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Serbian Draw Well in Valjevo

Date: 1914
Description: A soldier is using a draw well in a yard and is drinking water from the bucket. Another man is standing nearby. It appears to be raining or snowing.
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Essential Work in Enemy Territory

Date: 1915
Description: A soldier is doing repair work on a telephone pole in Serbia during World War I.
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Austrian Soldier at the Stables

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are using a house as a horse stable in Serbia.
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Repairing Telephone Wires

Date: 1915
Description: Repairing telephone wires in the Uzsok Pass, Galicia, which had been destroyed by the Russians.
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Artillery Forward Observers

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian forward observers in Galicia for a 305mm mortar battery using a field telescope to confirm the firing coordinates.
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"Iron Hindenburg" Statue

Date: 1914
Description: Arrival of the wife of Prince August Wilhelm at the opening of the "Iron Hindenburg" statue in Berlin.
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Christmas on the Front

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Description: German Landsturm (reservists) trimming a Christmas tree and giving gifts.
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Christmas on the Front

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Description: German soldier and Christmas present.
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Decorating the Christmas Tree

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Description: Our Landsturm (reservist) troops trimming the tree.
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Wounded on a Train

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Description: Wounded German soldier leaning out a train window reaching for a drink being held up by an Austrian colleague standing on the ground near the railroad car.
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Fur Muffs for Soldiers

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Description: As protection against the bitter cold of the Carpathian Mountains, the Austrian Army supply command delivers fur muffs for soldiers.
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Battling a Cold Winter

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Description: As protection against the bitter cold of the Carpathian Mountains, the Austrian Army supply command delivers fur muffs for soldiers.
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Christmas Tree Decorated with Shell Covers

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Description: A Christmas tree outdoors, decorated with the protective covers of shrapnel shells. Men are in the background.
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Meat is Pressure Cooked with Hot Air

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Description: When a vat is completely filled with tins it is placed inside of a larger vessel, sealed tightly, and the meat is pressure cooked with hot air.
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Sharing Food

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Description: Kindheartedness. Austrian soldier sharing his rations with a hungry child.
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"Hunger is the Best Cook"

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Description: "Hunger is the best cook." Austrian soldiers in Czenstochau eating in front of food distribution point.
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Senior Surgical Advisor Professor Borchardt

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Description: The senior surgical advisor Professor Borchardt inspecting the hospital train.
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Austrian Red Cross

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Description: Austrian Red Cross sisters speaking with Austrian and German soldiers.
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Shrine of the Black Madonna Convent

Date: 1915
Description: In front of the Convent of the Black Madonna in Czenstochau. Vendors selling souvenirs.
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Turkish Cavalryman

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Description: Turkish cavalryman in front of a blossoming olive tree.

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