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To Margaret Lobik

A birthday greeting card to Margaret featuring a flower pot that is designed to lok as if it has been cross stitched.

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To Margaret Lobik

This is two letters and a note card that were enclosed in one envelope to Margaret Lobik.

GLC09579.01.06

To Margaret Lobik

In this letter Aunt Frances asks after Margarets health and comments about the recent deaths in the family. She also mentions the groundhog coming out of his home and seeing his shadow which means another six weeks of winter. As well as a visit...

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To Margaret Lobik

A small note from Aunt Frances. Was enclosed with GLC09579.01.06.01, and GLC09579.01.06.03

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To Margaret Lobik

This letter is from another family member who is named Margaret. She is out in California writing to Aunt Frances, about the weather and how there is less fog in the winter. She also mentions a visit by Maybell and Dorthy, and invites Frances to...

GLC09579.01.06.03

To Margaret Lobik

A birthday greeting card with a fiesty duck on the front.

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To Margaret Lobik

A birthday greeting card with two flowers on the front.

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To Margaret Lobik

A birthday greeting card with a small boy playing on a violin and a song sheet with a tune of birthday greeting.

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To Margaret Lobik

A birthday greeting card with a flower on the front.

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To Aunt Mammie

This letter to Aunt Mammie is just updating her on the fact that Mabel and little Dorthy will be visiting the author. The Author also mentions sending 30 dozen eggs to Mammie.

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To Margaret and Paul Lobik

This letter from Lorraine mentions a few moves and visits from friends, she also mentions the birth of Charlotte and Dicks baby. Mostly this letter focuses on Lorraine's relationship with a man name Don and the subsequent ups and downs of it.

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To Margaret and Paul Lobik

This Christmas greeting card has poinsettia, a candle and a framed crosstich piece. There is also a short note in the card, mentioning that Thelma was back at the doctors for a checkup and was fine, and wishing christmas greetings.

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To Margaret and Paul Lobik

This is a card and a note that was enclosed.

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To Margaret and Paul Lobik

This Christmas greeting card has poinsettia on the front. There was also a letter tucked in the card, GLC09579.01.14.02.

GLC09579.01.14.01

To Margaret Lobik

This letter was included in a greeting card, GLC09579.01.14.01. The letter discusses both Margurites, and Ed's health as both have been sick, and the doctior recomends that they move south or west.

GLC09579.01.14.02

To Margaret Lobik

This Christmas greeting card has two children skating under a ribbon spelling out greetings. On the back of the envelope are Christmas Seals featuring Van Valkenburg, Hodges, Riis, and Bissell.

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To Margaret, Paul Lobic and Mary Crist

Addressed to the "Three" this postcard updates what is going on at the farm with the rest of the family.

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Notes and Photographs of Paul H. Lobik [Decimalized .01-.05]

Two photographs of Paul H. Lobik, one taken with Olive McGuire; an invitation to the wedding of Genevieve Aletta; a postcard offering employment at the World's Fair; a miniature umbrella with a small note.

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[Photograph of Paul H Lobik]

A photograph of Paul H. Lobik as a young man.

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[Photograph of Paul H. Lobik and Olive McGuire]

A photograph of Paul H. Lobik and Olive McGuire, taken at a photobooth in Laurel, Indiana. It has a note on the back, indicating that Olive organized a nighttime tour of Southern Indiana for Paul and 4 others.

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[Wedding Invitation for Genevieve Aletta and Martin Huska]

An invitation from Mrs. Stella Johnson for the wedding of her daughter, Genevieve Aletta, to Martin Huska. The wedding is to be held on 24 September 1938 at the Evangelical Saron Lutheran Church in Chicago, Illinois. The envelope has a note from Paul...

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[Postcard to Paul H. Lobik]

A postcard from Capt. E. L. Wigner to Paul H. Lobik (here: Hlobik) informing him of an employment opportunity at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.

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[Note and Mini Umbrella] [Decimalized .01-.02]

A note on yellow paper describing the night of 9 September 1939: bowling, a wedding shower, and "making love," and a miniature umbrella.

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[Note by Paul H. Lobik]

A note on yellow paper describing the night of 9 September 1939: bowling, a wedding shower, and "making love." Miniature umbrella, GLC09580.06, originally included with note.

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[Miniature Umbrella from Wedding Shower]

A miniature paper umbrella from the wedding shower of Lobik's friends. Originally included with a note by Lobik about the wedding shower.

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[Letters from Private Herbert C. Conner to Mrs. Nueal Dorroh, 1942-1944][Decimalized .01-.67]

Collection of letters belonging to Private Herbert C. Conner addressed to his sister Mrs. Nueal Dorroh dated 1942-1944. Contains approximately 66 letters and one note of an address. Pertains to training while at Fort Bragg and being stationed in the...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner writes that he has received 3 or 4 letters from Nueal, his sister. He asks Nueal to tell her husband B.J. that he wishes he was back driving. He tells Nueal not to worry about him; he is fine, but he does not have time to write. Conner reports...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner hopes that Nueal and B.J. are ok and says that he is fine. He writes that the men brag on him and treat him well. He reports that they go out 2 nights on a black out a week. He says that the weather is very different compared to Alabama as it...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner writes that Fayetteville, N.C. is 8 miles away from Fort Bragg. He says he will not go to Fayetteville though because it's a mean place and he doesn't want to get in trouble. He says that it is colder here and very rainy. He has not yet...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner tells Nueal not to write him until he sends her his new address for when he is on "the other side." He writes that he doesn't mind serving because he has to get it over with and do his part. He will send his allotment of money to mom and dad...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner and Jonas read each other's mail and talk about home when they get together every night. They have a lot planned for when they return. They attended a show Friday night and had a good time. Conner has sent $90 home since he's been in the army...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner asks if Harold Conner, or Charles Dorroh, B.J's brother, are in the army. He requests that Nueal send him a list of hands who are in the army. He says that he likes to get long letters. Jonas is ok, and as "fat as a hog." He asks Nueal to tell...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner received 10 letters yesterday and 7 pictures from Amy. He has not gotten the pictures that Nueal sent. He asks Nueal to tell Amy he received her pictures on October 9th. He writes that Lola Gene looks very sweet in the pictures, and the men...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner was glad to receive 12 letters this past week, especially the pictures of Nueal and Lola Gene. He wishes that he could send a picture of himself if only he could get it made. Writing in response to the news about B.J. from Nueal, Conner says...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner was pleased to receive the photos of Lola Gene, Meg, and Sam. He writes that mom sent him cigarettes as a Christmas present, but that he does not need him since Jonas doesn't smoke and he gave his cigarettes to Herbert. Conner has not received...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Responding to Nueal's news about Dorroh Conner, Conner hopes that he does join the Air Corp. He advises Dorroh Conner not to stay around and let the army get him. Conner wishes that he had had time to join the Air Corp. He expresses sadness at the...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner reports that he has been getting a lot of mail, and more than all of the men in the company. He writes that "every time we have a mail call most of the boys says Conner will get them all so I tell them that what I want while I am here and they...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner tells Nueal he has been out of camp almost all week so he has not been able to write for a while. He says that he was in the jungle. Following this remark, a word has been censored and cut out of the letter. Conner writes that the conditions...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner writes to Nueal: "I don't guess you can read this for I cut my thumb on a tin can and I can't write much tho it's about well now." He says that he is glad to hear that Nathan is back at work now. Conner expresses how much he wishes he could be...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner writes that he is glad to hear that Charlis Hill is in the air corp. He says "I sure wish I had my time to go over I wood be some place beside here, so much for that." Conner asks Nueal "how do the people back there think the ware is coming...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner inquires after B.J. and the hands. He hopes that B.J. "and Burdett has enough hand that they can run all of their mills." He tells Nueal that he wishes he could send her a picture but he cannot get any made. He writes that Jonas had some...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner reports satisfaction in his work in the kitchen. He writes that "I can say this I sure have got a real good bunch of boys to work with and that is what count these days." Conner asks after B.J. and Burdette. He wonders if Stink is still...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner tells Nueal that it is a great deal cooler now, so he sleeps and feels better. He expresses to Nueal that he wants "this war to end and us boys can come back to the good old U.S.A. that will be a great day with me." Conner sends his love to...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner tells Nueal that he received a letter from her today written on the 29th of April. He wishes that he was back in the United States, but writes "I don't think we will be back in the states any way soon for it will take a pretty long time yet to...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner writes that he is said to hear that Bell Dorroh's mill burned, and that one of his hands was responsible for burning it. He asks Nueal how everyone is at home. He specifically wonders how Francis is, and asks if she has married. He writes "I...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner writes that he was glad to hear from Nueal that Francis Dorroh is in school. He says "I sure wished I had have went on for I need it so bad now. As you no I can't hardly write and plenty other ways I need it. But it to late for me to think...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner writes to Nueal that he and Jonas "are going to have some pictures made together if we can get off together. We don't know where we can or not. but we hope so." He says that he does not think it will be that long until he is back with everyone...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner expresses that he "is blue and home sick altho that will pass off soon." He also says that he "had rather be at home with my loves ones. than to own the hole world. and that no joke." Conner hopes to send a picture of him and Jonas soon, but...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner tells Nueal that he is still working in the kitchens as a cook. He jokes that "now I can boiled water without birning it Ha! ha!" Conner writes that he doesn't like the Army or the jungles, but says that he'll "have more to appreciate when I...

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To Mother

The writer of the letter writes to his mother that he is working 7 days a week. He earns $1.20 an hour. He says that is is raining up here but it is not very cold. He tells his mother to sell corn if she can so that he can keep the money he earns and...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner asks how everyone is at home. He writes that Jonas said "the censor might not like for him to write any thing in my letter so wouldn't write any thing. but for me to tell you all a big big hello.'" He says to Nueal "this is about all for this...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner tells Nueal and he and Jonas had some pictures made, so they will send them soon. Responding to Nueal's letter in which she said she will be sending Herbert some things for Xmas, Conner asks for paper because "we need it most as you see this...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner tells Nueal that he is still working in the kitchen with Jonas and "I hope I stay with him as long as I am in the Service for he is really a fine boy." He includes a picture of his unit for Nueal, and tells her the names of all the men in the...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner writes that he was sad to hear that negro Stink and Leo Long did not pass the exam for the Army, but at the same time he is glad "they are not going through with what we are." On the topic of serving during the war, Conner tells Nueal "I sure...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner writes "loat of the crazy boys back there write their boys friends over here and tells them they will be glad when they can come over here but I think they will change their song when they come over. I should no after 18 months don't you think...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner reminds Nueal that today is his birthday: "28 years old today getting old ant I? But I feel as if I was 16 tonight. Ha! Ha!" He tells Nueal that it is all over between him and Erma now. He writes "So after all it's best I think for we have...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner writes to Nueal that Jonas received a "good conduct medal." He says that he is very proud of Jonas for "he sure is a nice boy." He tells Nueal that he is does not care that he didn't receive a medal. All he wants is "to get this over and come...

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To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

Conner happily reports to Nueal that "I am gaining some weight now feel so much better than I did for two months." He writes that he wishes he could spend Xmas with "you all. But as it is we are still well and that the best part of it." He also tells...

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[Revolutionary War enlistment broadside]

Revolutionary War broadside encouraging enlistments by assuring recruits that their term of service would be short, permissing payment in lieu of service, but also empowering the commanding officer of each Militia, or the local Committee of Safety,...

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[Muster roll of Company H, Nineteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops]

Muster roll of Captain Dan Mason, Company H, Nineteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, commanded by Colonel Joseph Perkins, while stationed at Chapin's Farm, Virginia. Pre-printed form completed in manuscript, with signatures on verso by Capt...

GLC09583

[World War I stereocards] [Decimalized .001-.297]

298 World War I stereocards published by Keystone Viewing Company with lengthy descriptions on the back.

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Serajevo, Yugoslavia -- Scene of Murder of Crown Prince which Started Flame that Engulfed All Europe

Shows landscape of houses, buildings, bridges, and scenery in Sarajevo, Bosnia during its occupation by the Austro-Hungarian empire.

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Parade of Cuirassier Guards Marching to the Parade Ground, Berlin, Germany.

Shows ranks of Prussian soldiers, mounted and on foot, marching towards a parade in Germany.

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Helmeted German Soldiers Lined Up for Review

Side view of lines of German soldiers in full uniform standing at attention for review.

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A Bristling Forest of Bayonets. Russian Troops on Review

Crowd of Russian troops stretching to horizon with two officers in foreground on horseback.

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French Colonial (Morocco) Cavalry in Paris.

French Moroccan troops in white turbans and cloaks ride on horseback through the streets of Paris.

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The 48th Highlanders of Toronto

Parade of uniformed Canadian soldiers marching in ranks on a field.

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Vise, Belgium, Scene of the First Conflict of the War

View of buildings and their reflections in the Meuse River after the first clash of World War I.

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A Warm Reception Awaiting the Enemy, on Belgium's Defence Line Near Antwerp

Belgian soldiers in a turnip field crouch behind a trench fashioned from a log, aiming their rifles towards the off-camera German army.

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Trenches of the Allies Among the Dunes and Brambles on the Coast of Flanders

Allied soldiers position their weapons while crouching behind a trench next to the coast of Belgium.

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Skoda Works, Pilsen, Bohemia, Where the Famous Skoda Mortars Were Made.

Men and women stand next to a Skoda howitzer at an artillery factory in Bohemia.

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At Longwy, France--Ruins Around Main Gateway

Three German soldiers sit in front of piles of rubble with the remains of two bombed buildings behind them.

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"Mur Tschoffen" Wall in Dinant before which Germans Shot Many Loyal Belgians

A Belgian family stand in front of the memorial at the wall at Dinant where invading German soldiers executed a number of Belgian citizens after the invasion in August 1914.

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Altar of Malines Cathedral. Wrecked by German Shells.

A priest sits beside the destroyed altar at the Cathedral of St. Rombaut in Malines, Belgium, a town bombarded several times over the course of the war.

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Cardinal Mercier, Renowned Belgian Prelate, Speaking at Dinant, Belgium

Cardinal Mercier speaks to a crowd at the cathedral in Dinant, Belgium, a town that suffered a massacre of Belgian civilians when the Germans invaded in 1914. Mercier was known for speaking out passionately against German atocities in Beglium...

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French Refugees Fleeing Into Amines From the Somme District

A group of French refugees and their belongings piled onto a cart leading them into Amiens after the German invasion of the Somme District in 1918

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Belgian Refugees Housed in Alexandria Palace, London

A group of Belgian refugees, mostly women and children, sit amongst row of beds inside Alexandria Palace, on the outskirts of London.

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Awaiting Enemy in French Trenches with Rifle and Mitrailleuse.

French soldiers crouch behind a trench constructed of sandbags, brandishing rifles and machine guns.

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French Cavalry Ready to Follow an Infantry Attack.

Mounted French soldiers brandishing swords gather, awaiting orders to follow an impending infantry attack.

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French Cavalry Horses Swimming River in Northern France

A group of French cavalry horses swim neck-deep across a river in Northern France while soldiers in the background are transported across on a simple ferry.

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Tangled Ruins of Marne Bridge Blown Up by Germans and Red Cross Train Wreck.

The battered remains of the Marne Bridge and railroad, including a wrecked Red Cross train. The Germans deployed this explosion to destroy as much as possible in the wake of their retreat.

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National Road Bridge over the Marne, Blown up to Prevent German Advance.

The ruins of a bridge in Lagny, France, extending over the Marne River on the national highway. The British destroyed this, and many bridges like it, to prevent the Germans from gaining ground.

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Cannon Abandoned by Germans in Retreat at Acy, France

Two men stand in a field on either side of an abandoned German 77-mm. field gun, left from the first battle of the Marne.

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French Reserves from U.S.A. -- Some of the Two Million Fighters in the Battle of the Marne

Many Frenchmen who had been residing in the United States returned to Europe to fight. Here, a group of them sit on a field looking at the camera.

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Inspecting a Nearly Completed Pontoon Bridge in the French Sector of the West Front

On a river in France, inspecting officers walk across a constructed pontoon bridge flanked by pontoon boats each carrying three soldiers.

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French Troops Crossing the Marne by Pontoon Bridge

French troops after their victory at the first battle of the Marne following the retreating Germans across a pontoon bridge, made by laying a series of floating barges, as the permanent bridge had been destroyed. Several onlookers watch from the near...

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Battle of the Aisne, French Infantry, Transferring to Left Wing

French troops, still wearing the pre-war French Army uniform, on the march to extend the French lines north from the Aisne River and turn the right flank of the German Army

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Battle of the Aisne--Ammunition Wagons Shifting to a New Position

A group of French soldiers, charged with bringing ammunitions to the front by wagon. A few soldiers sit atop horses or on the wagon itself, while the rest are standing beside it.

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Decorating, Medaille Militaire, adjt. Dambrine. Severely Wonded, at Ablain St. Nazaire, France.

A ceremony of decoration for a French soldier who lies wounded, but alert, in the foreground. Behind him, French troops with bayonets stand at attention.

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The Highland Regiment of the British Army Marching Through Boulogne

The British Highland Regiment, a regiment of Scotsman, marching through the city of Boulogne, on the first day that British troops arrived in France.

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Canadian Artillery Proceeding to the Front

A group of Canadian artillery soldiers manning cannons at the front.

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Marshal Haig and General Antoine at Review of French First Division

Sir Douglas Haig, Commander of the British armies in France during the war, stands left, speaking with General Antoine of the 1st Division of the French Army.

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Ypres Cathedral in Ruins, British Lory in Foreground

The battered ruins of the Cathedral of St. Martin's in Ypres, Belgium from German artillery fire. Its conspicuous height made it a target.

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Shell Bursting in the Grand' Place, Ypres, Belgium

An explosion goes off in the central plaza of destroyed Ypres, Belgium, surrounded by ruins of crumbling buildings.

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Trenches Bitterly Contested in Battle in Once Peaceful Village near Ypres

A deep trench runs through the village of Ypres amongst the battered and crumbling houses.

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Creeping on the Enemy Over the Sand Dumes, British Contingent in Belgium

Allied soldiers take advantage of natural cover provided by brush growing on sand dunes in coastal Belgium.

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British Royal Engineers Constructing Second Line Trenches in Flanders

British Royal Engineers, who were part of the army troops, dig trenches outside of Flanders, Belgium.

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"And the Trench Was a Reeking Shambles," German Dead in the La Bassee Area.

German soldiers lie dead and dying behind a trench in La Basse, part of the Battle of Flanders.

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Strong Concrete German Position and Victims after the Battle of Menin Road

Dead German soldiers lie behind the damaged fortification of a trench in Flanders, Belgium at the Battle of Menin Road.

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British Soldiers Gleaning in the Fields of War, Menin Road.

A British soldier uses a long plank to move a piece of wood aside on a ravaged battlefield at Menin Road, likely to pick up a valuable left behind by a fallen German.

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