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Keystone View Company Our Boys Boarding Transport for For "the Good Old U.S.A"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.280 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: s.l. Type: Stereocard Date: 1914 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

This photograph is of American soldiers heading home on a boat after the war's end from Europe. According to the photograph, the ride home was unpleasant for many because of poor living conditions.

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