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Barracks of Army Units from Michigan

Date: 1918
Description: View from snowy road towards a group of men standing among barracks occupied by Army units from Michigan.
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Barbed Wire Installation

Date: 1918
Description: Three soldiers installing barbed wire as a defense against Bolshevik forces.
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Army Supply Depot

Date: 1918
Description: View from street towards the 310th U.S. Army Engineer Corps Supply Depot. There is a small group of soldiers standing in the open doorway of the supply dep...
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Blockhouse, Under Construction

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow and barbed wire fence of a group of soldiers constructing a log blockhouse.
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Lieutenant Gray

Date: 1918
Description: Seated portrait of Lieutenant Gray from Company C of the 310th United States Engineer Corps, in uniform posed at a desk.
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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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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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Lieutenant A.W. Baumgarten

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor portrait of Lieutenant A.W. Baumgarten from Company B, of the 310th U.S. Army Engineer Corps while he was deployed to Archangel [Archangelsk], Russ...
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Religious Procession

Date: 1918
Description: A large group of Russians conducting a religious parade through a town. The men in the group are carrying the iconography.
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Religious Procession

Date: 1918
Description: A large group of Russians conducting a religious parade through a town. The women in the group are carrying the iconography on their shoulders.
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Wood Sawyers

Date: 1918
Description: Wood sawyers gathering wood and hauling it on a sled pulled by horse near Archangel [Arkhangelsk], Russia. There is a large stack of lumber as well as a pi...
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Hand Sawmill

Date: 1918
Description: Two men working outdoors using a hand saw to saw a piece of timber. In the background other people are working among stacks of timber. There is a large bui...
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The Market

Date: 1918
Description: People wearing thick coats and hats, some made of fur, are standing at an outside market, possibly in Arkhangelsk, Russia. In the background is a long buil...
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Bridge and Car Track on the Ice to Solombola

Date: 1918
Description: Tramway and railroad leading into Solombola, Russia. In the foreground are a group of people, some sawing wood and others standing by the railroad.
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Russian Woman Sleigh Driver

Date: 1918
Description: Portrait of of a Russian woman wearing heavy furs. She is standing near the construction of a wooden bridge. In the background are men standing near and on...
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Shell-Proof Shelter

Date: 1918
Description: A shell-proof shelter alongside other buildings, possible a soldiers' barracks. In the distance there are two men placing wood on a horse-drawn sled. Anoth...
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First Lieutenant Edward W. Legier

Date: 1918
Description: A portrait of First Lieutenant Edward W. Legier, Company C, 310th United States Army Corps of Engineers, in uniform and sitting in the barracks. A stack of...
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Saw Mill

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow-covered ground towards a saw mill operated by the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Soldiers are loading logs to be processed on to a horse-drawn s...
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Corps of Engineers Lithographic Press

Date: 1918
Description: Four soldiers printing on a press. Two men are reviewing maps, and the other two men are standing at the lithographic press of 310th U.S. Army Engineer Cor...
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Wireless Radio Poles

Date: 1918
Description: A group of Russians erecting new wireless radio poles near a town. In the background across a field are a number of large buildings behind a wooden fence.

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