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Keystone View Company Sunshine Keeps Our Soldiers Healthy. Daily Sunning of Equipment.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.186 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Germany Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

Soldiers sit on benches in a line at Camp Oglethorpe, Georgia. The sun basks upon the men and their equipment, which is being sunned to avoid the spreading of disease.

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