Print No. 152804, January 2, 1919 ("Y" Blockhouse, one of the three most advanced American outposts at Toulgas (Dwina River Front) This blockhouse is located beyond the lines at upper Toulgas, on the main road, along which two patrols are passing, one returning from a reconnaissance in the direction of the Bolsheviki positions, the other on the way out. Passage along the road is obstructed by barbed wire entanglements. The blockhouse has a garrison of five men and is equipped with a Lewis gun. It has telephone connections with force Headquarters. Toulgas, Russia.) from the United States Army Signal Corps photograph collection, 1918-1919 [Folder 5, Item 3]

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Title: Print No. 152804, January 2, 1919 ("Y" Blockhouse, one of the three most advanced American outposts at Toulgas (Dwina River Front) This blockhouse is located beyond the lines at upper Toulgas, on the main road, along which two patrols are passing, one returning from a reconnaissance in the direction of the Bolsheviki positions, the other on the way out. Passage along the road is obstructed by barbed wire entanglements. The blockhouse has a garrison of five men and is equipped with a Lewis gun. It has telephone connections with force Headquarters. Toulgas, Russia.) from the United States Army Signal Corps photograph collection, 1918-1919 [Folder 5, Item 3]
Author: United States. Army. Signal Corps
Canvas: Page 1
: Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Subject terms: Airplanes.; Death.; Funeral rites and ceremonies.; Military facilities.; Military life.; Packtrains.; Railroads -- Soviet Union.; Reindeer.; Ships.; War casualties.; World War, 1914-1918.; Soviet Union.; Soviet Union -- History; Polar Bear Expedition.

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Full citation: "Print No. 152804, January 2, 1919 ("Y" Blockhouse, one of the three most advanced American outposts at Toulgas (Dwina River Front) This blockhouse is located beyond the lines at upper Toulgas, on the main road, along which two patrols are passing, one returning from a reconnaissance in the direction of the Bolsheviki positions, the other on the way out. Passage along the road is obstructed by barbed wire entanglements. The blockhouse has a garrison of five men and is equipped with a Lewis gun. It has telephone connections with force Headquarters. Toulgas, Russia.) from the United States Army Signal Corps photograph collection, 1918-1919 [Folder 5, Item 3]." In the digital collection Polar Bear Expedition Digital Materials. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/921010.0005.003. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 25, 2025.