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“Decorated truck and members of Motor Transport Corps during Parade in Washington, D.C,” 6/27/1919

Series: Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981. Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985.

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“Photograph of Women Rivet Heaters at Puget Sound Navy Yard,” 5/29/1919

Series: General Photographic File, 1893 - 1945. Record Group 86: Records of the Women's Bureau, 1892 - 1995.

Women riveters pose for the camera at the Navy Yard in Puget Sound, Washington. Taken a generation before the more famous World War II image of “Rosie the Riveter,” this photograph shows women working in industrial jobs traditionally filled by men, just as women did during World War II.

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“Mother and sister greeting their son and brother after a years absence in France at the reception to 110th Field Artillery on their way to Camp Meade, Md from Washington, DC,” 5/28/1919

Series: Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981. Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985.

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“How they did it over there. [African American] troops of the 505th Engineers that returned on S.S. Roma showing how they used cold steel on the Huns,” 5/26/1919

Series: American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 - 1918. Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952. 

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“American cemetery, Romagne, France. German prisoners in foreground building roads and laying sod,” 5/25/1919

Series: Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981. Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985.

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“11th Cavalry rescuing machine guns from untenable positions under heavy fire during sham battle at Camp Meade, Md. Machine Gun Troop,” 5/24/1919

Series: Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981. Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985.

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“Warehouse containing flour unloaded from S.S. West Lake. The labor used here are Belgian civilians,” 5/20/1919

Series: Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981. Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985.

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“Final Payment Roll, Battery D, 129th Field Artillery (certified by Captain Harry Truman,” 5/6/1919

File Unit: World War I File, 1917-1919: Field Orders and Reports: April-May, 1919, 1914 - 1936. Series: Military Files, 1914 - 1936. Collection: Harry S. Truman Papers Pertaining to Family, Business and Personal Affairs, 1876 - 1964.

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“All eatables issued to U.S. Army are first tested as to their purity, shows testing candy before sending it overseas,” 4/30/1919

Series: Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981. Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985.

Submitted anonymously to our Citizen Archivist Takeover.

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#World War I#WWI#WWI100#food inspection#US Army#candy#food#military#troops#archivesgov#Citizen Archivist#Citizen Archivist Takeover#April 2019 Takeover#April 30#1919#1900s#1910s
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“Cher Ami, probably the most famous of all the Signal Corps pigeons, delivered important messages on Verdun front,”  4/22/1919

Series: Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981. Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985.

Submitted anonymously to our Citizen Archivist Takeover.

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“Telegram from Harry S. Truman to Bess Wallace,” 4/12/1919

File Unit: Correspondence from Harry S. Truman to Bess Wallace, 1910-1919: April 12, 1919 [Telegram], 1910 - 1964. Series: Family Correspondence Files, 1910 - 1964. Collection: Harry S. Truman Papers Pertaining to Family, Business and Personal Affairs, 1876 - 1964.

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Captain Harry Truman with Other Officers of the 129th Field Artillery at Chateau le Chanay near Courcemont, France, 3/1919

Series: Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981. Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985.

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“President Wilson and Admiral Cary T. Grayson, U.S.N., playing shuffleboard game on board the U.S.S. George Washington, at sea,” 3/11/1919

Series: Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981. Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985.

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“Signal Corps Women Telephone Operators at General Hq. Chaumont, Haute Marne, France,” 2/18/1919

Series: Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981. Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985.

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#World War I#WWI#WWI100#telephone operators#women's history#France#technology#vintage#telephone#history of the telephone#archivesgov#1900s#1910s#February 18#1919

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