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Black Soldiers in WWI

Date: 1918
Description: Three African American soldiers with a company of engineers somewhere in France. They are holding a shovel, pick, and sledgehammer.
Poster

Farm to Win "Over There"

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a boy operating a plow, in silhouette. In the background, soldiers are operating an artillery piece among the rubble of...
Poster

Jobs for Fighters

Date: 1919
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a a soldier holding his "Honorable Discharge" papers and reaching for the handle of a door. The door has a sign that re...
Poster

Are You Working?

Date: 1918
Description: Poster text reads: "Are You Working? Your Country Needs You as a Soldier or as a Producer. Get a Job — Stick to It. Milwaukee County Council of Defense."
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Examining Cattle

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Description: Cattle being examined by Austrian veterinarians.
Poster

Durch Arbeit Zum Sieg! Durch Sieg zum Frieden

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of a German soldier and a factory worker shaking hands while a weapon is being produced. Text reads: "Durch Arbeit Zum Sieg! Du...
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German Soldiers Getting Shaves

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Description: "The beauty advisors."
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Desert Barber at Work

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Description: Turkish barber at work in camp shaving the head of a fellow soldier.
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Veterninary Hospital

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Description: Turkish veterinary hospital for horses in Beersheba.
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Bavarian Troops

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. The regimental cobbler.
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Gifts for Bavarian Troops

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. The regimental cobbler.
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A Cheerful Group of Soldiers and Civilians

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Description: Farmers from Bukowina and Austrian soldiers.
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German Soldiers in Front of Refugee Train

Date: 1914
Description: German soldiers and Dutch officials in front of a neutral train transporting refugees back to Belgium.
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Load Carrier in Constantinople

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Description: A soldier carrying supplies to the headquarters, preparing to head to the front.
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Eduard Frankl Astride a Camel

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Description: Mr. Frankl as a war photographer with the Turkish Army.
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Moving Furniture in Wartime

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Description: Providing aid in South Tyrol. Soldiers helping with a move of furniture.
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Photographer on Skis

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Description: Our war photographer photographing his competitor. Frankl photographing another photographer taking a photograph of a soldier with skis.
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Engineering Officers

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Description: Engineering officers (Pionneren) riding on a Serbian military road to determine the best route.
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Repairing Railbed in Enemy Territory

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Description: Necessary work in enemy territory. Austrian engineers laying rails for a roadbed to make the transport of provisions easier.
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Military Veterinarian

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Description: Military veterinarian treating a horse on the Montenegrin battlefront, Montenegro and Albania.

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