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Marquis de Lafayette Monument

Date: 1921
Description: Daniel Chester French's statue commemorating the American Revolutionary War general, Marquis de Lafayette. Installed circa, 1921, the bronze stands in fro...
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Limousine on Havana Street

Date: 1959
Description: Parked limousine with open doors on a Havana street at the end of the Cuban Revolution. Two men in the foreground appear to be taking photographs of the ve...
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Memorial Day

Date: 1968
Description: "American Legion Post 270 members assemble on the bridge on Memorial Day."
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"Welcome Arch" and American Troops

Date: 1918
Description: American troops with a band march underneath the "Welcome Arch," while flanked by other sailors and troops.
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Veterans Parade through the "Welcome Home" Arch

Date: 05 20 1919
Description: Elevated view of a crowd lining the street near the "Welcome Home" Arch anticipating a parade of returning veterans. The facades of the buildings are decor...
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Captured Belgian Guns in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of crowd watching soldiers with captured Belgian guns coming through the Brandenburg Gate.
Poster

Pour le triomphe souscrivez à l'emprunt national

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of troops of World War I soldiers marching through the Arc de Triomphe. Soldiers from previous wars are marching down on a clou...
Poster

Verdun, Road to Y.M.C.A. Canteen

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of a road with a view through an archway towards a town, with rubble in the foreground on the left. There are pedestrians and a...
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Freiherr von Scheffer-Boyadel

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Description: His Excellency Freiherr von Scheffer-Boyadel, recipient of the Order Pour le Merite with oak leaves. An army commander in the East, he is seen here with hi...
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Shrine of the Black Madonna Convent

Date: 1915
Description: In front of the Convent of the Black Madonna in Czenstochau. Vendors selling souvenirs.
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Aleppo

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Description: Quartering troops in Aleppo.
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Female Red Cross Volunteers

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Description: Female Red Cross volunteers cheering reservists passing by the Reichstag.
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Hungarian Soldier Playing the Violin

Date: 1915
Description: Hungarian recruit in Vienna with an injured hand playing the violin in a Hungarian manner.
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Wounded Austrian Soldiers in Vienna

Date: 1915
Description: Wounded Austrian soldiers in the Vienna Rotunde waiting for leave certificates.
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Bells and Church Artifacts

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Description: Bells and other church-related artifacts removed from endangered towns as a protection against plunder by the Italian troops."
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Bells of Trient (Trento)

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Description: Church and city bells of Trient, with a soldier inspecting them.
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Flour Distribution in Hebron

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Description: Distributing flour to troops in Hebron.
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Summer Residence of the King in Njegusi

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Description: After the downfall of Montenegro in the Town of Njegusi, the summer residence of King Nikita. A kavass (armed guard) of the king is sitting in front of the...

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