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Funeral Ceremony at the National Military Home

Date: 1915
Description: View of a funeral ceremony at the National Military Home, which opened in 1867. A group of veterans march before a horse-drawn vehicle pulling a coffin on ...
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"Birth of a Nation" Street Battle

Date: 1915
Description: Street scene from the film "The Birth of a Nation" featuring a battle between soldiers on foot and members of the Ku Klux Klan on horseback. The men on hor...
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"An Expressive Scene"

Date: 1915
Description: Horses surrounding a steam threshing machine in Serbia during World War I.
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Soldiers on Serbian Farm

Date: 1915
Description: Preparing mid-day meals for troops on a Serbian farmstead.
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Soldiers Crossing a Floating Bridge over the Save River

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian cavalrymen crossing a floating bridge over the Save River during World War I.
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Austrian Soldier at the Stables

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are using a house as a horse stable in Serbia.
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Austrian Ammunition Column on the Move

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian ammunition column on the march in Poland during World War I.
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Austrian Soldiers Buying Woolen Clothing

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers, including an Uhlan, are buying woolen clothing for the winter.
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Austrian Soldiers on Walkway on Side of Cliff

Date: 1915
Description: View looking up at Austrian soldiers standing on a wooden walkway with a metal railing attached to the side of a cliff above a lake in South Tyrol.
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Building a Walkway on the Side of a Mountain

Date: 1915
Description: View across water towards Austrian soldiers working on the walkway along the side of a mountain close to the front in South Tyrol. Two men are in a boat at...
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Walkway Along a Mountain

Date: 1915
Description: View across water towards Austrian soldiers building a walkway along the side of a mountain above a lake in South Tyrol. There is also a dog on the walkway...
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Austrian Supply Column

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian troops and supply wagons resting in the vicinity of the Uzsok Pass.
Poster

War Loan

Date: 1915
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a lion, the symbol of the UK. Text reads: "War Loan. Back the Empire with Your Savings. Invest Now. Apply for Details a...
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"A High Honor"

Date: 1915
Description: A Jewish child in Galicia is holding an Austrian cavalryman's horse.
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Water Wheel in the Desert

Date: 1915
Description: Water wheel in the Syrian desert.
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Crossing the Sava River

Date: 1915
Description: Hungarian hussars crossing the pontoon bridge over the Sava River in Serbia.
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Serbian Refugees

Date: 1915
Description: Serbian populace, chased out of their homes by their own troops, fleeing from town to town. Here passing through Sabac in Serbia.
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Hungarian Cavalry

Date: 1915
Description: Hungarian cavalry on the way towards Valjevo in Serbia.
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Patrol Riding Through Sabac in Serbia

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of an Austrian patrol riding through the streets of Sabac in Serbia.
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Turkish Troops at Rest

Date: 1915
Description: Troops resting in front of an inn in the Taurus Mountains.

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