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Duck Hunting

Date: 10 10 1936
Description: As described on the negative envelope, an unidentified man is standing in his boat, "Shooting at a flock of mallards at Lake Partridge near Fremont on the ...
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French PoW's Receiving Meals

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Description: French prisoners in the German PoW camp in Zossen, Prussia, with steaming bowls of soup.
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Breakfast at the Zossen PoW Camp

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Description: Prisoners in the Zossen camp are lining up before the kitchen as they wait for their meals.
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Emir Ali Pasha in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Emir Ali Pascha was the Vice-President of the Turkish legislature. He visited Berlin in late 1914 or early 1915 on a goodwill trip. Here, accompanied by a...
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Group Portrait of PoW's

Date: 1914
Description: PoW's, of varying nationalities, in the Zossen PoW camp.
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"Selling in the Rubble"

Date: 1915
Description: After the occupation and subsequent looting of a Galician city by the Russian Army, a Jewish merchant is selling his remaining wares to an Austrian soldier...
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Metal Scrap Drive

Date: 1914
Description: Metal collecting site located in Friedenau (Berlin). The drop-off site.
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Ration Stamps for Wounded Soldiers

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Description: German soldiers receiving a distribution of ration stamps at the "Kaisereck" convalescence home for wounded soldiers on Hartenbergstrasse 16 (Berlin). Her ...
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Passport Control

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Description: Passport control on the Swiss border.
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Swiss Passport Control

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Description: Passport control on the Swiss border.
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Wounded Soldiers and Their Nurses

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Description: Wounded soldiers, and their nurses, walking across the Kaiser Franz Joseph square in Berlin.
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Soldiers and Nurses Examining Artillery

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Description: Wounded soldiers, and nurses, standing outdoors examining a captured artillery piece.
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The Royal Palace

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Description: Wounded soldiers and captured artillery in front of the royal palace.
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Berlin Christmas Market

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Description: Wounded soldiers at the Christmas market in Berlin.
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Buying Refreshments from a Young Girl

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Description: German soldiers standing on a platform near a stopped troop train buying refreshments from a young girl.
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Drummer in Front of a Crowd

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Description: Town crier drumming in front of crowd to announce the latest news and orders.
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German Soldiers on the Streets of Lodz

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Description: German manners and practices in Lodz. The Landsturm (reservist) band plays a concert daily at noon in front of the offices of the Governor.
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Theater Garden Converted into a Hospital

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Description: The theater in the pleasure gardens in Skiernewize (Skierniewice), now converted for use as a hospital.
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Hungry Children in Lodz

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Description: Hungry children receiving Zwieback (crisp bread) from a warm-hearted Red Cross in Lodz, in order to partially relieve their hunger.
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The Bosporus Straits

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Description: Boats at dock in the Bosporus.

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