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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 106250

Troops Arriving at New York, 1919


View showing troops marching along a New York Harbor waterfront, immediately after their arrival home from France.
USS Matsonia (ID # 1589) is in the background.
These men are armed with M1917 rifles. Note the welcoming onlookers on both sides of the route.
Photograph printed on a stereograph card published by the Keystone View Company, circa 1919.

Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 143KB; 650 x 675 pixels

A stereo pair version of this image is available as Photo # NH 106250-A
Online Image of stereo pair: 70KB; 675 x 360 pixels

See Photo # NH 106250-B for a view of the card's reverse, featuring text concerning the welcomes received by troops arriving at New York after their World War I service.
Online Image of the card's reverse: 96KB; 675 x 360 pixels

 

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Image posted 18 November 2008