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War Relief Services

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief services. Woman using sewing machine.
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Prisoners of War Washing Clothes

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Three German prisoners of war are scrubbing their clothes on the cement floor of their barracks at a prisoner of war camp. The prisoners are engaged in agr...
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Sewing Room

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Description: View of the sewing room.
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View of the Cutting Room

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Description: Female volunteers cutting fabric.
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Cooks in a Civil War Army Camp

Date: 1865
Description: Two men cook at griddles while another leans on an open door to one of many tents at a Civil War army camp.
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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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French War Brides

Date: 11 24 1947
Description: Three French war brides at the French House packing food donated to the Madison committee of Aid to France. Left to right: Mrs. Arthur Indermuchle, holding...
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Polish Legion in the Carpathian Mountains Preparing a Meal

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Preparing Uniforms

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Description: Home workers working daily to prepare uniforms for the military.
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French PoW's Receiving Meals

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Description: French prisoners in the German PoW camp in Zossen, Prussia, with steaming bowls of soup.
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Food Conservation Demonstration

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Description: Food conservation is demonstrated to a group outdoors at a community center.
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First Wounded in Berlin

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin, at a coffee break outdoors.
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Civil War Portraits and Relics

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Description: View of a room filled with portraits and relics from the Civil War. A piano is placed below a window across the room, and the walls are lined with framed p...
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Cooking on the Front

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Description: Preparing roast mutton.
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Trient (Trento)

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Description: Transporting food supplies.
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Field Bakery

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian divisional field bakery.
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Soldiers Pack Tins for Shipment

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Description: Soldiers packing tins for shipment.
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Cooking on the Front

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Description: Preparing roast mutton.
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Hall Set for Soldiers Return

Date: 1898
Description: American flags drape the walls of a large empty hall prepared with one thousand place settings for soldiers returning from the Spanish-American War.
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War Correspondents Socializing

Date: 11 01 1942
Description: A group of war correspondents enjoy a beverage together at Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They are dressed in uniform. Identified...

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