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Footwear for Troops

Date: 1914
Description: Men and children are standing around a cart which has a large pile of footwear on it for troops on the battlefield.
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Austrian Red Cross Nurses

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian Red Cross nurses, from Graz, strolling on a road in Syrmien during World War I.
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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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Repairing Boots

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Description: Military cobbler repairing boots. Buildings are in the background.
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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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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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Daycare

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Description: At a daycare facility for the children of soldiers.
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Bavarian Troops

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. The regimental cobbler.
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Gifts for Bavarian Troops

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. The regimental cobbler.
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A Cheerful Group of Soldiers and Civilians

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Description: Farmers from Bukowina and Austrian soldiers.
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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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Farmer's Market in Czernowitz

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Description: Woman at the farmer's market in Czernowitz selling a goose.
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Serbian Refugee Child

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Description: Serbian boy walking through town leading a horse down a muddy street, with soldiers standing and watching from the sidewalk in the background.
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Serbian Refugees Passing Through Sabac

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Description: Serbian refugees walking through muddy streets with wagons and goods.
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National Women's Service

Date: 1914
Description: National Women's Service in Berlin. The indigent and also refugees from East Prussia receiving free shoes, clothing, and underwear.
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Marquis Pallavicini

Date: 1915
Description: Marquis Pallavicini was an Austrian diplomat and ambassador to Turkey.
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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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Refugee Suffering

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees sitting at the back of a wagon that has become their home.
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Belgian Refugees Leaving Messages on Signboards

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees using every wall space to write messages and addresses in order to inform their relatives of their location.
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Refugee Suffering

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees posing in front of their hut as they are preparing for another long day.

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