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Eating on the Front

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Description: German caption reads "Everything in one bowl."
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Cooking on the Front

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Description: Preparing roast mutton.
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Midday Meal in the Desert

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Description: The midday meal is being prepared in the desert.
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Covering Flour Supplies

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Description: Covering up flour supplies in the desert.
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Austrian Ammunition Column on the Move

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian ammunition column on the march in Poland during World War I.
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Soldiers Crossing a Floating Bridge over the Save River

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian cavalrymen crossing a floating bridge over the Save River during World War I.
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Operating a Rotax X-Ray Machine

Date: 1914
Description: Two men are are standing outdoors and operating a Rotax X-Ray machine on the leg of a man lying on top of a box. Behind them is the side of a building.
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Results of Direct Hit from 180mm Shell

Date: 1914
Description: Results of a direct hit from a German 180mm artillery shell in Antwerp.
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Turkish Reservists

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Description: Turkish Landsturmleute (reservists) being detailed to improve rail and road beds.
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Ski Patrol in a Glacier Fort

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Description: The highest battlefield in Europe — 3500 meters on the Tirolian border. A ski patrol must dress like polar explorers to protect themselves against the bit...
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Field Marshall von Hoehenkampf

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Description: Field Marshall Lieutenant Ludwig Koennen-Horak von Hoehenkampf and staff.
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In the Mountains

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Description: Tiroler Standschützen in the mountains.
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Bukowina Peasant

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Description: Native of Bukowina posing for a photogarph on city street.
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Austrian General and Staff

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Description: Field Marshal Lieutenant Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau and his staff in Montenegro.
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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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Hungry Children in Lodz

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Description: Hungry children receiving Zwieback (crisp bread) from a warm-hearted staff of Red Cross in Lodz, in order to partially relieve their hunger.
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Russian Prisoners Working

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Description: Russian prisoners working to restore the destroyed train station in Skiernewize.
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Mass in Skutari

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Description: The celebration of the first mass for our troops in the cathedral in the Catholic section of Skutari. The Archbishop of Skutari, who celebrated the mass, i...
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Mountain Artillery Resupply Column

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Description: Soldiers and horse-drawn wagons moving to the front.
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"The Young Son"

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Description: The first visiting day at the garrison hospital to see the wounded soldier. His wife, daughter, and infant son in a baby carriage, are visiting him outdoor...

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