An awful day of reckoning at hand for John Bull - Ireland's dream of a...
Print shows Puck's stereotyped Irish man labeled "Ireland" as a military general sitting on a rocking horse labeled "Home Rule", holding papers that state "Muster-Roll of the Anti-English Army", and addressing ... More
The real trouble will come with the "Wake"
Animal personifications of Russia, England, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Japan fighting over body of China (dragon); U.S. (eagle) looks on.
Our international thanksgiving dinner / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows Uncle Sam standing at a table with 7 seated, dour-looking figures showing the attributes of the rulers of "Japan" (Meiji, Emperor of Japan), "Italy" (Victor Emmanuel III), "France" (Emile Lou... More
Sleeping room in Kaiserin's Hospital Train
Photograph shows a room on the hospital train of the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria (wife of Wilhelm II of Germany) during World War I.
Nursing wounded near Berlin - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...
Photograph shows nurses with wounded soldiers outside a building near Berlin, Germany during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Kaiser giving iron cross to aviators
Photograph shows Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941) giving iron cross medal to aviators during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
French gardener, Prison camp, Zossen
Photograph shows a French prisoner working on a flower display outside a building at Zossen prisoner of war camp, Wünsdorf, Zossen, Germany, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Railroad car in which was signed the armistice, Nov. 11, 1918
Railroad carriage of French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, in which the armistice ending World War I was signed. Probably depicts its location betweem 1921 and 1927 when it was on display in the Cour des Invalides in ... More
Finis les mauvais jours! Papa gagne de l'argent en Allemagne.
Political poster shows smiling mother and daughter in occupied France as father works in a factory in Germany.
Subject File: Foreign Business--Countries--Germany--Schneider, Victor...
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More
Subject File: Foreign Business--Countries--Germany--Flugmaschine Wrig...
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More
Congratulations are now in order / Dalrymple.
Print shows Uncle Sam with a laurel wreath on his head, standing with a female figure labeled "Prosperity", bowing his head in acknowledgement of the respect accorded the United States by representatives from E... More
A small job for six big policemen / Keppler.
Print shows figures representing "England, Hungary, France, Germany, Russia, [and] Italy" carrying nightsticks and escorting a young child labeled "Greece".
Satisfying their curiosity / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon
Print shows John Bull sitting on a strong fortress representing England, with a telescope in one hand and strings attached to battleships in the other; on the edge of the continent are four figures representing... More
Puck magazine cover - Uncle Sam's valentines / Keppler.
Illustration shows Uncle Sam sitting in a chair with three putti handing him valentine cards that state "Assistance and Sympathy during the Spanish-American War"; the cards have come from "England", "Germany", ... More
The fettered war god / Keppler., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows the god of war bound by garlands labeled "Dreibund" and "Alliance"; the ends of the garlands are pulled by Germany, Austria, and Italy on one side, with Russia and the Ottoman Empire tugging ... More
The close of the peace congress / CH [monogram].
Illustration shows representatives from many foreign nations converging on the figure of Peace who is returning weapons to each ruler; Edward VII, King of Great Britain, Emile Loubet, and William II, Emperor of... More
Christmas in the Balkans / Kep., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows Santa Claus climbing out a window, leaving behind a large sack of Christmas presents in front of a large fireplace where stockings labeled "Montenegro, Servia, Italy, England, Bulgaria, Germa... More
General Pau & Kaiser - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows French general Paul Marie Cesar Gerald Pau (1848- 1932) with Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Prisoners at Zossen making straw shoes
Photograph shows prisoners making shoes from straw at Zossen prisoner of war camp, Wünsdorf, Zossen, Germany, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Chapel of Russian prisoners, Zossen
Photograph shows Russian prisoners seated in a chapel during services at Zossen prisoner of war camp, Wünsdorf, Zossen, Germany, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Prince Eitel Friedrich - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows Prince Eitel Friedrich (1883-1942), son of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany and his wife Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)
[Execution] - Public domain portrait drawing
Reproduction of drawing shows a German soldier who had been posing as an American GI executed in Germany during World War II. Signed on print: Brodie 45 Germany.
Subject File: Foreign Business--Countries--Germany--Flugmaschine Wrig...
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More
Subject File: Foreign Business--Countries--Germany--Flugmaschine Wrig...
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More
For the freedom of the world - Drawing. Public domain image.
President Woodrow Wilson asking Congress to declare war on Germany, April 2, 1917. K128218 U.S. Copyright Office. War message, Apr. 2, 1917.
Help wanted / C.J. Taylor. - Victorian era public domain image
Print shows an elderly woman as Britannia standing at the "European Intelligence Office" seeking help from a group of women, labeled "Italy, Austria, Turkey, Russia, Spain, [and] La France" and one unidentified... More
The jingo bully / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows a large angry man wearing a hat labeled "Jingo", shaking his fist at a cluster of rulers labeled "Turkey, Germany, England, Italy, Japan, [and] Spain" standing on a tiny piece of land labeled "Europ... More
The tug of war in the far east / Keppler.
Print shows Uncle Sam with John Bull and Meiji, Emperor of Japan, standing beneath a flag labeled "Open Door Policy", in a tug of war contest for "Trade Supremacy" with "Russia" (Nicholas II), "Germany" (Willia... More
Another revelation of strength / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows Uncle Sam standing on a wharf with five diminutive figures with attributes of the rulers of Austria (Franz Joseph I), Russia (Nicholas II), France (Felix Faure), Germany (William II), Italy (Umberto... More
Celebrating July 4th, 1898 - "the triumph of the American battle-ship"...
Print shows a gleeful Uncle Sam sitting with John Bull, who is a sailor representing England, and six figures representing "Spain", "Italy" (Umberto I), "Austria" (Franz Joseph I), "France", Germany (William II... More
The see-saw nations--The Anglo-Saxons balance of power / Victor Gillam...
Cartoon showing Uncle Sam and John Bull sitting at one end of the see-saw, while Turkey, Spain, China, France, Germany, and Russia struggle to stay on the other end, with "History" and a cannon as the fulcrum. ... More
Puck magazine cover - A dangerous firecracker / Dalrymple.
Illustration shows the rulers of Germany, France, Austria, Japan, and John Bull, representing England, watching as the ruler of Russia lights the fuse of a large firecracker labeled "China." Illus. in: Puck, v... More
"Who's first, gents?" / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows a female figure labeled "Peace" standing in a barber shop, holding a large pair of shears labeled "Disarmament"; sitting to the right are the heads of state from "Spain, U.S. [Uncle Sam], Aus... More
Princess Victoria Louise and husband
Photo shows Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia and her husband Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick in Karlsruhe, Germany. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009, 2013)
Degradation of Corp. Grualt - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...
Photograph shows the great courtyard of the Ecole Militaire in Paris, France, when Gruault, a French reservist was degraded (stripped of his military insignia and paraded before troops) for attempting to sell a... More
Berlin -- knitting for soldiers
Photograph shows women in Berlin, Germany, knitting for soldiers during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Dazie & Arthur Held [dancing on ice]
Photograph shows dancer Daisy Ann Peterkin (1884-1952), also known as Mademoiselle Dazie, wearing toe skates and dancing with Arthur R. Held of Berlin, Germany. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)
Deutchland über alles - Que veut l'Allemagne?
Personification of Germany standing on top of ledge over crouched people. Two vultures are at the bottom.
[Now then, all together!] - Public domain portrait drawing
Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm the Second hangs by a noose which is attached to a plank of wood marked "Greedy Ambition." Figures representing other countries which fought Germany during World War I, such as Uncle ... More
Down in the world / C. Hassman.
Illustration shows European leaders from England, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, Germany, Austria, and Turkey, among the crowd enjoying the entertainments at the "Casino Del' Europe". Illus. in: Puck, v. 60, no... More
Subject File: Foreign Business--Countries--Germany--Schneider, Victor...
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More
[Power of music] / chromo. of Duval & Hunter, Philadelphia ; Jas. F. Q...
Print shows an African American man playing fiddle and family dancing. It resembles, but is an Americanized variation of, Auguste Dircks (1806-1881) "Dancing to the fiddle" now in the Josef Mensing Gallery, Ham... More
For the freedom of the world during World War I
President Woodrow Wilson asking Congress to declare war on Germany, April 2, 1917. K128218 U.S. Copyright Office. War message, Apr. 2, 1917.
Coal is king in the far east / Dalrymple.
Print shows John Bull standing on a "Private Dock" to an island labeled "Coaling Station" that shows an anthropomorphic mountain of coal; in the foreground are William II bowing next to a ship labeled "Germany"... More
A hint from history / Keppler. - A cartoon of a man sitting in a chair
Illustration shows Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, sitting in a throne, sword across his lap, reading by candlelight papers on his desk, labeled "Plans for German colonization in South America"; the ghost of Ma... More
Capt. Earl Almon at Leuterod - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...
Photo shows Almon, commander of M Company, 16th Infantry Regiment, reading the Order of the day to the mayor and town crier of Leuterod, Germany, Jan. 12, 1919.
Hope Farm Fair - Mrs. J.W. Gerard
Photo shows Mrs. J.W. Gerard (Mary Daly), wife of lawyer and diplomat James Watson Gerard (1867-1951), who served as U.S. ambassador to Germany from 1913 to 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Caged / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows a sickly looking dove in a birdcage fashioned from rifles and swords, with "Powder" kegs at the ends of its perch which is labeled "Peace Conference", and is topped with the flags of "England... More
English prisoners at work near Doberitz
Photograph shows English prisoners of war working in fields near the prisoner of war camp at Döberitz (now Dallgow-Döberitz), Germany during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Prisoners, bringing in wood, Zossen
Photograph shows prisoners carrying branches at Zossen prisoner of war camp, Wünsdorf, Zossen, Germany, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Satyrische Europa Karte Weltkrieg 1914 / Zeichnung v. Entwurf, E. Zim...
Print shows a map of Europe at the outbreak of the first World War with each country depicted as a human figure representative of the particular state of affairs or attitudes of the country, for instance, Germa... More
George E. Eager and daughter Clarice
Photograph shows George Eugene Eager, the U.S. Consul in Barmen, Germany from 1914 to 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)
Italiens souscrivez au 4éme Emprunt de la Défense Nationale - Banca It...
French and Italian flags crossed. Italy had joined the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austia-Hungary in 1882, but had declared its neutrality in 1914. At this time, both sides, knowing of Italy's interest in ... More
[Berlin, October 1961] - A black and white photo of a person holding a...
Man carrying cross on street, Berlin, West Germany. Public domain photograph of Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Brooklyn base ball team 1889 - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a studio portrait of the Brooklyn Bridegrooms baseball team in 1889, posed are: manager Bill McGunnigle, players George J. "Germany" Smith, George B. Pinckney, John Stewart "Pop" Corkhill, Robe... More
Subject File: Foreign Business--Countries--Germany--Flugmaschine Wrig...
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More
Unprepared--doesn't have to fight / W.A. Rogers.
Chinese man, "China," wearing yoke and ball and chain with tags: "This iron yoke from Japan," "Kind regards of England," "In token of Russia's regard," "Compliments of Germany," and "France's gift." "At peace ... More
Unprepared--doesn't have to fight / W.A. Rogers.
Chinese man, "China," wearing yoke and ball and chain with tags: "This iron yoke from Japan," "Kind regards of England," "In token of Russia's regard," "Compliments of Germany," and "France's gift." "At peace ... More
Subject File: Foreign Business--Countries--Germany--Flugmaschine Wrig...
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More
Subject File: Foreign Business--Countries--Germany--Flugmaschine Wrig...
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More
The "enfant ter[ri]ble" of Europe / J. Keppler.
Print shows several European rulers standing next to signposts labeled "France, Turkey, England, Germany, Italy, Austria, [and] Russia" lining the sides of a dirt road, with "Servia" and "Roumania" in the backg... More
Under tow to boat race, Columbian Naval Review, 1892 [i.e. 1893]
Photo shows boats from several countries. Left to right in front row: France, Brazil, Germany, Italy, France. Second row: France, Germany, Italy, France. Third row: Russia (St. Andrew flag) and Italy. (Source: ... More
Caricature, Greedy Johnnie / J.S. Pughe., public domain cartoon image
Print shows John Bull standing in the foreground with his arms full of foods and toys labeled "Gibraltar, Ceylon, Bermudas, British India, Canada, [and] Australia" and at his feet are items he has dropped, frui... More
Keep off! The Monroe Doctrine must be respected
Uncle Sam, as armed soldier, standing between European powers (Brit., France, Germany, Spain, and Portugal) and Nicaragua and Venezuela. Lithograph by Victor. Illus in: Judge, Feb. 15, 1896, pp. 108-109. No ref... More
A self-evident fact / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows Uncle Sam sitting in a wooden tub labeled "Dingley Bill", rowing with oars labeled "Monopoly" in a small pool labeled "Home Market" near a sign that states "Republican Goose Pond". Beyond the pond a... More
Waiting for the verdict / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon
Print shows Uncle Sam standing on the left, leaning against a wall beneath a sign that states "What Killed Spain? Inquest Now Going On"; at center is the body of "Spain" lying on a stretcher and draped with the... More
Our queer way / Dalrymple. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows General William R. Shafter, larger than life, in Europe standing before the rulers of France (Felix Faure), Austria (Franz Joseph I), Germany (William II), Italy (Umberto I), and Russia (Nicholas II... More
His foresight / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows Uncle Sam as a large rooster standing among several small free-ranging chicks labeled "Argentine Republic, Guatemala, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua... More
The dreaded guest / Hassman̄. - Public domain book illustration
Illustration shows William II, emperor of Germany, standing in the middle of a narrow cobblestone street, possibly in Italy (the pope, wearing the papal crown, is walking down the street, into the background), ... More
DRESDEN (Germ.) in Kiel Canal - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...
Photograph shows the light cruiser SMS Dresden passing through the Kiel Canal in Germany. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Kaiser Wilhelm - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)
Prison camp, Zossen - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows prisoners outside a building at Zossen prisoner of war camp, Wünsdorf, Zossen, Germany, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Berlin -- Children of soldiers at front
Photograph shows children of German soldiers in Berlin, Germany during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)
Le Cardinal Mercier protége la Belgique
Full figure view of the Catholic Cardinal Mercier. Cardinal Désiré Joseph Mercier (1851-1926) became one of the leaders of Belgium during the war, opposing the deportation of Belgians to Germany, and was inst... More
Fairbank's cherubs--Presented with the compliments of N.K. Fairbank & ...
Print shows two angelic piglets done in the style of two cherubs in Raphael's Sistine Madonna now located in Dresden, Germany. 15175 U.S. Copyright office. Exhibited: "The Sistine Madonna. Raphael's Iconic Pai... More
Poster - La Pace Tedesca - Public domain lithograph
Poster shows a giant, representing Germany, crushing bodies. Text: German peace.
Putting his foot down / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows Uncle Sam holding a "Trade Treaty with China", standing on a "Map of China" in the midst of foreign rulers labeled "Germany, Italy, England, Austria, Russia [and] France"; depicted are William II, U... More
The greatest department store on earth; - and every day a bargain day ...
Print shows Uncle Sam standing behind the counter at "Uncle Sam's Department Store" where there is a "Great Sale Now Going On Inside"; the store is filled with representatives of "Germany, England, France, Russ... More
If he has to take to water / Dalrymple.
Illustration showing John Bull as a sailor, floating in a life-preserver labeled "British Navy 800 War Ships", surrounded by huge waves labeled "Germany," "France," and "Russia." There are cannon barrels pointi... More
The Chinese kopje; -- not so easy as it looked from a distance / Keppl...
Illustration shows Uncle Sam and John Bull standing with six figures showing the attributes of the rulers of Russia (Nicholas II), Germany (William II), Japan (Meiji, Emperor of Japan), Italy (Umberto I), Austr... More
The latest Chinese wall / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows the Russian bear wearing a military uniform and with sword drawn, standing on one side of a ditch; facing the bear on the other side of the ditch are various rulers, including "Japan," "Germa... More
Figuring it out / Keppler. - Victorian era public domain image
Illustration shows a classroom scene with the rulers of several countries as the students, most are identified by country and showing the attributes of their leaders, such as, in the back row, "Russia" (Nichola... More
Edw. Bright - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Photograph shows Edward Bright, an American living in Germany who was arrested and charge with being a spy in 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Kaiser Wilhelm - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)
Kaiser - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941) in the field. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Alfred Stieglitz - Ocean liners: The steerage (1907)
This photo has often been reproduced to represent the experience of immigrants traveling to the United States. In fact, Stieglitz took the photo while traveling to Europe as a first class passenger on the SS Ka... More
Kaiser leaving stand after christening of "IMPERATOR"
Photo shows the Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany christening the S.S. Imperator, an ocean liner of the Hamburg America Line, May 23, 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
Dr. F.F. Friedmann leaving hospital
Photo shows Dr. Friedrich Franz Friedmann (1876-1953), a tuberculosis researcher from Berlin, Germany, who came to New York City in 1913 to show that his "turtle vaccine" would give immunity to the disease. (S... More
Clarence Mackay -- J.W. Gerard - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...
Photo shows lawyer and diplomat James Watson Gerard (1867-1951), who served as U.S. ambassador to Germany from 1913 to 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Mad dog? / Keppler. - Public domain scenic drawing
Illustration shows a dog wearing a sombrero labeled "Mexican Revolution" jumping and barking, stirring up a cloud of dust; Uncle Sam approaches from the left drawing a gun from its holster labeled "Intervention... More
Staff of Kaiserin's Hospital train -- Dr. Israels
Photograph shows staff of the hospital train of Kaiserin Augusta Victoria (wife of Wilhelm II of Germany), during World War I.
Kaiser & Archduke Friedrich - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...
Photograph shows Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941) with Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856-1936) Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Mackay & Gerard - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows financier Clarence Hungerford Mackay (1874-1938), left, and former U.S. ambassador to Germany, James W. Gerard (1867-1951), right, upon Gerard's return to the U.S., March 1917. (Source: Flickr ... More
Here lie "the facts" / W.A. Rogers.
Uncle Sam standing behind bodies of children, killed on the Lusitania, covered with U.S. flag. He faces William II, emperor of Germany and king of Prussia. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American... More
Subject File: Foreign Business--Countries--Germany--Schneider, Victor...
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More
Subject File: Foreign Business--Countries--Germany--Schneider, Victor...
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More
The pirate publisher - an international burlesque that has has the lon...
Illustration shows a man, identified as the "Pirate Publisher", standing at center with one foot on a large book labeled "Law", he is wearing 17th century court dress, a large hat with four plumes labeled "Amer... More
Cobern, Matthias Kapelle, Inneres
St. Matthias Chapel, Cobern Germany, interior showing arch. No. 305 (1). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Forms part of the Königliche Preussische Messbildanstalt collection. Title and da... More
The quarrelsome European nursery / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon
Print shows a large group of children in a nursery fighting amongst themselves, they are labeled "England" and "Russia", "Austria" and "Italy", "Greece" and "Turkey", "France" and "Germany" fighting over a chil... More