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![Varenness [sic] showing railroad yard constructed by Americans](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvdmFyZW5uZXNzLXNpYy1zaG93aW5nLXJhaWxyb2FkLXlhcmQtY29uc3RydWN0ZWQtYnktYW1lcmljYW5zLTkwZDc1My0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/101/jpg "Varenness [sic] showing railroad yard constructed by Americans")
![The summer quarters of a beet worker's family on a Colorado farm near Starling. See also 3953. See Hine Report, Colorado Beet Workers, July 1915. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXN1bW1lci1xdWFydGVycy1vZi1hLWJlZXQtd29ya2Vycy1mYW1pbHktb24tYS1jb2xvcmFkby1mYXJtLW5lYXItc3RhcmxpbmctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "The summer quarters of a beet worker's family on a Colorado farm near Starling. See also 3953. See Hine Report, Colorado Beet Workers, July 1915. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.")
![[Ready to care for the wounded -- Red Cross station near Kuropatkin Fort, north of Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvcmVhZHktdG8tY2FyZS1mb3ItdGhlLXdvdW5kZWQtcmVkLWNyb3NzLXN0YXRpb24tbmVhci1rdXJvcGF0a2luLWZvcnQtbm9ydGgtNmU4ODI0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/22/webp "[Ready to care for the wounded -- Red Cross station near Kuropatkin Fort, north of Port Arthur]")
![[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: African American laborers twisting rail]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvbWlsaXRhcnktcmFpbHJvYWQtb3BlcmF0aW9ucy1pbi1ub3J0aGVybi12aXJnaW5pYS1hZnJpY2FuLWFtZXJpY2FuLWxhYm9yZXJzLTBhMmYwZS02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: African American laborers twisting rail]")
![[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: man standing on railroad tracks holding twisted rail]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvbWlsaXRhcnktcmFpbHJvYWQtb3BlcmF0aW9ucy1pbi1ub3J0aGVybi12aXJnaW5pYS1tYW4tc3RhbmRpbmctb24tcmFpbHJvYWQtMS02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: man standing on railroad tracks holding twisted rail]")
![[African American workers standing on railroad tracks in front of a storage facility, possibly at Giesboro cavalry depot]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b3JrZXJzLXN0YW5kaW5nLW9uLXJhaWxyb2FkLXRyYWNrcy1pbi1mcm9udC1vZi1hLXN0b3JhZ2UtMzZiZWJkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[African American workers standing on railroad tracks in front of a storage facility, possibly at Giesboro cavalry depot]")
![[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men using levers for loosening rails]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTgvbWlsaXRhcnktcmFpbHJvYWQtb3BlcmF0aW9ucy1pbi1ub3J0aGVybi12aXJnaW5pYS1tZW4tdXNpbmctbGV2ZXJzLWZvci1sb29zZW5pbmctYTE3ZjNjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men using levers for loosening rails]")
![[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: two piles of rails and wooden ties]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTAvbWlsaXRhcnktcmFpbHJvYWQtb3BlcmF0aW9ucy1pbi1ub3J0aGVybi12aXJnaW5pYS10d28tcGlsZXMtb2YtcmFpbHMtYW5kLXdvb2Rlbi1lMTRjNzQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: two piles of rails and wooden ties]")
