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Soldiers Sharpening a Saber

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Description: Two German soldiers using the services of a field carpentry detachment to sharpen a saber using a hand cranked sharpening wheel outdoors next to a shed.
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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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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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Everything in One Bowl

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Description: Turkish soldiers eating out of a common bowl.
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Captured Russian Kitchen

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Description: Captured Russian field kitchen. Posing for the photograph are two German cooks, admiring their new kitchen.
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Berlin Medical Depot

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Description: The medical depot in Berlin. Preparation of foot cream.
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In Front of the Hut

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Description: A soldier eating a snack in front of a pile of wood on a break from duty.
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Drawing Water

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Description: Drawing water from a well in Silly (Silli).
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Cattaro

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Description: Open air kitchen on the mole.
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Austrian Field Kitchen

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Description: Austrian field kitchen being loaded onto a ship, in Skutari. Mobile field kitchens were often, jokingly, nicknamed "goulash cannons."

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