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Wounded Turkish Officers in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Wounded Turkish officers in Berlin are standing on the sidewalk near the entrance to a building. The officers are convalescing in Berlin sometime after the...
Photograph

Turkish Officers on the Streets of Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Two Turkish soldiers are walking the streets of Berlin. The men are convalescing in Berlin sometime after the Ottoman Empire entered the war on the side of...
Photograph

Wounded Turkish Officers on the Streets of Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Turkish officers convalescing in Berlin sometime after the Ottoman Empire entered the war on the side of Germany in October 1914. The group of men are stan...
Photograph

Dedication of "Iron Hindenburg" Statue

Date: 1914
Description: Dedication of the "Iron Hindenburg" statue in Berlin. Present were the wife of Prince August Wilhelm, the wife of Field Marshall Hindenburg, and German Rei...
Historical Object

J.J. Findorff & Sons

Date: 1914
Description: Twelve photographs and one letterhead are mounted on a board with captions. The photographs cover the time before and after a fire in 1909 when the company...
Photograph

Russian Embassy in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Twelve noon on the first day of mobilization. Crowd gathered in front of the Russian embassy.
Photograph

Mobilization in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: On the first day of mobilization. Departing troops being cheered by crowds in front of the German Colonial Museum.
Photograph

Mobilization in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: On the first day of mobilization. Departing troops being cheered by crowds in front of the German Colonial Museum.
Photograph

Niedenburg in East Prussia

Date: 1914
Description: Scene of destroyed and burned out buildings after the Russian occupation. Handwritten at bottom right: "Niedenburg."
Photograph

Captured Belgian Artillery

Date: 1914
Description: Parade of captured equipment through the Brandenberg Gate.
Photograph

Hospital Ship on the River

Date: 1914
Description: Hospital ship for the wounded on the River Spree, in Berlin, which was visited by the Empress.
Photograph

Destroyed Bridge in Andenne, Belgium

Date: 1914
Description: Andenne is located on the Meuse River.
Photograph

Captured Russian Artillery in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Captured Russian cannon are paraded through Berlin for all to see.
Photograph

Sven Hedin in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: The Swedish author and naturalist Sven Hedin during a visit to Berlin.
Photograph

East Prussian Refugees in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: East Prussian refugees, who are in Berlin to be inducted in the military, receive free meals daily courtesy of a well-known restaurant (Weinstuben Haus Tra...
Postcard

Madison, Wis. from Lake Monona

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of the near east side of the Isthmus with Laka Monona on the left. The Capitol dome is on the horizon. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. from Lak...
Photograph

Mecheln Marketplace

Date: 1914
Description: Marketplace in Mecheln, Belgium. Depot area for German naval infantry soldiers.
Photograph

Patriotism on the Roof Veranda

Date: 1914
Description: Patriotism on the roof veranda. Employees of a large store in Berlin using their free time to knit socks for our brave fighters.
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Selling Patriotic Flags

Date: 1914
Description: Flag seller on Unter den Linden in Berlin.
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Berlin Medical Unit

Date: 1914
Description: Training of a medical unit in Berlin-Friedenau.

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