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Men with Concrete Mixer

Date: 1915
Description: Two men posing at a construction site with an International stationary engine and concrete mixer. One of the men is wearing a work apron from Botsford Lumb...
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Florence Lawrence and Laura Oakley in "The Pawns of Destiny"

Date: 1914
Description: Florence Lawrence, seated at a table with a mop, bucket, and feather duster, has stopped work to read a book. Behind her an older woman, probably played by...
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Northern Wisconsin Center Home Economics Class

Date: 1930
Description: Slightly elevated view of six women wearing aprons learning domestic skills in a kitchen classroom. Two women on the left stand at a sink washing dishes, t...
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Soldiers Repairing Roads

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian soldiers are using the stones of a destroyed factory to repair and improve a roadbed. The walls of the destroyed factory are in the background.
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Loading Bricks for Use in Roadbuilding

Date: 1915
Description: Bricks from a destroyed factory building are being collected for use in the improvement of poor roadways in Serbia during World War I.
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Men Carrying Supplies for Repairing Bad Roads in Enemy Territory

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers and civilians carrying supplies for repairing bad roads in enemy territory during World War I.
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Repairing Bad Roads in Enemy Territory

Date: 1914
Description: Two soldiers are repairing bad roads in enemy territory.
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Presents from Home

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Description: Presents from home being distributed to troops preparing a New Year's punch. The group of men is standing near a building, and other soldiers are standing ...
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Austrians Dig Trenches

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Description: Austrian sailors, who have completed their service and for whom no other military need was pressing, are being sent to dig trenches.
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Midday Meal in the Desert

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Description: The midday meal is being prepared in the desert.
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Cooking on the Front

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Description: Preparing roast mutton.
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Cooking on the Front

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Description: Preparing roast mutton.
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Everything in One Bowl

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Description: Turkish soldiers eating out of a common bowl.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees whose homes had been burned by Russian troops and who are living in railroad cars.
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Captured Russian Kitchen

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Description: Captured Russian field kitchen. Posing for the photograph are two German cooks, admiring their new kitchen.
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Berlin Medical Depot

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Description: The medical depot in Berlin. Preparation of foot cream.
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Washing Clothes

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Description: Austrian soldiers washing clothes.
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Washing Clothes in Galicia

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Description: Austrian soldiers washing their uniforms.
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Belgian Refugees in Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees cooking midday meals in the marketplace of Bergen op Zoom.
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Sappers Emplacing Obstacles on a Pier

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Description: Austrian sappers placing obstacles on a pier.

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