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World War Monument and County Clerk's Office

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Description: View of a World War I Monument outside of the County Clerk's Office. To the left of the colonnaded Clerk's Office, the Old Courthouse, built in 1895, can ...
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Food Conservation Demonstration

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Description: Food conservation is demonstrated to a group outdoors at a community center.
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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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Two Prisoners

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Two prisoners sitting outdoors at their prison camp. Captioned: "Boche prisoners at Saint Hilaire."
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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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Picnic for Convalescing Soldiers

Date: 1915
Description: German soldiers having a picnic outside of the "Kaisereck" convalescence home for wounded soldiers on Hartenbergstrasse 16 (Berlin). Soldiers having coffee...
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German Soldiers Playing Cards

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Description: "A little game."
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Red Cross Donations

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Description: Collecting donations for the Red Cross.
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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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Feeding the Hungry Poor in Berlin

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Description: Open air dining for civilians without money in the Friedenau-Wilmersdorf district of Berlin along the the Kaiserplatz.
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View of Garden

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the garden of the Red Cross soup kitchen.
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German Instruction in Alsace

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Description: German instruction in Alsace. The children are sitting on benches outdoors. A soldier is conducting the class since the teacher has been inducted into serv...
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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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