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This railroad station at Gjevgjeli in Central Serbia is typical of the railroad conditions that exist through the Balkans. All the buildings in the town, including the depot, were blown to bits of shell fire. The train on the right has just arrived from the South and is the only one of the day. The major and all the officials as well as most of the populace greet it as "there might be some notable arrive on it, you know." The train always waits an hour at Gjevgjeli to let the time north of the town which is sometime to catch up with the time south of the town which adopted "daylight saving". Of course when the train comes back next day it is always an hour late. But what's an hour between Balkan railroads? The cars to the left offer a unique contrast as to cargo. The foremost as loaded with French munitions designed solely for destructive purposes while the last two cars carry A.R.C. relief supplies bent on reconstruction

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[Haifa from Mt. Carmel], Israel

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Title and date devised by Library staff based on information for similar image (LC-M32-9452-A).
Stamped on verso: Copyrighted the American Colony Photo Dept., Jerusalem, Palestine.
Accession number: 2006:051:6.
Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of John D. Whiting (Library of Congress).

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01/01/1934
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Ḳiryat Ḥayim (Haifa, Israel), 32.83194, 35.05611
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