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Black Soldiers' Chow Line

Date: 1918
Description: Chow line for members of the 15th Regiment (Colored) of the New York National Guard.
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Rolling Kitchen in France

Date: 09 16 1918
Description: Food being prepared on a moving kitchen for soldiers fighting in Sainte-Mihiel, France.
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Camp Bowie

Date: 1918
Description: A view of four men standing near a row of Army baking ovens at Camp Bowie, built in 1917.
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A view of men baking bread in a number of outdoor ovens at Camp Travis, named in 1917. On the right, men stand by a table with many loaves of bread, and me...
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International Bus in Nebraska

Date: 07 06 1925
Description: Group of men, likely World War I veterans, sitting in an International model 52 or model 53 bus in the streets of Omaha. One man is standing outside near t...
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Cook and his Kitchenette

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Portrait of a man posing at the open back door of his kitchenette, which is on the back of a truck. Caption reads: "Andre Gaillard, our 'bon cook' in the r...
Poster

Food is Ammunition — Don't waste it

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of soldiers silhouetted against a colorful sky riding on horseback and carrying an American flag. In the foreground is a basket...
Poster

Oh, Boy! That's the Girl!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a young man in uniform, holding a partially eaten donut, gesturing behind him towards a young woman in uniform carrying...
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Soldiers on Serbian Farm

Date: 1915
Description: Preparing mid-day meals for troops on a Serbian farmstead.
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Slaughtering on Serbian Farmstead

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian soldiers slaughtering on a Serbian farm during World War I.
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"A Special Joint of Meat"

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers surround side of beef that that is being prepared for food.
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Tunnel Entrance in Folgaria, South Tyrol

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Description: Austrian soldiers standing in front of the entrance to a tunnel in Folgaria, Italy. The entrance is to a tunnel blasted out of rock which the troops use as...
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Austrian Supply Column

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian troops and supply wagons resting in the vicinity of the Uzsok Pass.
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Distributing Bread

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Description: A cook is distributing bread to hungry soldiers and officers on the front.
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Repairing a Truck

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Description: Repairing a truck in the field.
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Preparing Goulash Meat

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Description: Unloading carts full of sides of beef in the factory courtyard.
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Meat is Pressure Cooked with Hot Air

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Description: When a vat is completely filled with tins it is placed inside of a larger vessel, sealed tightly, and the meat is pressure cooked with hot air.
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Meat Sliced Into Smaller Pieces

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Description: After de-boning the meat is sliced into smaller pieces.
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Cut Meat Packed Air Tight

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Description: The cut pieces of meat are packed in tins and sealed to make them airtight.
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Meat Delivery

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Description: Meat in abundance. Arrival of many hundred head of sheep destined for the provisioning of our brave troops in Russian Poland.

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