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Camp Meade

Date: 1918
Description: View across grounds toward soldiers during drill practice at Camp Meade, established in 1917. Men are lined up on the left in front of military buildings, ...
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Camp Logan

Date: 1918
Description: Two rows of soldiers face each other during a gun drill at Camp Logan. A military officer stands in between the lines of men.
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Camp Logan

Date: 1918
Description: Two rows of soldiers holding firearms stand facing each other in a wooded area at Camp Logan. An officer stands on each side, holding his own firearm, read...
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Washington Barracks

Date: 1915
Description: A view of a line of soldiers in the drill field, holding firearms. One officer stands in front of them, and another behind. Two large buildings in the back...
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Back Our Girls Over There

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring a woman in a navy blue uniform working at a switchboard that has the symbol of the Y.W.C.A abpve it. Outside the window behind...
Poster

British Blood Calls British Blood!

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of soldiers with bayonetted rifles charging, while an officer is waving a pistol. Above the officer a British flag is rais...
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Austrian Gendarmes and Officials in Serbia

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian gendarmes and other officials standing outside a train depot entrance in Serbia during World War I.
Poster

All Slackers to the Front!

Date: 1917
Description: Hand-drawn poster. At the bottom is a soldier with a pack and a rifle on his back, carrying a US flag, embracing a woman. At the top is a general with the ...
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Patrol at Rest

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian patrol at rest in Galicia.
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Waiting for the Order to Attack

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Description: Firing line reserves waiting for the order to advance.
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Fighting on the Dunajec River

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Description: Soldiers fighting on the Dunajec River. The order for the attack has been given.
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Trench Warfare Against the Russians

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Description: In battle with the Russians.
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Resting in Front of a Damaged Home

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Description: Resting in front of a damaged home after a skirmish.
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Austrian Infantry Passing through Village

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Description: Austrian infantry patrol passing through a village.
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Christmas on the Front

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Description: German Landsturm (reservists) trimming a Christmas tree and giving gifts.
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Anti-aircraft Defense

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Description: Troops shooting at enemy plane.
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Anti-Aircraft Defense

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Description: Troops shooting at enemy plane.
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Defending a Railway Line

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Description: Defending a railway line on the front.
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Christmas on the Front

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Description: Troops gathered around the Christmas tree.
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Decorating the Christmas Tree

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Description: Our Landsturm (reservist) troops trimming the tree.

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