The Snapshots in Time Collection

Steam Kettle Battery in Depot Mess Kitchen, U.S. Army Occupation Depot, Germany (Detail View)

Steam Kettle Battery in Depot Mess Kitchen, U.S. Army Occupation Depot, Germany (Detail View)

A closer view of the steam-kettle kitchen equipment used to prepare meals at a U.S. Army Quartermaster depot in Germany during the postwar occupation. Large steam-jacketed boilers of this type were standard for high-volume institutional cooking, whether for troops or the civilian labor force supporting depot operations, circa 1945. Project: 218575