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Packaging Bandages

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view of nurses, including men and women, packaging bandages for wounded soldiers at a medical depot in Berlin. The group is preparing the...
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Soldiers Peeling Potatoes

Date: 1914
Description: Two soldiers are sitting on stools outdoors peeling potatoes near a large pot, with a cover resting in front on the ground. Another man is standing on the ...
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Customs Building in Sabac

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view of soldiers and civilians near the damaged Customs Building. Broken furniture and rubble is piled in front of the building. There ar...
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Soldiers Break in the Lounge

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Description: Soldiers reading books and the paper on a break from life on the front. The "Kaisereck" convalescence home for wounded soldiers on Hartenbergstrasse 16 (Be...
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Ration Stamps for Wounded Soldiers

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Description: German soldiers receiving a distribution of ration stamps at the "Kaisereck" convalescence home for wounded soldiers on Hartenbergstrasse 16 (Berlin). Her ...
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German Soldiers Playing Billiards at a Convalescence Home

Date: 1914
Description: The "Kaisereck" convalescence home for wounded soldiers on Hartenbergstrasse 16 (Berlin). Soldiers are playing billiards.
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German Soldiers Playing Cards

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Description: "A little game."
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De-Boning Meat

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Description: De-boning meat for goulash in the kitchen for the soldiers to consume.
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Daycare

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Description: Daycare for the children of soldiers. Children are cared for and given food daily, without charge, by volunteer aids.
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Daycare

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Description: Daycare for the children of soldiers. Children are cared for and given food daily, without charge, by volunteer aids.
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Sewing Room

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Description: View of the sewing room.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees in the Zoological Gardens.
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Russian Internees in the Berlin Zoo

Date: 1914
Description: A group of refugees posing for a group portrait in the courtyard of the Berlin zoo.
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Women at Work

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Description: At work at the Patriotic Women's Association in Berlin. 1. Miss von Hagen, 2. Miss M.L. Schmidt, 3. Mrs. Consul Staudt, 4. Mrs. Excellency Sydow, 5. Miss C...
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Medical Depot

Date: 1914
Description: View of the interior of the medical depot with bandage preparation.
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Berlin Medical Depot

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Description: The medical depot in Berlin. Preparation of foot cream.
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Berlin Medical Depot

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Description: Care for the wounded. Preparation of ampules in the main medical depot in Berlin.
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"Noon Day Meals For Needy Artists"

Date: 1914
Description: Struggling artists in Berlin meet for their daily noon meal and discuss the issues of the day.
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"In The Reading Room"

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Description: In the reading room.
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National Women's Service

Date: 1914
Description: National Women's Service in Berlin. The indigent and also refugees from East Prussia receiving free shoes, clothing, and underwear.

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