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Keystone View Company Doughtnuts for Doughboys -- Montabaur on the Rhine.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.259 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Germany Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

Four women from the Y.M.C.A. make fresh doughnuts for the American soldiers, who stand behind them, holding doughtnuts and looking pleased.

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