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Cooks in a Civil War Army Camp

Date: 1865
Description: Two men cook at griddles while another leans on an open door to one of many tents at a Civil War army camp.
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Carson Gulley Preparing Chickens

Date: 11 25 1942
Description: Navy cooks and bakers assisting a demonstration by Chef Carson Gulley, UW residence hall chef.
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Condensing Unit Installation at Camp George G. Meade

Date: 1941
Description: Men standING near an International condensing unit as it is being installed at Camp George G. Meade. The men appear to be examining a melon.
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Military Men on Lunch Break

Date: 1944
Description: Soldiers sitting on the ground under the shade of a tree to eat lunch. Construction equipment, including an International crawler tractor, is in the backgr...
Poster

Victory Gardens ..More for Them ..More for You

Date: 1944
Description: War Food Administration Design No. 5, "Victory Garden." The poster features a soldier with an arm around a destitute child on the left in muted colors, and...
Poster

Victory Gardens ..More for Them ..More for You

Date: 1943
Description: Office of Civilian Defense Design No. 4, "Victory Gardens." The poster features a soldier with an arm around a destitute child on the left and a happy youn...
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Eating at the Front

Date: 1918
Description: Infantry men receiving food in outpost, Front Line on Piave Front, Italy.
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Rolling Kitchen in France

Date: 09 16 1918
Description: Food being prepared on a moving kitchen for soldiers fighting in Sainte-Mihiel, France.
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Algerian Drinking Tea

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian member of the National Liberation Front drinking tea outside a cave. He is sitting on a large boulder with his gun across his lap. In front of ...
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Algerian FLN Members Having Tea

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian National Liberation Front members laughing while having tea. Two men are leaning against a large boulder inside a cave. There are cups at their fe...
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Meeting of FLN Members

Date: 08 1957
Description: A group of Algerian National Liberation Front members gather in a tent for a meeting. Some of the men are wearing turbans and some are wearing caps. They a...
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26th of July Movement Members Resting by Tree

Date: 1958
Description: 26th of July Movement rest by a tree in Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution. Fidel Castro is holding an espresso cup in the foreground, and Celia ...
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Young Vendor at Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: Airstrip at Luang Prabang airport, Laos. A young food vendor stands with a large circular tray on his head which casts shade for him. A silver plane sits o...
Print

U.S.S. Wisconsin Thanksgiving Menu

Date: 11 23 1944
Description: Front cover of "The Badger," official newspaper of the U.S.S. Wisconsin, with a Thanksgiving dinner menu set against an outline in red ink of a larg...
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Russian Children

Date: 1918
Description: Russian children lined up on a board sidewalk to receive leftovers from a man standing outside the 310th United States Army Engineer corps mess hall. Some ...
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Russian Children

Date: 1918
Description: Russian children lined up on a board sidewalk to receive leftovers from a man standing outside the 310th United States Army Engineer corps mess hall. Some ...
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Roadside Scene with Japanese Women

Date: 05 1945
Description: Soldier offering food to Japanese women and children gathered on a roadside in Okinawa. One woman wears a baby on her back. Other soldiers watch from a jee...
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Meal at Camp Douglas

Date: 1914
Description: Group portrait of a number of soldiers, and a young boy, at Camp Douglas having a meal on an improvised table near a tree. One of the men has a dog on his ...
Poster

Blood or Bread

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of a man holding up a wounded soldier, with an artillery cannon in the background. Text reads: "Blood or Bread. Others are giv...
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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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