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International Harvester "Christmas Box" Contents

Date: 1917
Description: Contents of an International Harvester "Christmas Box", including Fig Newtons, a Hershey's Chocolate Bar, Medicinal Carbolic Soap, Colgate's Handy Grip Sha...
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Soldiers Repairing Roads

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian soldiers are using the stones of a destroyed factory to repair and improve a roadbed. The walls of the destroyed factory are in the background.
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Loading Bricks for Use in Roadbuilding

Date: 1915
Description: Bricks from a destroyed factory building are being collected for use in the improvement of poor roadways in Serbia during World War I.
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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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Aerial View of Construction

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Description: Aerial view of the construction of a bridge over the Warte River near Sieradz in Russian Poland.
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Town Crier of Schirmeck

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. The town crier of Schirmeck in the Alsace announcing out new regulations to German troops.
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Bavarians Grilling Sausages

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Grilling sausages over an open fire.
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Sawing Firewood

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Description: Getting ready for winter.
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Sawing Firewood

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Description: Austrian soldiers getting ready for winter.
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Transporting Wood in the Streets of Constantinople

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Description: Soldier leading a donkey transporting wood in Constantinople.
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Austrian Officers in a Bunker on the Lavarone Plateau

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Description: The plateau of Lavarone was located along the pre-war boundary between Austria-Hungary and Italy.
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Troops Resupplying Lumber

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Description: Troops carrying lumber, in a fog, to our high altitude fighting positions on the glacier.
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Transporting Lumber in the High Alps

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Description: Transporting building lumber to our high altitude fighting positions on the Italian-Tirolian front.

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