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Austrian Soldiers by their Dead Horse

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Description: Austrian soldiers sitting in a row near their dead horse. They are waiting to be brought a spare horse.
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"The Beautification Consultant at Work"

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Description: An Austrian soldier is getting his hair cut outdoors.
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A Traveling Field Hospital

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Description: A traveling field hospital assisting soldiers on the battlefield. One man in the center is handing out canes.
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Soldiers Sharpening a Saber

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Description: Two German soldiers using the services of a field carpentry detachment to sharpen a saber using a hand cranked sharpening wheel outdoors next to a shed.
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Soldier Praying Over a Mass Grave

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Description: German soldier kneeling on the ground at a mass grave site to say a prayer in honor of his fallen comrades.
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Soldiers Exchange Gifts in Front of a Christmas Tree

Date: 1914
Description: German reservists maintain a semblance of home while at war as they exchange gifts in front of a Christmas tree.
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Sunday Military Church Service in South Tyrol

Date: 1914
Description: Sunday mass for Austrian soldiers, members of a "Tiroler Standschützen" unit, in South Tyrol during World War I.
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The Mobilization Period in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: A group of people on a sidewalk in Berlin during the mobilization period in August 1914. Extra editions of newspapers with the latest war news are being di...
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"The Goodbye Kiss"

Date: 1914
Description: A German soldier is kissing a woman before boarding a train.
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Wounded Soldiers in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: The first returned wounded soldiers in Berlin drinking coffee at tables outside of the hospital.
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Footwear for Troops

Date: 1914
Description: Men and children are standing around a cart which has a large pile of footwear on it for troops on the battlefield.
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Packaging Bandages

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view of nurses, including men and women, packaging bandages for wounded soldiers at a medical depot in Berlin. The group is preparing the...
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Operating a Rotax X-Ray Machine

Date: 1914
Description: Two men are are standing outdoors and operating a Rotax X-Ray machine on the leg of a man lying on top of a box. Behind them is the side of a building.
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Collection Box for Cigars

Date: 1914
Description: A man is standing on a sidewalk in front of a storefront and donating a cigar to a collection box. A sign on the collection box reads: "Cigarren für unsere...
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Destroyed Storefront in East Prussia

Date: 1914
Description: German soldiers posing in front of a destroyed storefront in the city of Neidenburg in East Prussia in September 1914. Taken after the expulsion of Russia...
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Belgian Refugees Return Home

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees returning home to Antwerp after having fled to neutral Holland in the wake of the German invasion inn 1914.
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Field Carpentry Shop

Date: 1914
Description: Two German soldiers shaping axe handles at a field carpentry shop.
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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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Soldiers Walking Next to Destroyed Buildings

Date: 1915
Description: Three Austrian soldiers walking past a damaged building in Valjevo, Serbia.
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Soldiers in front of Destroyed House

Date: 1914
Description: Three soldiers are standing in front of the destroyed house, and another soldier is bending over a pile of rubble in the doorway under the partially collap...

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