Print No. 161704, March 14, 1919 (The transportation of people across the Dwina River from Archangel to Archangel Prestin where the Vologda Railway ends, a distance of slightly more than a mile, is accomplished in various ways, but chiefly by reindeer teams, consisting of from two to five animals each. A dark skinned Laplander is the driver and the passengers ride on a light wooden sled over which a deer skin is thrown, here one of these is crossing the river. 339th Inf. 85th Div. Archangel, Russia.) from the United States Army Signal Corps photograph collection, 1918-1919 [Folder 10, Item 3]
2 continuous tone images Photographs taken during the Polar Bear Expedition to northern Russia, and accumulated by several veterans; include scenes of American soldiers in camp and on patrol, of life in Archangel and in Russian villages, and of battlefields, fortifications, armored trains, ships, ai...
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Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Library
1918
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| Online Access: | http://name.umdl.umich.edu/921010.0010.003 |
| Summary: | 2 continuous tone images Photographs taken during the Polar Bear Expedition to northern Russia, and accumulated by several veterans; include scenes of American soldiers in camp and on patrol, of life in Archangel and in Russian villages, and of battlefields, fortifications, armored trains, ships, airplanes, burial rites, and graves. |
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