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Eating on the Front

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Description: German caption reads "Everything in one bowl."
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Cooking on the Front

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Description: Preparing roast mutton.
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Midday Meal in the Desert

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Description: The midday meal is being prepared in the desert.
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Covering Flour Supplies

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Description: Covering up flour supplies in the desert.
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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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Hospital Train Carries Gift from Home

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Description: Austrian soldiers gathering around a hospital train that is also carrying gifts from home.
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Battling a Cold Winter

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Description: As protection against the bitter cold of the Carpathian Mountains, the Austrian Army supply command delivers fur muffs for soldiers.
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Austrian Officers on a Serbian Farmstead

Date: 1915
Description: A group of Austrian officers are gathered in front of a building on a Serbian farmstead
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Austrian Soldiers in a Destroyed Factory Building

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian soldiers clearing the rubble of a large factory in order to use bricks and stones for the repair of bad roadways.
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"The Beautification Consultant at Work"

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Description: An Austrian soldier is getting his hair cut outdoors.
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Sailor Rowing on the Danube with Two Women

Date: 1914
Description: An Austrian sailor and a woman are rowing a boat in the Danube River during World War I. Another woman is sitting in the front of the boat.
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French Colonial Soldier PoW from West Africa

Date: 1914
Description: German propaganda photograph of a French PoW from West Africa taken at a military hospital in Brussels. The original German caption claimed that during his...
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French Colonial Soldier PoW from West Africa

Date: 1914
Description: German propaganda photograph of a French PoW from West Africa taken at a military hospital in Brussels. The original German caption claimed that during his...
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Awaiting Further Orders

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Description: Brave Tiroler Standschützen returning after the destruction of the Cabana Cedek, located on the Italian side of the border, awaiting further orders.
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German Soldiers Getting Shaves

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Description: "The beauty advisors."
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Artillery in the Mountains

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Description: Elevated view of a German artillery column in the Carpathian Mountains. Buildings are in the background.
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Joking on the Front

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Description: Group portrait of German and Austrian soldiers standing together in the snow. They have traded their headgear as a joke. Buildings are in the background.
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Soldiers Walking Next to Destroyed Buildings

Date: 1915
Description: Three Austrian soldiers walking past a damaged building in Valjevo, Serbia.
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Soldiers in front of Destroyed House

Date: 1914
Description: Three soldiers are standing in front of the destroyed house, and another soldier is bending over a pile of rubble in the doorway under the partially collap...
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Turkish Field Artillery

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Description: Turkish artillery in Syria.

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