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Wounded Soldiers in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: The first returned wounded soldiers in Berlin drinking coffee at tables outside of the hospital.
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Soldiers Peeling Potatoes

Date: 1914
Description: Two soldiers are sitting on stools outdoors peeling potatoes near a large pot, with a cover resting in front on the ground. Another man is standing on the ...
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Men Draining Water from Large Pot

Date: 1914
Description: Two men in a muddy yard are bending over and holding onto a large pot while draining water out of it into a trench in the ground. Behind them is a bicycle ...
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Soldiers on Serbian Farm

Date: 1915
Description: Preparing mid-day meals for troops on a Serbian farmstead.
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Cookhouse or Field Kitchen

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers are standing around while a cook is working at the outdoor field kitchen on the front during World War I.
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Soldiers Enjoying a Respite

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers relaxing and eating around a man cooking over an outdoor fire.
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Flour Sacks Being Unloaded

Date: 1915
Description: Unloading sacks of flour from train cars for an Austrian divisional field bakery.
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Field Bakery

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian divisional field bakery.
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Recruits at a Meal

Date: 1914
Description: German Army recruits, still in civilian clothing, taking a meal break.
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Patriotism on the Roof Veranda

Date: 1914
Description: Patriotism on the roof veranda. Employees of a large store in Berlin using their free time to knit socks for our brave fighters.
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Knitting Socks for Austrian Soldiers

Date: 1915
Description: Women are sitting on a bench outdoors using their free time to knit socks for soldiers at the front.
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Belgian Refugees in the Marketplace of Bergen Op Zoom

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees in the marketplace waiting for goods.
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Belgian Refugees in Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Washing day in the refugee camp. Women are shown washing clothes in a large bucket as women and children are watching from the tents.
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Belgian Refugees in Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees cooking midday meals in the marketplace of Bergen op Zoom.
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Belgian Refugee Camp in Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Refugee camp in Holland near Bergen op Zoom.
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Belgian Refugees

Date: 1914
Description: A Belgian refugee sitting on door sill stitching a shirt.
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Belgian Refugees

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees hanging up their clothes after the daily washing.

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