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LC-Lot-8331-3: WWI: Places: Archangel, Russia, 1919

<p>LC-Lot-8331-3: WWI: Places: Russia. American officers frequently employ reindeer teams in crossing the Dwina River and in going from point to point about Archangel. Here are shown two officers of the Quartermaster Corps, Major E.F. Ely and 2nd Lt. R.R. Chatterton (at the left) with a team they have just engaged to take them to Archangel Prestin. A Russian young lady (barishma) is also a passenger. 339th Infantry, 86th Division, Archangel, Russia, March 7, 1919. Note: 85th Division originally composed of troops from Michigan and Wisconsin was organized and trained at Camp Custer, Battlecreek, Michigan. U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2017/02/10).</p>
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Caption: WWI: Places: Russia. American officers frequently employ reindeer teams in crossing the Dwina River and in going from point to point about Archangel. Here are shown two officers of the Quartermaster Corps, Major E.F. Ely and 2nd Lt. R.R. Chatterton (at the left) with a team they have just engaged to take them to Archangel Prestin. A Russian young lady (barishma) is also a passenger. 339th Infantry, 86th Division, Archangel, Russia, March 7, 1919. Note: 85th Division originally composed of troops from Michigan and Wisconsin was organized and trained at Camp Custer, Battlecreek, Michigan. U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2017/02/10).
Accession #: LC-Lot-8331-3
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