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Armistice Day Street Parade

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: Elevated view from building of informal Armistice Day street parade at an intersection of the downtown area. They are celebrating the conclusion of the fir...
Poster

Order Coal Now

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of a team of two horses drawing a coal wagon, with a man in the back of the tipped wagon unloading coal with a shovel.
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First Day of Mobilization in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Crowds in front of the Royal Palace in Berlin on the first day of mobilization, August 2, 1914, after Germany had made the decision to declare war.
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Ruined Church in Sabac, Serbia

Date: 1914
Description: A man is driving a team of two horses pulling a wagon on a street in front of a ruined church. Rubble is piled in front of another building on the right.
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Customs Building in Sabac

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view of soldiers and civilians near the damaged Customs Building. Broken furniture and rubble is piled in front of the building. There ar...
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Serbian School Building Transformed into Telephone Station

Date: 1914
Description: A Serbian schoolhouse is being transformed into a telephone station during the war.
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Passport Control

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Description: Passport control on the Swiss border.
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Flour Supply

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Description: Flour supply wagons in a semi-desert region.
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Turkish Soldier

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Description: Turkish soldier in front of a carriage.
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Transporting Sheep

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Description: Transporting sheep near Jerusalem.
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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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Delivering Vegetables

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Description: Deliveries of vegetables in Berlin.
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Bavarian Supply Wagons

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. The supply wagons on parade.
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East Prussia

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Description: Scene of burned buildings after the Russian occupation.
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Refugees Crossing the River

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Description: Unusual refugees. A flock of geese.
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Empress and Princess Eitel Friedrich

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Description: The Empress and Princess Eitel Friedrich riding in a carriage on the way to visit the hospital ship.
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Galician Refugees

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Description: Galician refugees gathering in the center of town.
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Galician Refugees

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Description: Galician refugees riding in a cart headed for military headquarters.
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Belgian Refugees on the Way Home

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees heading home after time in Dutch refugee camps.
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Djemal Pascha Departing Jerusalem

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Description: Djemal Pascha departing Jerusalem on the way to the front and war.

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