[Four disabled veterans working in reconstruction section, Walter Reed...
National Photo Company Collection. No. L.W.S. #38. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Landes-Kriegsfürsorge-Ausstellung / Sujan.
Poster shows a disabled veteran with a prosthetic arm using a scythe to harvest wheat. Text announces the National War Relief Exhibition in Pozsony.
Ausstellung der gewerbl. Kriegsinvaliden Schulen
Poster shows a medieval knight standing behind a laborer. Text announces an exhibition by the Vocational School for War Invalids. Location, times, and entrance fee are given. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zei... More
Mitbürger! Sammelt leere Mineralwasserflaschen
Poster shows a Red Cross nurse giving a wounded soldier a glass of water. Text asks people to collect empty mineral water bottles and donate them to the Red Cross.
Back home during World War I
Exhibit poster showing a disabled veteran in a field with his wife. Poster caption: After giving both arms in service this French lieutenant cheerfully carries on his farming. He is here returning from the fiel... More
Reading and writing are not lost arts to blinded men
Exhibit poster showing military personnel reading Braille and using typewriters. Poster caption: At the Military Hospital for Blinded Men at Baltimore, this soldier is learning to substitute touch for sight in... More
Ludendorff-Spende für Kriegsbeschädigte
Postcard shows a one-armed war veteran at a table with carpentry tools. Behind him, an angel, and multitudes of hands raised in the air. Caption: Wir alle wollen helfen. Printed on back: Künstlerpostkarte nr... More
Radio-phone cheering shut-in vet patients. Disabled veterans at the Dr...
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: General Div. Data: RC Courier, April 1/22. Classification: Recreation (Mil.) Gift... More
Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Photograph shows an unidentified disabled American veteran, with bandages on his abdomen, in a hospital bed at the Edward Hines Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
Armed service veteran Frank Smith, who is battling stomach cancer, spe...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Armed service veteran Frank Smith, who is battling stomach cancer, spe...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
When Johnny comes marching home again, hurrah, hurrah
Poster showing John Diakoyani of Hoboken, N.J., in military uniform, with one leg, walking with crutches. Gift: Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Published in: Prop art / Gary Yanker. New York : Darien House, 1972.
La chanson du mutilé - Public domain World War One sheet music
paroles de L.J. Paradis ; musique de Odilon Talbot. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. "Créée par Mr. Frédéric Labonté et le choeur du St. Nom de Jesus"--Caption. Also available in digital ... More
Reading and writing are not lost arts to blinded men
Exhibit poster showing military personnel reading Braille and using typewriters. Poster caption: At the Military Hospital for Blinded Men at Baltimore, this soldier is learning to substitute touch for sight in... More
Surgical photograph ... prepared under the supervision of ... War Dep...
Photographs show two men displaying amputated leg wounds and two skulls with bullet holes. Upper right: skull of Edward Volk, private, Company D, 55th Ohio Volunteers (Surgical photo 212). Lower left: Eben Smit... More
Civil War veteran George W. Warner of Co. B, 20th Connecticut Infantry...
Photograph shows portrait of identified veteran who was wounded at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, July 2015. Forms part of: Liljen... More
A street contrast - Public domain print
Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.19) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Gesellige Vereinigung Münchner Künstler e.v. Weihnachts Ausstellung zu...
Poster shows a blind soldier being led by a soldier with his arm in a sling. Text announces a Christmas exhibit to benefit war invalids, particularly the blind. The exhibit is sponsored by the Social Society of... More
Warmes Herz, offene Hand unsern Kriegsbeschädigten! Gib zur Ludendorff...
Poster encouraging people to contribute to the Ludendorff Fund for War Disabled with slogan, "Warm Heart, open hand for those disabled by the war." From: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.
Warmes Herz, offene Hand unsern Kriegsbeschädigten! Gib zur Ludendorff...
Poster encouraging contributions to the Ludendorff Fund for War Disabled. From: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.
With compass and T-square during World War I
Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which men with partial arm amputations perform mechanical drafting without the need for prostheses. Poster caption: For one-armed men, mechanical drafting has proved a good ... More
Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Photograph shows an unidentified disabled American veteran sitting in a wheelchair, facing front, with bandage on right hand and right leg amputated above the knee, at the Edward Hines Memorial Hospital in Chic... More
National Lincoln Monument, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois
Print shows an obelisk with a monumental base on which are statues of Abraham Lincoln and battle scenes related to the Civil War; also shows pedestrians/sightseers, including a disabled veteran, on the platform... More
The old legless soldier and his dogs photographed on the World's Fair ...
H53179 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 606. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fighting in France for freedom! Are you helping at home?
Poster showing German officers interrogating a British captive. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
What can the blinded man do in the world of commerce and industry
Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which blind men perform mechanical tasks in workshops. Poster captions: A blinded workman, without special training, operating a drill press in a large electrical works ; Si... More
Garden party for wounded soldiers
President Coolidge speaking with a wounded soldier in a wheelchair pushed by a nurse in white, as Mrs. Coolidge looks on. In album: Calvin Coolidge, Second Administration, v. 3, Herbert E. French, National Phot... More
Armed service veteran Frank Smith, who is battling stomach cancer, spe...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Photograph shows an unidentified disabled American veteran, with hands resting on his chest, in a hospital bed at the Edward Hines Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. J1225 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright... More
Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Photograph shows an unidentified disabled American veteran dozing while sitting in a wheelchair with sheets over his lap at the Edward Hines Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. J1226 U.S. Copyright Office. ... More
Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Photograph shows an unidentified disabled American veteran sitting in a wheelchair, facing front, with bandage on right hand, leaning forward on support with tray in front, at the Edward Hines Memorial Hospital... More
Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Photograph shows an unidentified disabled American veteran, facing front, with right hand across chest, in a hospital bed at the Edward Hines Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. J1223 U.S. Copyright Office.... More
Surgical photograph ... prepared under the supervision of ... War Dep...
Photographs show men displaying the wounds received during the Civil War. Upper left: John Brink, Private, Company K, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Surgical photo 208). Upper right: Sergeant Warden (Surgical photo... More
Ludendorff-Spende. German postcard
Postcard is a reproduction of Ludwig Hohlwein poster showing an injured soldier holding tools in one hand and a crutch in the other. Printed on back: Künstlerpostkarte nr.2 von Prof. Ludw. Hohlwein, München.
[Five disabled veterans in reconstruction section, Walter Reed Hospita...
J231400 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[At Walter Reed Hospital, a soldier who is missing a foot lights a cig...
J231443 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of army uniform, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Future members of the fourth estate
Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which men with partial leg amputations are being taught to work in a printshop. Poster caption: Learning the operations of the monotype caster and the handling of type in th... More
India restores her war cripples to self-support
Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which disabled veterans learn trades. Poster captions: Automobile mechanics is a popular trade with the disabled men at Queen Mary's Technical School, Bombay, India ; The lo... More
Learning to walk for the second time
Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which men with double leg amputations are being taught to walk with protheses.
Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Photograph shows an unidentified disabled American veteran, half-length, left profile, with bandage around his head and over the left eye, at the Edward Hines Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. J1230 U.S. ... More
[Faces in a crowd] - Public domain drawing
Title devised. Four full length and partial sketches of men and women on verso. Formerly Waud no. B-163. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.927) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Ludendorff-Spende für Kriegsbeschädigte / Ludwig Hohlwein, München.
Poster shows a wounded German soldier holding tools in one hand and a crutch in the other. Text: Ludendorff Fund for War Disabled. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.
At work again Back to the farm.
Exhibit poster showing two scenes "At work again" and "Back to the farm" in which men using "working protheses" perform manual labor in a woodworking shop and on a farm. Poster caption: Physical handicaps are m... More
Good use of time in hospital - Public domain engraving
Exhibit poster showing a man recovering from war wounds at Walter Reed Hospital learning the craft of engraving. Poster caption: The period of treatment in hospital can be put to good use by men who will be dis... More
Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Photograph shows an unidentified disabled American veteran, half-length, facing front, in hospital bed, at the Edward Hines Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. J1229 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1931 b... More
Ludendorff-Spende für Kriegsbeschädigte / Olaf Gulbransson 1918.
Poster shows a soldier with a wooden leg and one hand on a plow. A woman behind him holds his crutch. Text: Ludendorff Fund for the War Disabled. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.... More
Lieut. John W. Ricker, lost leg at Port Hudson, May 27th, 1863 - 48th ...
Photograph shows identified soldier from Co. C, 11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and Co. A, 48th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment with amputated leg in uniform with sword. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/... More
World War disabled veteran heroes in spite of their handicaps play par...
Colonel Charles R. Crosfield, who uses an artificial leg, and Gen. James A. Drain, who has only one arm, in golf match at the Washington Golf and Country Club. National Photo Company Collection.
Armed service veteran Frank Smith, who is battling stomach cancer, spe...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Facing the future Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in t...
Poster showing a disabled man with a crutch standing in a doorway looking at landscape beyond, with Red Cross nurse and others in foreground.
No longer out of a job during World War I
Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which blind men perform mechanical tasks in workshops. Poster captions: A tin cutter ; A fountain pen maker ; By careful placement work, many disabled men can be assured of ... More
Armed service veteran Frank Smith, who is battling stomach cancer, spe...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Institution of the Legion of Honor - France, 1802 die stiftung der ehr...
Print shows "Buonaparte, surrounded by several officers is standing upon a platform, distributing the badge of the Legion of Honor to the deserving"; Napoleon is handing the Legion of Honor to a veteran who los... More
[Faces in a crowd] - Public domain drawing
Title devised. Four full length and partial sketches of men and women on verso. Formerly Waud no. B-163. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.927) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger to Green B. Raum, April 21, 1890
number of pages: 9 p.
Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger to Green B. Raum, April 21, 1890
number of pages: 9 p.
Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger to Green B. Raum, April 21, 1890
number of pages: 9 p.
Letter from A. B. Vore to Uriah W. Oblinger, November 12, 1890
number of pages: 4 p.
The committee consisting of Mr. M'Henry, Mr. Dick and Mr. Williamson, ...
Concerning provisions for disabled servicemen. Read April 27, 1785. Imprint from Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 921 (#472). ... More
Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger to Green B. Raum, April 21, 1890
number of pages: 9 p.
Will you wed me now I'm lame, love?
Music associated with the Union side
Letter from A. B. Vore to Uriah W. Oblinger, November 12, 1890
number of pages: 4 p.
Old arm good bye - American Civil War sheet music
Music associated with the Union side
Richard D. Dunphy, formerly Coal Heaver of U.S. Navy in suit
Photograph shows identified former sailor with amputated arms, who served aboard USS Hartford during the Civil War and was wounded in the Battle of Mobile Bay and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. ... More
Old arm good bye - American Civil War sheet music
Music associated with the Union side
Old arm good bye - American Civil War sheet music
Music associated with the Union side
The committee consisting of Mr. M'Henry, Mr. Dick, and Mr. Williamson,...
Reported April 27, 1785. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 921 (#472), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19297... More
La chanson du mutilé - Public domain World War One sheet music
paroles de L.J. Paradis ; musique de Odilon Talbot. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. "Créée par Mr. Frédéric Labonté et le choeur du St. Nom de Jesus"--Caption. Also available in digital ... More
Letter from Robert C. Foor to Uriah W. Oblinger, November 6, 1889
number of pages: 4 p.
Letter from Robert C. Foor to Uriah W. Oblinger, November 6, 1889
number of pages: 4 p.
Future ship workers A one-armed welder.
Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which men with partial arm amputations are taught welding. Poster captions: Disabled men are taught oxy-acetylene welding in the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disable... More
Disabled veterans of World War with Harding, 8/18/21
A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT ENTERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS AT GARDEN PAR...
A group of people standing around a man in a wheelchair. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The committee consisting of Mr. M'Henry, Mr. Dick, and Mr. Williamson,...
Reported April 27, 1785. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 921 (#472), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19297... More
La chanson du mutilé - Public domain World War One sheet music
paroles de L.J. Paradis ; musique de Odilon Talbot. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. "Créée par Mr. Frédéric Labonté et le choeur du St. Nom de Jesus"--Caption. Also available in digital ... More
Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger to Green B. Raum, April 21, 1890
number of pages: 9 p.
Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger to Green B. Raum, April 21, 1890
number of pages: 9 p.
In France, two popular trades taught disabled soldiers are cabinet-mak...
Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which disabled soldiers are being taught useful skills to enable them to find employment upon discharge from military service - "Disabled Serbians working in the carpentry s... More
Civil War veteran George W. Warner of Co. B, 20th Connecticut Infantry...
Photograph shows portrait of identified Union veteran, who lost both arms at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, and his family. Notation on verso: "George W. Warner, 20 Reg." Date based on year of youngest child's bi... More
Old arm good bye - American Civil War sheet music
Music associated with the Union side
Veteran's polka - American Civil War sheet music
Music associated with the Union side
Will you wed me now I'm lame, love?
Music associated with the Union side
By the United States in Congress assembled. June 7, 1785 : Resolved, t...
Printer from Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 924; place and date from Evans. Evans 19284 Journals of the Continental Congress, 481 LC copy signed in ms.: Charles Thomson, secy. Source: Transfer ... More
Letter from Robert C. Foor to Uriah W. Oblinger, November 6, 1889
number of pages: 4 p.
Military asylum, Washington, D.C. / / photographed by A. Gardner. The ...
Two engravings showing exterior of military asylum, Washington, D.C. and veteran with one leg, with poem "The Veteran".
Vaterlandsspende, zur Errichtung Deutscher Kriegsbeschädigten Erholung...
Poster shows a female figure representing Germany(?), with one hand on a man's shoulder, and the other gesturing toward a seaside resort. Text is solicitation for the Fatherland Fund to build recreation homes w... More
Garden party for wounded men at the White House
President and Mrs. Coolidge with their military aides, greeting two veterans in wheelchairs.
[Veteran with one leg standing near Union Hotel] Military Asylum Washi...
Page includes the poem "The Veteran." Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. XI, no. 523 (1867 Jan. 5), p. 4. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for... More
Ludendorff-Spende für Kriegsbeschädigte / Olaf Gulbransson 1918.
Poster shows a soldier with a wooden leg and one hand on a plow. A woman behind him holds his crutch. Text: Ludendorff Fund for the War Disabled. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.... More
Letter from Robert C. Foor to Uriah W. Oblinger, November 6, 1889
number of pages: 4 p.
Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts. assists a disabled veteran ...
Photograph shows Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, three-quarter length, facing right, standing next to disabled veteran Carl Bronner, facing front, who lost his eyes and both hands during service in F... More
PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT ENTERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS AT GARDEN PAR...
A group of people standing around a man in a wheelchair, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data provided by Harris & Ewing. On neg: B10250; F30. Date based on date o... More
Old arm good bye - American Civil War sheet music
Music associated with the Union side
Thomas Law, January 1, 1813. Act of Cong 1811 FE 26, Disabled Veterans...
Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.
Veteran's polka - American Civil War sheet music
Music associated with the Union side
Letter from Robert C. Foor to Uriah W. Oblinger, November 6, 1889
number of pages: 4 p.
Letter from A. B. Vore to Uriah W. Oblinger, November 12, 1890
number of pages: 4 p.