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Title: U.S. Secretary of War
Date: 1917-07, 1934-03-01
Description: This photograph shows the Secretary of War for the United States blindfolded as they draw the first number in the draft lottery. There are several other men surrounding the table, and behind all of them is a large board of numbers ranging into the 400s.

Title: War Casualty
Date: unknown, 1934-02-25
Description: Photograph of what appears to be a casualty of war and the supplies the soldier had. They are laying among some rocks and debris, and their feet are crossed at the ankles.

Title: War Brides of U.S. Sailors
Date: unknown, unknown
Description: This photo shows War Brides of U. S. Sailors and babies who arrived from Europe on the bridal ship Plattsburg. The bridal ship Plattsburg brings 69 wives and twenty children. 25 of the brides were Irish, the rest were English and Scotch. This cargo of Brides represents part of the marital activities of U. S. boys on destroyers and U-Boats, chasers.

Title: War Horse Casualties
Date: unknown, 1934-03-14
Description: This photo shows an expansive field with deceased horses, saddles, bridles, and ammunition carts. Among the several horses is an overturned cart at the back of the photo.

Title: Women Mourning
Date: unknown, 1934-02-02
Description: This photo shows two women, wrapped in blankets and shawls for warmth, standing in the snow as they cry and mourn in front of a grave marker. Behind them are trees and other grave markers with others paying respects to other graves.

Title: Electric Fence Around Radio Plant
Date: 1917-03-09
Description: "Barbed Wire Fence Charged With High Current Surrounds Country's Largest Radio Plant./Seven foot barbed wire fence which surrounds country's largest radio plant at Challos Heights near San Diego, Calif./Photo also shows U.S. soldier on guard, one of the detachment that patrols the grounds of the station day and night./The plant is the largest station in the United States. The towers are over 600 feet in height. Messages from this plant have been sent to Berlin and received from that city./Washington recently ordered that the station be carefully guarded and a barbed wire fence seven feet high was erected around the grounds. The wire is charged with 30,000 volts. In addition to this effective barrier the plant is guarded day and night by the U.S. Soldiers. No one is permitted entrance to the station or surrounding territory unless properly identified and vouched for."

Title: Dryden Trophy
Date: unknown
Description: "U.S. Infantry, Holder of the Dryden, Wingate and Sadler Trophies, to Defend Honors in Rifle Matches./The U.S, Infantry, now the present champions and holders of the Dryden, Wingate and Sadler Trophies, will defend their prizes at the New Jersey State Rifle Association meet at Camp Perry, Ohio. The Dryden trophy was presented by the late John F. Dryden, U.S. Senator of New Jersey. The Wingate trophy was presented by General Wingate for annual competition on off-shoulder shooting. The Sadler trophy was presented by General Wilbor F. Sadler, Jr. It is open to teams of eight from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, National guard, Civilian Teams, and School teams./Photo shows L.R. the Wingate, Dryden, and Sadler trophies which the U.S. Infantry team will defend in coming matches."

Title: England Memorial Day
Date: 1919-06-09
Description: "Memorial Day Observed in England, Honors Paid to Our Dead./Memorial Day was observed in England with fitting ceremonies at all cemeteries where American soldiers and sailors are buried. These photos were made at the Brookwodd Cemetery near London, the upper showing American soldiers, Y.M.C.A.; Red Cross and K.F.C. workers decorating graves and the lower firing the last salute over the graves of the dead Americans."

Title: Field Communication
Date: unknown
Description: Photograph of a portable communication machine in the field during the war. The machine is receiving service. There are many soldiers standing around the machine, and they're smoking cigarettes as they work on the mechanics.

Title: Doctors on the Battlefield
Date: unknown, 1934-03-11
Description: In this photo, a military doctor is kneeling next to the stretchers of injured soldiers and talking to them as another soldier tends to them; others being carried away covered in a blanket.

Title: Soldiers Reading Letters From Home
Date: 1943-10-31, 1943-11-21
Description: "Americans, sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner in the safety of their homes, will give thanks to their sons and brothers who are fighting on far-away fronts to preserve the good things of democracy. Boys like these American soldiers somewhere in Australia, reading precious letters from home."

Title: Beginning of World War I
Date: 1914-06-28, 1944-07-14
Description: "The Spark That Touched Off World War I/The arrest of the Bosnian student, Princip, pictured here, followed the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria at Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. The assassination was recognized by the Central Powers to be an adequate casus belli and it was followed by the presentation to Serbia of an ultimatum from Austria on July 23. Five days later

Title: Attack on Cantigny
Date: 1918-08-31
Description: "A Picture of Our Boys in Action That Will Live in History./"Attaque et prise de Cantigny par les troupes Americaines: un vague d'assaut soutenue par les tanks."/That is the French official description of the photo shown above showing the beginning of the attack upon Cantigny, where American troops early in the summer campaign began to make their mark. It gives a vivid idea of real conditions in action."

Title: Battle Aftermath
Date: unknown, 1934-02-17
Description: In this war photo, there are deceased soldiers in the foreground and middle ground laying among the rocks and debris. In the background are partially destroyed buildings.

Title: Baking Bread
Date: unknown
Description: This photo shows a baker pushing a pan of unbaked bread into the oven, with three full pans of baked bread in the foreground of the photo. An officer is standing next to the oven.

Title: Assemblage of the Russian Army
Date: 1964-07-29
Description: "Road to Revolution/Russia entered World War I as it started 50 years ago with an army which was massive but badly armed. She suffered quick body blows from Germany and went on to one disaster after another. She lost 1.650,000 men killed, 3,850,000 wounded and 2,410,000 prisoners before the 1917 revolution which ousted the tsar and ended her part in the war. Here reservists, accompanied by

Title: Body of the Unknown Soldier
Date: 1921
Description: "Body of the "Unknown Soldier" leaves Chalons France for America./Photo shows Taking the flag draped casket containing America's uknown hero from Hotel de Ville for shipment to America."

Title: British Cavalry
Date: unknown, 1937-11-7
Description: This photo shows "A column of Carden-Lloyd machine-gun carriers of the 2nd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment.". Two tanks move alongside the horses and their riders.

Title: Battlefield Aftermath
Date: unknown, 1934-03-13
Description: This photo is of an empty, muddy battlefield that is void of any life. There are metal pieces sticking up from the muddy ground, and a large, damaged tank in the middle of the field. Towards the foreground is a puddle of opaque water and a metal ladder.

Title: Blessing of Soldiers
Date: unknown, 1934-02-01
Description: A clergymen in robes carrying a cross walks through a room of men laying on hay on a concrete floor. Women in white and aprons kneel near the men as they lay covered in blankets.

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