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Austrian Cavalry Asking for Directions

Date: 1914
Description: An Austrian cavalry soldier asking a wagon driver for information and directions.
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Austrian Soldiers in Ruma

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian soldiers are passing a directional sign in the City of Ruma in the region of Syrmien in Serbia. The sign directs traffic to the towns of Vogani, M...
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Military Bridge on the Danube to Petrovaradin

Date: 1914
Description: A car and a wagon are crossing the bridge over the Danube in World War I. Pedestrians are using the walkway of the bridge on the left.
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Shrine of the Black Madonna

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Description: Entrance to the shrine and convent of the Black Madonna in Czenstochau (Częstochowa) in Poland.
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Silly (Silli) in Syria

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Description: Elevated view of railroad cars waiting for supplies to be loaded on board.
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Red Cross Troops

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Description: Red Cross troops leaving Berlin passing by the Wilhelmstrasse and the Siegesallee.
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Red Cross

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Description: Red Cross leaving Berlin.
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Landsturm Soldier

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Description: Landsturm (reservist) soldier and wife in Brandenberg on the Havel. Landsturm are identifiable by the cross on their shakos.
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Bavarian Troops

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Horse furniture and leather equipment being replaced.
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Bicycle Patrol

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Description: The watch in the Vosges. Soldier (on bicycle) on patrol with a white handkerchief as a recognition sign.
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East Prussia

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Description: Scene of burned buildings after the Russian occupation.
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Ruins in Ortelsburg

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Description: Ortelsburg in East Prussia after the Russian occupation.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned buildings.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned out buildings.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned out buildings.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned buildings.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned buildings.
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Ortelsburg

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Description: Ortelsburg town square in ruins.
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Debris Near Allenstein

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Description: Debris of battle abandoned by retreating Russians. Market place in Allenstein.
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Stray Pigs

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Description: Stray pigs in front of destroyed buildings.

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