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Food Cart

Date: 1946
Description: American soldier purchasing something from a food cart, a scene photographed by conservationist Sigurd Olson while traveling in Europe immediately after th...
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Drill Grounds and Armory on Government Inspection Day

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Description: Elevated view of military formations on the drill grounds on government inspection day. A band plays for the military drill, and a flag waves on a pole on ...
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No. 2296 of the War Views Series

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Description: Stereograph of Union infantry standing in front of a slave dealer's shop.
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Vietnamese Soldiers Breaking Camp

Date: 1961
Description: Vietnamese soldiers breaking camp along a muddy road after a night of heavy rain. The shirtless man is battallion commander, Major Giai (?). Civilian vill...
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Fargo Children at Play

Date: 1903
Description: A hand-painted nasturtium bud and leaf decorate an album page with five photographs of the children of Frank and Louise Mears Fargo. At top left, Frank Jr....
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No Foreign Uniforms Allowed

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A foreign soldier walking the streets of Paris, France while smoking a cigarette in his uniform. Captioned: "A costume like this creates no sensation or in...
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Passport Control

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Description: Passport control on the Swiss border.
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Fighting the Russians

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Description: German and Austrian soldiers, who are jointly fighting the Russians in the Carpathians, on an oxcart.
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Sewing up a Soldier's Pants

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Description: "A rip in the trousers is quickly repaired."
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GermanTroops With Barbed Wire

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Description: Three men at a barbed wire depot behind the front.
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Distributing Bread

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Description: A cook is distributing bread to hungry soldiers and officers on the front.
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Field Kitchen

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Description: German and Austrian soldiers at a field kitchen.
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Turkish Artillery in the Desert

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Description: Turkish artillery equipped with "desert tires" on the way to the Suez Canal.
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Turkish Artillery in the Desert

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Description: Turkish artillery equipped with "desert tires."
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Field Guns at the Ready

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Description: A Turkish field gun in Syria is being emplaced.
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Turkish Soldier

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Description: Turkish soldier in front of a carriage.
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Bavarian Troops

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Horse furniture and leather equipment being replaced.
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"Put Out Your Flags— Antwerp Is Ours!"

Date: 10 1914
Description: Horse-drawn trams in Berlin, bedecked with German flags, celebrating the capture of the City of Antwerp in October 1914.
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Officer's Carriage

Date: 1914
Description: German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
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The Mail Wagon

Date: 1914
Description: Our naval infantry in Antwerp. German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.

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