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Waiting in line is a pretty tedious performance if you happen to be at the end of the line, but when several hundred men have to be fed and there are only a very few minutes in which to feed them, the bread line, is the only possible method. The canteen workers have acquired an invaluable speed by long practice, however and the line moves swiftly and steadily on until every man is fed

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Waiting in line is a pretty tedious performance if you happen to be at the end of the line, but when several hundred men have to be fed and there are only a very few minutes in which to feed them, the bread line, is the only possible method. The canteen workers have acquired an invaluable speed by long practice, however and the line moves swiftly and steadily on until every man is fed

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Summary

Title and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Group title: Canteen Wash. D.C.
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 7

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Date

01/01/1918
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Location

District of Columbia
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html

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