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Drafting the Third Note to Germany

Record Group 46: Records of the U.S. SenateSeries: Berryman Political Cartoon Collection

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U-Boat Victims - Lusitania [165-WW-537F-10]

Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special StaffsSeries: American Unofficial Collection of World War I PhotographsFile Unit: U-Boat Victims - Lusitania

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Photograph of Marcel Cesta taken before the war and after being wounded in a battle on the Western Front February 20, 1915

Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special StaffsSeries: American Unofficial Collection of World War I PhotographsFile Unit: Havoc of War - Atrocities and Deaths

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A.E.F. Christmas celebration

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

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A Christmas Eve Contrast

Record Group 46: Records of the U.S. SenateSeries: Berryman Political Cartoon Collection

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Edouard V. Isaacs

Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of ShipsSeries: Naval History Photographs

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Photograph of the Crew of U.S.S. Olympia

Record Group 181: Records of Navy Installations Command, Navy Regions, Naval Districts, and Shore EstablishmentsSeries: Ship Photographs and Events

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English ship Bulwark, sunk in three minutes’ time on November 25, 1914

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

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Enemy Order of Battle map. Midnight, November 6-7, 1918. Marville, Meuse, France

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

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Ground north of Bois de Barricourt taken November 2, 1918 by 354th Infantry, 89th Division. Ardennes, France

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

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“Cher Ami”- Taken From 1919 Signal Corps Report

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

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German front line trenches where raid of October 12, 1918, took place. Balschwiller in the distance, Alsace

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Letter from J. B. Densmore to the Secretary of State Regarding the Number of American Citizens Who Had Sailed for and Returned from Europe from August 1 to August 12, 1914

Record Group 85: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization ServiceSeries: Subject and Policy FilesFile Unit: European War - German Refugees - Deportation of Italians - Alien Deportations

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The Belligerent Peace Advocate

Record Group 46: Records of the U.S. SenateSeries: Berryman Political Cartoon Collection

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Council of Four of the Peace Conference. Mr. Lloyd George; Signor Orlando; M. Clemenceau; President Woodrow Wilson. Hotel Crillon, Paris, France.

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

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