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War Worker

Date: 1918
Description: An unidentified woman who worked at the Four Wheel Drive factory in Clintonville assembling trucks during World War I. She is wearing a special uniform fo...
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Soldiers Repairing Railroad Tracks

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers repairing railroad tracks in Serbia during World War I.
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Novo-Radomsk Train Station

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Description: Novo-Radomsk train station.
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Railroad Guards

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Description: German railroad guards on the eastern border.
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East Prussian Reservists

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Description: East Prussian Landsturm (reservists) marching.
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Guarding Railways

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Description: Railway track guard. On guard with a rifle.
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On the Road to Antivari (Bar)

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Description: Civilians working on improving the railroad track bed.
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Baghdad Rail Line

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Description: A draisine, or speeder, on the Baghdad rail line.
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Turkish Landsturm (Reservists)

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Description: Duties of the Turkish Landsturm (reservists). Guarding a bridge in Adana.
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Turkish Reservists

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Description: Turkish Landsturmleute (reservists) being detailed to improve rail and road beds.
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Panorama of Ismid

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Description: Panorama of the city of Ismid.
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Off to the Trenches

Date: 05 05 1918
Description: Send off for World War I recruits at the railroad station. The man leaning out of the train window is Ben Bergor, a professional magician and vaudeville pe...
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Captured Russian Artillery

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Description: Captured Russian artillery limbers and ammunition carts. Aftermath of the Battle of Tannenberg.
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Captured Russian Artillery

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Description: Captured Russian artillery limbers and ammunition carts. Aftermath of the Battle of Tannenberg.
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Bosnian Railway Official

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Description: Bosnian railway official examining the rail bed in Montenegro.
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Belgian Refugees in Merxen Train Station

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees passing through a line of soldiers.
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Refugees from Antwerp Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees from Antwerp awaiting the train that will take them home.
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Train and Depot Guards

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Description: Duties of the Turkish Landsturm (reservists). Train and depot guards.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees whose homes had been burned by Russian troops and who are living in railroad cars.
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Belgian Refugees on the Way Home

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees gathering on train tracks on their way to return home.

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