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Antwerp Cathedral

Date: 1914
Description: Antwerp Cathedral with a German flag after the capture of the fortified city on Antwerp in October 1914.
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Hospital Ship

Date: 1914
Description: Barge on the Danube River fitted out as an Austrian Hospital Ship to support troops in the invasion of Serbia.
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Hospital Ships at Anchor

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian Hospital Ships on the Danube River supporting the invasion of Serbia.
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Town of Folgaria

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Description: Street view of Folgaria in South Tyrol. Soldiers are walking down the street, and two other soldiers are near a truck on the right. Red Cross wagons are pa...
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Bust of Hindenburg

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Description: A bust of Hindenburg has been erected and decorated at the restaurant in the City Park of Steglitz (suburban Berlin).
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German Signal Troops

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Description: German signal troops training.
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Turkish Soldiers at Rest During March

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Description: Turkish column at rest in the desert with a Red Crescent flag.
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Turkish Cavalry

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Description: Turkish cavalry patrol in the desert.
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Announcing the Fatwa for Holy War

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Description: The son of the Schafi Muftisi carrying the holy flag from the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem (probably mis-identified and Frankl meant the mosque at the Dome ...
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Delivering Bread

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Description: A common sight in wartime. Delivery of loaves of bread on large freight wagons.
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Bavarian Troops in the Vosges

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. A medical doctor in a carriage asking for directions.
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Russian Red Cross

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Description: Russian Red Cross wagon captured by the Germans.
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Captured Russian Kitchen

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Description: Captured Russian field kitchen. German cooks posing for the camera and assessing their new kitchen.
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Surrendering Czernowitz to the Russians

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Description: The mayor of Czernowitz surrendering the city to the Russians.
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Stray Cattle

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Description: Elevated view of Austrian soldiers herding stray cattle and moving them towards the front. A Red Cross flag is flying from a pole in front of buildings on ...
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Apartment Buildings with German Flags

Date: 1914
Description: Patriotic Berlin. "Hindenburg's victory, 80,000 Russian prisoners."
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Songfest at the Koenigsplatz

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Description: Song Festival held in downtown Berlin.
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"Put Out Your Flags— Antwerp Is Ours!"

Date: 10 1914
Description: Horse-drawn trams in Berlin, bedecked with German flags, celebrating the capture of the City of Antwerp in October 1914.
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Female Railway Station Master

Date: 1914
Description: "The wife must stand in for her husband." A female railway station master in Germany.
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Selling Patriotic Flags

Date: 1914
Description: Flag seller on Unter den Linden in Berlin.

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