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Windmills in a Village

Date: 1918
Description: Four large wooden windmills along a wooden fence. Behind the windmills are the buildings of a village.
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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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Men Playing Ball

Date: 1918
Description: A group of uniformed soldiers playing baseball on the drill field just outside the military barracks. The person pitching the ball is wearing a naval unifo...
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Damaged Log Blockhouse

Date: 1918
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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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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Army Group at Ease

Date: 1918
Description: A group of men, possibly from the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, standing in the drilling field. One of the men is holding a catcher's mitt, and ...
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View of the City of Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia, with buildings, dwellings and yards. Pedestrians are walking on the street below. In the distance are fie...
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Men Posing in Trench

Date: 1918
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...
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Village with Footbridge Built by U.S. Army Engineer Corps

Date: 1918
Description: View looking down low hill towards a narrow footbridge which crosses a small river to a village composed of wooden buildings with wooden fences. On the rig...
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View of the City of Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia. There are pedestrians on the snowy street below, including horses and sleighs. Buildings and dwellings li...
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Russians Working on Railroad

Date: 1918
Description: View down railroad tracks toward a group of Russian residents working to clear another set of railroad tracks running alongside. In the far distance are tr...
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Peasant Plowing with Horse

Date: 1918
Description: A peasant farmer plowing a field with the plow harnessed to a horse. The farmer's daughter is wearing a light-colored patterned dress and stands on the lef...
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Trench beside Log Cabin

Date: 1918
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...
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Group of Men

Date: 1918
Description: Group portrait of men dressed in civilian clothes, one of which is wearing a University of Michigan hooded sweatshirt. Some of the men have catcher's mitts...
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Damaged Log Blockhouse

Date: 1918
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...
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View of the City of Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia. There are pedestrians on the snowy street below. Buildings and dwellings line the streets. In the backgro...
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Units Drilling in Field

Date: 1918
Description: Slightly elevated view of groups of soldiers performing drills in a field surrounded by a fence. At the rear of the marching column one man carrying an Ame...

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