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Headquarters of the 16th Wisconsin Infantry

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Description: The headquarters camp and officers of the 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in Tennessee. The officer seated on the far right is thought to be Cassius Fair...
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Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home

Date: 1900
Description: Front view of the Block House, the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. Men sit on benches along both sides of a path leading to the house, with a fla...
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American Soldier in Front of Building

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length outdoor portrait of an unidentified uniformed soldier standing on a board sidewalk next to a wood building with a United States Army Engineers ...
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Luncheon for Returning Soldiers

Date: 1918
Description: Scene in a small city park showing a group of local women serving luncheon to soldiers recently returned from service in the first World War. Very possibly...
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Ojibwa Man and Woman

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman are sitting together on a park bench. She is wearing a skirt and plaid blouse, and he is wearing a military uniform. Immediately be...
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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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Sergeant Killigrow with French Children

Date: 11 04 1918
Description: Sgt. J.W. Killigrow, 311th Ambulance Co., 78th Division, socializing with French children who remained in Authe during the German occupation.
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German Soldiers Playing Cards

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Description: "A little game."
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First Wounded in Berlin

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin, at a coffee break outdoors.
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"We Have Liege"

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin.
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"We Have Liege"

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin.
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Wounded Soldiers Playing Skat

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin, playing skat outdoors at a long table.
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Wounded Soldiers Writing Letters Home

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin. Soldier in left foreground has to write with his left hand since his right hand was wounded.
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Wounded Soldiers Reading and Talking

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin, reading and talking about the war.
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Feeding The Needy

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Description: Feeding the needy in Friedenau-Wilmersdorf at the Kaiserplatz.
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Soliders Cleaning Rifles

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Description: German soldiers cleaning weapons. There is a building on the left, and tents are set up in the background on the right. Caption at bottom right reads (Gewe...
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Riva in South Tirol

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Description: Our summer guests in the "iron year" in Riva.
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The Tree Swing

Date: 07 1917
Description: During Word War I, a group of soldiers training at Fort Sheridan visited the home of W.A. Holt's parents. The Holt family entertained the soldiers. Lillian...

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