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Ypres

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German field bakery near Ypres

Photograph shows men cooking bread in mobile ovens near Ypres, Belgium during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

1914

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Compiègne

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German Kitchen taken by French

Photograph shows a horse-drawn German field kitchen at Compiègne, France,

which was captured by French forces at the Battle of Vic-sur-Aisne during World War I.

1914 Oct. 29

Bain News Service, publisher

Image copied by Bain from a photograph by Agence Meurisse with French caption:

"Compiègne: un cuisine allemande capturée par les Français à la bataille de Vic-sur-Aisne."

Translation: Compiègne: a German kitchen captured by the French at the battle of Vic-sur-Aisne.

(Source: Gallica Digital Library website and Flickr Commons project, 2011)

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Hogs for the German army

Photograph shows a line of butchers standing behind a table covered with dead hogs.

c1915 Dec. 1

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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German packing house, cutting up meat

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

Germany food ww1 guerre 14 18 Allemagne

German meat store room

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

Germany food ww1 guerre 14 18 Allemagne

Field butcher on firing line, North Sea Coast

Photograph shows German butchers cutting up a sheep on the front lines, North Sea Coast,

during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016)

between 1914 and 1918

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Kaiser orders bread his soldiers eat, for his own table

Photograph shows military officers with baskets standing around a table piled with bread.

c1915 Apr. 21

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Mazuren

Mazuren.jpg

German field bakery on march

Photograph shows a German field bakery with soldiers marching

during the Winter Battle of the Masurian Lakes in 1915 on the Eastern Front during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016)

Photograph published in: Der krieg 1914/15 in wort und bild, Heft 23, p. 179.

 On piece: "Winterschlacht in Masuren - Feldbackerei auf dem March".

Translation: Winter battle in Masuren - Field Bakery on the march.

Photograph by

Alfred Kühlewindt who was allowed to enter the battlefield as a war photographer in the fall of 1914.

1915

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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German food substitutes

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

Germany food ww1 guerre 14 18 Allemagne

[close up]

German food substitutes

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

Germany food ww1 guerre 14 18 Allemagne

German women after second grade meat

Photograph shows German women in line for meat during the beginning of World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

1914

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

Germany food ww1 guerre 14 18 Allemagne

[close up]

German women after second grade meat

Photograph shows German women in line for meat during the beginning of World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

1914

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

Germany food ww1 guerre 14 18 Allemagne

[close up]

German women after second grade meat

Photograph shows German women in line for meat during the beginning of World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

1914

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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