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Poster

Food Will Win the War

Date: 1917
Description: World War I poster urging newly arrived immigrants to conserve food to aid the allied cause. People in ethnic costume being ushered into the United States ...
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Luncheon for Returning Soldiers

Date: 1918
Description: Scene in a small city park showing a group of local women serving luncheon to soldiers recently returned from service in the first World War. Very possibly...
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National League for Women's Service Float

Date: 1917
Description: Parade float on which ten women are standing, some posing with knitting needles or behind a sewing machine. Two men and one woman are standing on the groun...
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Wounded Soldiers in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: The first returned wounded soldiers in Berlin drinking coffee at tables outside of the hospital.
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French PoW's Receiving Meals

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Description: French prisoners in the German PoW camp in Zossen, Prussia, with steaming bowls of soup.
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First Wounded in Berlin

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin, at a coffee break outdoors.
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Feeding The Needy

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Description: Feeding the needy in Friedenau-Wilmersdorf at the Kaiserplatz.
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Feeding the Hungry Poor in Berlin

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Description: Open air dining for civilians without money in the Friedenau-Wilmersdorf district of Berlin along the the Kaiserplatz.
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Red Cross Soup Kitchen

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Description: Red Cross soup kitchen with a crowd at the entrance. For 10 pfennigs one can obtain a hearty lunch.
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Red Cross Soup Kitchen

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Description: Red Cross soup kitchen in Berlin on the Moritzplatz.
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Red Cross Soup Kitchen

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Description: Red Cross soup kitchen in Berlin on the Moritzplatz.
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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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Flour Seller

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Description: Galician flour seller from Tarnow.
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Flour Seller

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Description: Galician flour seller from Tarnow.
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The Modern Kitchen Maid

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Description: Food delivery via automobile.
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Belgian Refugees in the Marketplace of Bergen Op Zoom

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees in the marketplace waiting for goods.
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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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Turkish Soldiers Purchasing Food in Constantinople

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Description: Turkish soldiers and officers buying food in the capital as they prepare to ship out.
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Flour Distribution in Hebron

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Description: Distributing flour to troops in Hebron.

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