascus of Fahkriddine Pascha, commander of the 12th Army Corps, as the new Governor-General of Damascus. **Fahkriddine (or Fahkri) Pas...
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Arrival in Damascus

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Description: The arrival in Damascus of Fahkriddine Pascha, commander of the 12th Army Corps, as the new Governor-General of Damascus. ** Fahkriddine (or Fahkri) Pa...

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