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United States Navy Camp Wissahickon

Date: 1918
Description: View of tables set in the mess hall at United States Navy Camp Wissahickon. Two men sit at a table on the left, and windows line the walls.
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Home Economics Department Exhibit

Date: 05 1918
Description: An exhibit inside a building displaying examples of how to make meals for "a patriot's table," as well as the relative value of different foods. A handmade...
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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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Meat to be Fed to Poor Civilians

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Description: Cooked tins are transferred to a hot room kept at 30 degrees (86 degree Fahrenheit). Here they are cleaned and sorted. Any tins with bulges are separated s...
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Tins Loaded for Shipping

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Description: Tins in trays that are being loaded for shipping.
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Soldiers Pack Tins for Shipment

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Description: Soldiers packing tins for shipment.
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Opening of the National Warriors Home

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Description: The opening of the National Warrior's Home. The National Women's' Service has opened a home for wounded soldiers in Wilmersdorf (Berlin). Wounded soldiers ...
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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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Sealing Tins of Meat for the Front

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Description: Preparing and sealing tins of meat to be provided to soldiers on the front.
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Sewing Room

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Description: View of the sewing room.
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Women at Work

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Description: At work at the Patriotic Women's Association in Berlin. 1. Miss von Hagen, 2. Miss M.L. Schmidt, 3. Mrs. Consul Staudt, 4. Mrs. Excellency Sydow, 5. Miss C...
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View of the Cutting Room

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Description: Female volunteers cutting fabric.
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Preparing Uniforms

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Description: Home workers working daily to prepare uniforms for the military.
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Eleanor Holt in the Hospital

Date: 01 27 1919
Description: Eleanor Holt is lying in her hospital bed at Henrotin Memorial Hospital. Her left leg, under the bed sheet, appears to be elevated. There are several frame...

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