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Ortelsburg Ruins

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Description: Damaged church.
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Bibles for Doughboys

Date: 09 1917
Description: Khaki-covered Bibles being made by the American Bible Society for American fighters during World War I. The goal was one million testaments. All the worker...
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Refugee Suffering

Date: 1914
Description: Homeless refugees resting by their belongings.
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Belgian Refugees

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

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugee children smiling for the camera while waiting for their parents to return.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned buildings. Sign on building reads: "Stadtkasse."
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Suffering of Belgian Refugee

Date: 1914
Description: Homeless Belgian refugees sitting on a brick sidewalk along the street as they are preparing for another hard day.
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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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German Civilians Searching for Belongings in Ruins

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Description: Civilians searching in building ruins for their possessions.
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World War Monument and County Clerk's Office

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Description: View of a World War I Monument outside of the County Clerk's Office. To the left of the colonnaded Clerk's Office, the Old Courthouse, built in 1895, can ...
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Belgian Refugees Brewing Coffee in the Morning

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees making coffee in the refugee camp every morning, with their children sitting on their laps.
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Reservists Washing Up

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Description: Reservists quartered in French Buchholz in Berlin. Morning wash-up.
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Veterans of World War I

Date: 05 31 1955
Description: Veterans of World War I were among the participants in the Memorial Day parade. From left to right are Frank Austin, Frank Hermen and Peter C. Vanden Hueve...
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Crated Machine Gun Cart at McCormick Works

Date: 05 17 1918
Description: Crated "U.S. Machine Gun Cart" outside in factory yard.
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Weekly Food Baskets for Needy Children in Berlin

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Description: Instead of free meals, needy children receive a basket weekly with enough food to last for a week.
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Cormicy Church

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Ruins of a French Church. Captioned: "The interior of the Cormicy Church — if there can be an interior to a building without a roof."
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Belgian Refugees in Bergen op Zoom, Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Distribution of assignments for sleeping quarters to Belgian refugees in Bergen op Zoom, Holland. Bergen op Zoom, the first large city on the Dutch side of...
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Experimental Farmall Tractor

Date: 12 29 1930
Description: International Harvester engineering department photograph of an experimental Farmall tractor. The original caption reads: "15-30 Farmall Tractor (redesigne...
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Boxed Artillery Cart Ready for Shipment

Date: 05 17 1918
Description: Boxed 240 mm mortar cart ready for shipment to the U.S. military from International Harvester's McCormick Works. Includes a trench mortar barrel. A man is ...
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Women Employed by The Nash Motor Company

Date: 1918
Description: View across street towards a large group of women at the Nash Motor Company building. A few people are looking out from open windows in the building. Capti...

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