In France during World War One, at the port of embarkation, Army officers set up a "Christmas Box Hospital" to repair damaged Christmas boxes received in the mail for shipment overseas to American soldiers. This photograph captures a pile of these damaged boxes, waiting to be inspected and repaired.

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