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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.024 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: s.l. Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

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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