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Soldiers Peeling Potatoes

Date: 1914
Description: Two soldiers are sitting on stools outdoors peeling potatoes near a large pot, with a cover resting in front on the ground. Another man is standing on the ...
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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 ...
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Cookhouse or Field Kitchen

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers are standing around while a cook is working at the outdoor field kitchen on the front during World War I.
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Soldiers Enjoying a Respite

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers relaxing and eating around a man cooking over an outdoor fire.
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Handing Out Soup

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Description: Cooks handing out soup to soldiers on a cold day at the front.
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Cooking Tinned Meat

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Description: Pressure kettles being used to cook tinned meat. In the background a kettle is being unloaded.
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De-Boning Meat

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Description: De-boning meat for goulash in the kitchen for the soldiers to consume.
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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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Bavarians Grilling Sausages

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Grilling sausages over an open fire.
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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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Belgian Refugees in Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees cooking midday meals in the marketplace of Bergen op Zoom.
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Belgian Refugee Camp in Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Refugee camp in Holland near Bergen op Zoom.
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Cattaro

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Description: Open air kitchen on the mole.
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Cooking for Needy Children

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Description: “Our barbarians” cooking for needy Montenegrin children. The use the term "Our Barbarians" was meant to be an ironic commentary on the use of the term in ...
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Midday Meals in Poland

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Description: Distributing midday meals to Austrian troops in Russian Poland.

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