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French Torpedoes

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Description: French torpedoes (torpilles) shot by compressed gas.
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Water Wheel in the Desert

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Description: Water wheel in the Syrian desert.
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Bavarians at Rest

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Rest period.
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Cactus Etching

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Description: Turkish officer etching his name into a cactus leaf as a remembrance.
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Arab Civilians Working in a Trench

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Description: Soldiers and children cleaning up rubble.
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Daycare

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Description: At a daycare facility for the children of soldiers.
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Flour Supply

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Description: Flour supply wagons in a semi-desert region.
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Camouflaged Weapon

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across field towards a well-camouflaged military weapon.
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U.S. Marines. “Soldiers of the Sea”

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of four Marine corpsmen running across a grassy beach. Two battleships are just off the shore in the background. Poster te...
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War Memorial

Date: 02 18 1919
Description: A memorial to those who died with honor. Caption reads: "A common sight in the wake of the battle of the Marne."
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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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Train and Depot Guards

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Description: Duties of the Turkish Landsturm (reservists). Train and depot guards.
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Soldier Praying Over a Mass Grave

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Description: German soldier kneeling on the ground at a mass grave site to say a prayer in honor of his fallen comrades.
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View of Garden

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the garden of the Red Cross soup kitchen.
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Bavarians Collecting Fodder for Horses

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Collecting grass for a horse.
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On Guard in the Beautiful South

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Description: A soldier on guard on the banks of a lake overlooking a small town in the South Tirol.
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Red Cross Soup Kitchen

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Description: Red Cross soup kitchen in Berlin on the Moritzplatz.
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U.S. Marines

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of two marine corpsmen on a shoreline. One Marine is standing and signaling with a signal flag to two battleships just off...
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Soldiers in Front of Bunkers

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers post in front of the bunkers on the Italian front in the battle zone around Lavarone in South Tyrol. These are camouflaged artillery posi...
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Daycare

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Description: Daycare for the children of soldiers. Children are cared for and given food daily, without charge, by volunteer aids.

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