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Keystone View Company Troop Kitchen -- 21 Ranges Each Burning Cord of Wood Daily -- Brest, France.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.212 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Germany Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

Soldiers working in a large kitchen at Camp Pontanezen, in Brest, France.

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