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Log Blockhouse, Under Construction

Date: 1918
Description: A log blockhouse under construction to support the Allied Intervention in Northern Russia. The fortification is surrounded by a forested area covered in sn...
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Russian Village Well

Date: 1918
Description: A mother with her children retrieving water from a village well in Russia.
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Log Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of a blockhouse constructed out of logs and camouflaged by attaching pine tree branches on and around the fortification. This particular fort...
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Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1918
Description: Slightly elevated exterior view of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, Company C's blacksmith shop.
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Dock at Ust Pinega

Date: 1918
Description: View from shoreline of a dock constructed of timbers at Ust Pinega in Russia. It is located downstream from Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia where the Pineg...
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Log Ramp and Platform

Date: 1918
Description: A ramp constructed of logs leads up to a platform in a heavily forested area. An American soldier is standing on the platform.
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Stable Constructed of Logs

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow of a stable constructed out of logs, and covered with branches, near Arkhangelsk, Russia. There is a wood building on the far right, and t...
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Log Blockhouse, Camouflaged

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow towards a camouflaged log blockhouse constructed during the Allied Intervention in Northern Russia. The fortification is surrounded by a f...
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Log Blockhouse, Camouflaged

Date: 1918
Description: View through trees and branches of a log blockhouse fortification used by the Allied forces. The fortification is in a heavily forested area and camouflage...
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Barbed Wire Fence and Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow and through barbed wire fence towards a timber constructed blockhouse. More buildings and a forested area are in the far background.
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Machine Gun Emplacement

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow-covered ground towards a machine gun emplacement and its three man crew on the roof of a shed.
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Large Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: A large log blockhouse fortification at Verst 581. This fortification was constructed when the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps was deployed as a pa...
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Russian Eastern Orthodox Church

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view across ice of a Russian Eastern Orthodox church with onion domes. There are a number of outbuildings as well as a fence surrounding the churc...
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Camouflaged Machine Gun Emplacement

Date: 1918
Description: Two men stand behind a heavily camouflaged machine gun emplacement in a forested area. On the far right a uniformed solider is sitting up in a tree.
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Blockhouse No. 8

Date: 1918
Description: Three uniformed soldiers in the process of constructing Blockhouse No. 8 with logs and earth. The area appears to overlook a ravine.
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Bomb-Proof Shelter

Date: 1918
Description: Four soldiers standing around a bomb-poof shelter, which received four direct hits from Bolshevik artillery without any damage.
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Soldiers Posing in Field

Date: 1918
Description: Group portrait of a lieutenant, (first on the left), and other soldiers in uniform from the 310th United States Army Engineers, standing, posing in a field...
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Stairs and Approach to Pinega River

Date: 1918
Description: Looking toward the Pinega River, showing the stairs and path to its shoreline, as well as a stacks of logs piled up along the shore.
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Mess Hall and Tents

Date: 1918
Description: Soldiers standing around portable stoves at the mess hall for American troops. Also shows the bench seated tables and tents used by soldiers.
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Russian Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: A timber constructed blockhouse housing crates of what is possibly artillery shells. The fortification is camouflaged with branches and fallen trees fasten...

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