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Allis Chalmers Tractor-Truck

Date: 1914
Description: During the years 1913-1914 Allis-Chalmers manufactured this vehicle, a tractor-truck, which was primarily sold to the French and Russian governments.
Poster

Keep It Coming

Date: 1914
Description: United States Food Administration World War I Poster. "Keep It Coming/ We must not only feed our soldiers at the front but the millions of women and childr...
Photograph

Grand Army of the Republic, Men at Encampment

Date: 1914
Description: Outdoor view of Union veterans standing near a war memorial in a square downtown.
Postcard

Four Wheel Drive

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view of the United States Military surveying four wheel drive (FWD) trucks, manufactured in Clintonvlle, carrying supply boxes. Caption r...
Photograph

Sheridan Race

Date: 1914
Description: The sailboat "Senta" competes in the Sheridan Prize Race at Geneva Lake. The "Senta" belonged to Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, who is the skipper here. He was an ow...
Map or Atlas

Townships 12 and 13 N, Ranges 9 and 10 East : Portion of Columbia County, Wisconsin

Date: 1914
Description: This photostat map shows Fort Winnebago around 1931, land to be reserved for military purposes, roads to Fort Howard and Fort Crawford, "private property" ...
Photograph

First Day of Mobilization in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Crowds in front of the Royal Palace in Berlin on the first day of mobilization, August 2, 1914, after Germany had made the decision to declare war.
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"The Goodbye Kiss"

Date: 1914
Description: A German soldier is kissing a woman before boarding a train.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Destroyed Storefront in East Prussia

Date: 1914
Description: German soldiers posing in front of a destroyed storefront in the city of Neidenburg in East Prussia in September 1914. Taken after the expulsion of Russia...
Photograph

Belgian Refugees Return Home

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees returning home to Antwerp after having fled to neutral Holland in the wake of the German invasion inn 1914.
Photograph

Ruined Church in Sabac, Serbia

Date: 1914
Description: A man is driving a team of two horses pulling a wagon on a street in front of a ruined church. Rubble is piled in front of another building on the right.
Photograph

Serbian Prisoners

Date: 1914
Description: A group of Serbian prisoners standing on a street.
Photograph

Men Draining Water from Large Pot

Date: 1914
Description: Two men in a muddy yard are bending over and holding onto a large pot while draining water out of it into a trench in the ground. Behind them is a bicycle ...
Photograph

Serbian Prisoners of War in Sabac

Date: 1914
Description: A group of Serbian prisoners standing on a street.
Photograph

Customs Building in Sabac

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view of soldiers and civilians near the damaged Customs Building. Broken furniture and rubble is piled in front of the building. There ar...
Photograph

Soldiers Riding on Horse-Drawn Wagon

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers are riding in a wagon on their way to the Front. Another wagon is in front of them on the right. There are buildings along a sidewalk in the backg...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Wagon Bringing Supplies to the Front

Date: 1914
Description: View from side of street towards a boy sitting on top of a pile of supplies driving a horse-drawn wagon heading to the Front. A person is watching from the...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Wagon Bringing Supplies to the Front

Date: 1914
Description: Men are standing on a city street near wagons carrying supplies to the front.
Photograph

Austrian Cavalry Asking for Directions

Date: 1914
Description: An Austrian cavalry soldier asking a wagon driver for information and directions.

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