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Postcard

Burning German Materials in Galesville

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: Crowd of men and young boys gathered around a smoldering pile of ash and scraps in the Galesville Town Square. The burned items were most likely German boo...
Poster

If I Fail He Dies

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring two nurses in white gowns and hats. One of the women is behind a table preparing bandages, and the other woman is cradling a w...
Photograph

East Prussia

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Description: Scene of burned buildings after the Russian occupation.
Photograph

Ortelsburg in East Prussia

Date: 
Description: The Russians destroyed the fire fighting apparatus so that the residents could not put out the flames.
Photograph

Mount Lovcen

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Description: Workers repairing a stone viaduct that had been demolished. View of the site of the explosion and the serpentine road.

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