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U.S. Government and War Exposition

Date: 09 1918
Description: Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition grounds at Grant Park.
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Clearing Trenches

Date: 06 1917
Description: British troops clear German trenches that were destroyed in battle in the Messine Ridge, Flanders.
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Firing Line

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Soldiers Loading Ammunition

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are loading ammunition onto a wagon for transport to the front in Serbia during World War I.
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Observing the Enemy

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Description: Observing enemy activity from the plateau of Lavarone. The plateau of Lavarone was located along the pre-war boundary between Austria-Hungary and Italy.
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War Ruins

Date: 1917
Description: Ruins of a French house. Captioned: "The first real ruins of the war that any of S.S.U. 12 ever saw. Our way to the front lead over the battlefield of th...
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Portable Military Camp Forge

Date: 1914
Description: Two soldiers with a small forge during World War I. One of the men is smoking a pipe. There is a wagon in the background.
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Cavern of the Lavarone Plateau

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Description: Cavern built into the mountain on the Lavarone plateau. The plateau of Lavarone was located along the pre-war boundary between Austria-Hungary and Italy.
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U.S. Government War Exposition

Date: 09 1918
Description: Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition at Grant Park taken from a window the International Harvester building on Michigan Avenue. A large crow...
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German Soldiers Carrying Wounded Soldier

Date: 1915
Description: German soldiers are carrying a wounded Austrian soldier over a narrow bridge in Galicia.
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Machine Guns

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Description: Machine guns in firing position.
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Bukowina Trenches

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Description: Snowy trenches in Bukowina.
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Snowy Trenches

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Description: Snowy trenches.
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Trench Line

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Description: Austrian soldiers in a snowy trench.
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Building Model Trenches

Date: 1914
Description: A view of model trenches, built in Berlin by convalescing German soldiers. These were used both for training and for exhibition.
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Austrian Field Artillery and Crew

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian soldiers preparing a field gun for firing.
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Patrol at Rest

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian patrol at rest in Galicia.
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German Signal Troops

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Description: German signal troops training.
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Guns at the Ready

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Description: Machine guns in firing position.
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Machine Guns

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Description: Machine guns in firing position.

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