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Portable Military Camp Forge

Date: 1914
Description: Two soldiers with a small forge during World War I. One of the men is smoking a pipe. There is a wagon in the background.
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Balloon Gondola

Date: 1918
Description: The gondola crew of a World War I observation balloon that is about to ascend. Observation balloons were positioned near the front so that men in the gondo...
Poster

Remember Belgium. Buy Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan

Date: 1918
Description: United States government bonds poster in the Fourth Liberty Loan "B" series. Depicts in silhouette a German soldier running and dragging a girl against a b...
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Belgian Refugees

Date: 1914
Description: A Belgian refugee sitting on door sill stitching a shirt.
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Leon Bourgeois

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of French statesman Leon Bourgeois.
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"The Beautification Consultant at Work"

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Description: An Austrian soldier is getting his hair cut outdoors.
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Constantinople

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Description: The most recent photograph of the Sultan in Constantinople.
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The Departure of Djemal Pascha from Damascus

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Description: Djemal Pascal leaving Damascus.
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Antwerp Police Station

Date: 1914
Description: Antwerp police in front of a guard house.
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Visit of the Czar of Bulgaria

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Description: The Czar of Bulgaria visiting the Austrian headquarters. Accompanied here by his aides.
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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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Walter Wanger

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Description: Close-up of Walter Wanger when he was in the Army during World War I. He has a mustache and his hat is tilted on his head.
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WWI Ace

Date: 1918
Description: Rodney Williams, a World War I pilot from Delafield, Wisconsin, posed wearing his U.S. Air Service uniform. With five enemy aircraft downed in July 1918, ...
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Colonel General von Kövess

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Description: Colonel General Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza commanded the Austrian 3rd Army during the invasion of Serbia.
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Austrian Military Artist

Date: 1915
Description: An Austrian military artist is making a sketch of a destroyed church in Sabac, Serbia.
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Colonel von Frankenberg in the Desert

Date: 01 1915
Description: Colonel von Frankenberg sitting on his horse in the desert as he is heading to the front.
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The Departure of Djemal Pascha from Damascus

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Description: Djemal Pascha leaving Damascus, in front of a large crowd.
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The Departure of Djemal Pascha from Damascus

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Description: Djemal Pascha leaving Damascus in front of a large crowd.
Poster

Wählt unsern Besten

Date: 1932
Description: German re-election poster with a portrait of Paul von Hindenburg. Text reads: "Wählt unsern Besten." Von Hindenburg was a German field-marshal and state...
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Stretcher-Bearers Carrying an Injured Soldier

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Two soldiers carrying an injured man through the trenches. Caption reads: "Brancardiers [stretcher-bearers] carrying in a wounded pirla."

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