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TACOMA, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows the USS Tacoma (CL-20), a United States Navy eprotected cruiser during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. For... More

Das Steierland - gramophone disc, record label

Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pour la France versez votre or. L'or combat pour la victoire

A large gold coin with the Gallic cock on it crushing a German soldier. Translation of title: Deposit your gold for France. Gold fights for victory. Signed: Abel Faivre. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1915. Item is ... More

General P.M. Carnegy - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows Major General Sir Philip Mainwaring Carnegy (1858-1927) who served in the British Army during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Hurley & Hoover, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows businessman and manufacturer Edward Nash Hurley (1864-1933) with Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), Director of the U.S. Food Administration during World War I on the street in New York City. (Flickr ... More

Wanted - men, munitions, money. If you can neither enlist nor make mun...

Poster showing coins and a bag of money. Poster no. 13.

Journées de Bourg-la-Reine . . . 1915 - au profit des oeuvres de la ...

Mother with children. Translation of title: Bourg-la-Reine Day . . . 1915 - to benefit the town's charitable organization. Signed: Henry Cheffer 1915. Promotional goal: Fr. H59. 1915. Item is no. 106 in a prin... More

Aiutateci a vincere! la Banca commerciale Italiana / Barchi ; L'Idea.

Poster shows an Italian soldier holding his bayoneted rifle in one hand and pointing with the other. Behind him, a conflagration. Text advertises the latest subscription for war bonds.

Gib zur Ludendorff-Spende für Kriegsbeschädigte! Für dich haben sie ge...

Poster urges people to give to the Ludendorff Fund for War Disabled, saying "They have bled for you." Stamp: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

Austrians in captured Russian Trench, Galicia

Photograph shows Austrian soldiers in a trench in Galicia (Eastern Europe) during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

La Grande guerre - le prix de la maison du passeur / Gravure sur Bois ...

Print shows French soldiers and African soldiers charging the German lines during battle. Caption: Les Zouaves et les Joyeux d'Afrique. In portfolio: La Grande Guerre. Paris : A. Tolmer et Cie, 1915, 2me series, no. 48.

Men on the March Pipes & Tobacco League / designed by Frank Brangwyn, ...

Poster showing soldiers smoking pipes and cigarettes as they march past a damaged church. Text continues: £5 subscribed to the League will provide each man in a regiment at the front with one ounce of tobacco, ... More

General Teodorow - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Bulgarian General Georgi Stoyanov Todorov (1858-1934) who served in the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) and World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

JOFFRE, JOSEPH JACQUES CESARE. MARECHAL OF FRANCE, 1916

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jap[anese] Red Cross returned from Russia

A group of people standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

K. Rockwell, Capt. Thenault, William Thaw, N. Prince

Photograph shows members of the Lafayette Escadrille composed of American aviators who flew with the French air force during World War I. Shown are Kiffin Yates Rockwell (1892-1916), Lieutenant Colonel Georges ... More

£1 for 15/6. If you cannot fight - lend your money. Go to the post off...

Poster showing a soldier with rifle, and a scene of a "Savings Bank" clerk helping customers at a post office.

UNITED STATES NAVY. EITEL FRIEDRICH, GERMAN SHIP TAKEN OVER BY U.S.; T...

A black and white photo of a group of men on a boat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

World War I - American Red Cross

An old photo of two women and a baby, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and... More

Austrians on skis, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Austrian soldiers on skis during World War I. Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General in... More

Sylva painting pictures - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from negative sleeve. On Red Cross caption card: Exc. to Jr. Red Cross indef. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the ... More

World War I - American Red Cross

An old black and white photo of a street, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C.... More

Gare du Nord Canteen - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title and notes from Red Cross caption card. On card: Plate to Secretary General. Print in album. On card: See: Metropolitan Canteens. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; American National Red ... More

Mrs. Burnett, Mrs. A. Baldwin, Louise Klots, Mrs. Belmont Tiffany, Mrs...

A black and white photo of a group of women. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joffre / De Langle De Cary / Guillaumat

Photograph shows French World War I generals, Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), Fernand de Langle de Cary (1849-1927) and Adolphe Guillaumat (1863-1940). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Adm. M.E.F. Kerr - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Admiral Mark Edward Frederic Kerr (1864-1944), a Royal Navy and Royal Air Force officer who served during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Alfieri, Morane, Dall'Olio - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Vittorio Luigi Alfieri, Paolo Morrone, and Alfredo Dallolio, who were Italian military officials during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

The Y.M.C.A. A dug-out in France / Edgar Wright.

Poster showing a sandbag shelter, a YMCA canteen, with soldiers relaxing out front with cups of coffee.

Church at Vailly, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows damage to the Église Notre-Dame de Vailly-sur-Aisne, France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms p... More

Adm. W.S. Sims - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows William Sowden Sims (1858-1936), who was the leader of U.S. Naval forces in Europe during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Oxfordshire [Red Cross] day, Saturday, June 5, for the British Red Cro...

Poster is text only. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

German cruelty to British prisoners. Justice cannot be done without yo...

Lord Kitchener says: The Germans have stripped and insulted British Prisoners and have shot some in cold blood. The Germans act with the same barbarous savagery as the Sudan Dervishes. The Prime Minister says: ... More

Mars appeals to Vulcan. Daily Chronicle war cartoon by Frank Brangwyn ...

Poster showing god of war Mars, in Roman dress, encouraging British munitions workers (i.e., god of fire Vulcan) to supply armaments for the troops seen in the background.

Journée des Éprouvés de la Guerre. Grande tombola organisée par le Syn...

Victory, with wings and trumpet, leaning on promotional sign for the raffle. Translation of title: Day for the victims of the war, with a lottery organized by the Union of the French Press. Promotional goal: F... More

La Banca popolare di Milano ... prestito nazionale 5 %

Poster announces a new 5% national loan issued by the Banca Popolare di Milano.

Absturz des Hochplateaus von Süd-Syrien zur nordarabischen Sandelbene ...

Public domain photograph related to Germany in World War One, military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Absturz des Hochplateaus von Süd-Syrien zur nordarabischen Sandelbene ...

Plate 48 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina. Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress caption in German. Translated title by Library staff.

Ocean liners: Loading MILAZZA [i.e.MILAZZO]

Photo shows the SS Milazzo, an Italian bulk carrier built in 1916 as the world's largest cargo ship and sunk by an Austro-Hungarian Navy submarine in August 1917 during World War I. Her maiden voyage brought h... More

Belgium, peasants with dog cart

Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sinaihalbinsel Westseite, Gebirge Serbâl von Osten. 2300 m hoch. 1910.

Plate 96 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina. Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress caption in German. Translated title by Library staff.

British wiring parties in rain - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Photograph shows British soldiers taking unbarbed concertina wire to the forward area, near Hamel, September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and Imperia... More

A formidable weapon in trench warfare photo by Central News Photo Serv...

Photograph shows a French trench mortar in position for firing with two French soldiers nearby, one on a wooden walkway over the mud, the other is using a shovel in a hole or trench, on the Somme front in Franc... More

World War I - American Red Cross

A black and white photo of two men in a car, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D... More

Troops at Colonia Dublan get U.S. Newspapers

Photograph shows General Pershing's troops at the Mexican headquarters of the United States Army at Cololnia Dublán in Chihuahua, Mexico. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014 and The Sunday Oregonian, May 28, 1916)

Le gala des marins de France . . . á la Comédie Française

A marine and a soldier standing on land with the sea in the background. Translation of title: Gala for French sailors . . . at the Comédie Française. Signed: Guy Arnoux 1916. Promotional goal: Fr. K700.J7. 191... More

Dorf Elğī Einwohner.. Public domain reproduction.

Plate 42 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina. Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress caption in German. Translated title by Library staff.

Gold gab ich zur Wehr, Eisen nahm ich zur Ehr ... / Gipkens nach Hosae...

Poster shows silhouette of a kneeling woman (probably modeled on a work by Hermann Hosaeus) holding a jewelry box and offering a gold rosary(?). Text: I gave gold for defense, iron I honored(?). Bring your gold... More

Maʻân Ausmündung des antiken Kanals in ein Bassin von 60,5 [square] m....

Plate 38 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina. Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress caption in German. Translated title by Library staff.

Exposition de tableaux de maîtres contemporains . . . vente au profit ...

A wounded soldier relaxing in an easy chair. Translation of title: Exhibition of paintings by contemporary masters . . . A sale on behalf of the association for relief to wounded or ailing soldiers. Galerie Ge... More

Zeichnet die fünfte Kriegsanleihe ... Živnostenská Banka in Prag und i...

Poster shows a medieval knight with the Austrian Imperial eagle on his tunic, standing in front of an Austrian banner, with his sword raised as if about to strike. Text tells people to subscribe to the 5th War ... More

Colonies scolaires des Enfants de l'Yser. One of the dormitories (Book...

Caption from negative or negative sleeve: Colonies Scolaires des Enfants de l'Yser Book C. Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Date based on date of negatives in same range. See: Belgian pic... More

Poster - A toast to Kultur - Public domain lithograph

Poster shows a skeleton drinking a goblet of blood. Poster drawn by Raemaekers for Century Magazine and is part of Barron Collier Series of Patriotic Cartoons.

Compagnie des Notaires de Paris et du Département de la Seine. Hâtez l...

Depicts columns and a pediment in classical style. In the center is a medallion of Victory on horseback. Translation of title: Compagnie des Notaires de Paris et du Département de la Seine. Hasten victory by s... More

Red Cross Dog, Gov.'s Isl. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

a Photograph shows exhibition of trained Red Cross dog at a garden party on Governor's Island, New York, on May 26, 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

General Bojadjeff - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Bulgarian General Kliment Boyadzhiev (1861-1933) who served during the Balkan Wars and World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

British wiring parties in rain - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

British "tank" in action - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows one of William Ivor Castle's early photographs of a British tank during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014 and Imperial War Museum and the Library and Archives Canada) Title fr... More

Journée de Paris. 14 Juillet 1916. Au profit des oeuvres de guerre de ...

Small children dressed in soldiers' uniforms standing at attention while wounded soldiers walk by them. Translation of title: Paris Day. July 14, 1916. To benefit the Hôtel de Ville's [Paris city hall's] war c... More

J.S. Morgan & A. Greenough - Public domain photograph

Photograph shows Junius Spencer Morgan III, son of J. Pierpont Morgan and Alfred Greenough, civilians on a training cruise on the U.S.S. Maine where they learned to be sailors as part of the Preparedness Moveme... More

Journée du Puy de Döme. Paquetage du soldat. 23 Janvier 1916

Two small boys carrying a letter and soldier's package through the snow. 'With this, Papa will not catch cold.' Translation of title: Puy de Dôme Day. Soldier's kit. January 23, 1916. Signed: Poulbot, 1916. Wo... More

KRON PRINZ WILHELM. GERMAN SHIP, INTERNED IN U.S. IN TOW

Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ausstellung für Kriegsfürsorge, Cöln, August-September 1916; Kriegsbes...

Poster shows two wounded German soldiers, one with arm in a sling, the other with a crutch. Text announces an exhibition in Cologne to raise money for wounded veterans. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgesch... More

Städtchen Süd-Maʻân (Mașrîje) 459 km von Damaskus, 1074 m ü. M. 1914.

Plate 35 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina. Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress caption in German. Translated title by Library staff.

Bildnisse und Skizzen aus der Türkei im Weltkrieg / Wilh. Victor Kraus...

Poster for benefit exhibition of pictures of Turkey by Krausz, showing a mosque from a distance. Stamp: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

Kultur has passed here / Raemaekers.

Poster shows a dead woman and child lying on ground. Poster drawn by Raemaekers for Century Magazine and is part of Barron Collier Series of Patriotic Cartoons.

Playing baseball - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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.go... More

It's worth while! That's why. Buy war savings certificates / G.P. Bead...

Poster showing two working class men engaged in conversation, one smoking a pipe, the other eating. Poster no. 36. (355) Wt. 32375/2173. 100,000. 9/17. E1803. Issued by the National War Savings Committee, Salis... More

Zeichnet die sechste Österreichische kriegsanleihe / W. Kühn, Innsbruc...

Poster showing a soldier with rifle looking into the distance, as a man and horse plow a field in the background. Text: Subscribe to the sixth Austrian war loan. Stamp: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

Have your answers ready State military-June 11 to 16.

Poster showing Uncle Sam about to write with a quill pen in a book labelled "census." Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Knitting class Lafayette House, knitting class of wounded

Photograph shows woman teaching soldiers how to knit at Lafayette House, a convalescent home for veteran soldiers and sailors at 112 West 59th Street (Central Park South), New York City. It opened in October 19... More

Battle of Menin Road. One of the latest tanks going forward to destroy...

Title from negative or negative sleeve. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Brit. Off. Mr. Chas. D. Norton. Group titles: France, General. Gift; American National Red C... More

United States official films shown here / The Hegeman Print N.Y.

Poster showing the U.S. Capitol. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current build... More

American National Red Cross in Europe, WWI, 1919

Date attribution based on dates of events depicted in series. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at htt... More

No. 631: A stretcher case being attended to by one of the Australian a...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: American Press Association. Group titles: First Aid. Wounded men. Gift; American ... More

Hospital in France. American Red Cross aid. Store room as ordinarily

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Miss Rice. 430 to 441 inclusive from Miss Marion M. Rice. 12 Chestnut Hill, Bratt... More

Chapter scene, Buffalo, NY - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Group Title: Chapter, Work Rooms, U.S. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Data: Nat. Photo Co. #74. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and... More

American Red Cross, Italy - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Make the world safe--Enlist now and go with your friends / Arthur N. E...

Poster showing troops with bayonets rushing over a hill. The Mayor's Committee on National Defense, issued by the Recruiting Committee. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Poster - V - World War I poster - Public domain lithograph

Poster showing a large "V" for victory, probably intended for use in the Liberty Loan campaign.

Canadian Soldier at Ypres. Painted by R. Thompsen i.e. Thomsen, Oct. 1...

On caption card: Soldat Canadien Ypres, Mai 1917. Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Henry D. Sedgwick. Date receive... More

War Bond Parade, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows a War Bond parade during World War I at West 38 St and 7th Ave., New York City. Business of Henri Mouquin, wine merchant and restaurateur at left. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title f... More

American Hospital, Paris. Dr. Blake's helpful supports for desperately...

Title and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: International Film Service. Group title: Hospitals, France, Military relief. Data: July... More

Marines Departing for France - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Photograph shows U.S. marines leaving for France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Warehouse 51 Rue de Ponthieu, Paris, for repacking the various article...

Title and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Major Perkins. Group Title: Supplies, Warehouses, France. Data: H.E. B 74. Date based o... More

Taken in or around American Red Cross Headquarters, 40 Grosvenor Garde...

American Red Cross, Italy - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

American Flag Day in London - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photograph shows a carriage arriving at St. Paul's Cathedral in London for a service commemorating the engagement of the United States in World War I. American flags were flown over the Houses of Parliament on ... More

Save a loaf a week - help win the war

Poster showing a loaf of bread cut by a knife. United States Food Administration. No. 104. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

British troops in Baghdad, Iraq on March 11, 1917 during World War I

Title and date devised by Library staff based on information from similar image in the British National Archives, IWM Q 24168 (11 Mar 1917): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/battles/p_b... More

The explosion at la Courneuve near Paris knocked down the walls and sc...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Commission to France. Group Title: France, Nurses, Children. Data: H.E. 24575... More

Weinachten im Feld! 1917. Spendet Geld und Liebesgaben für unsere Krie...

Poster shows a Christmas tree decorated with candles in front of a red cross. Text: Christmas in the field! 1917. Contribute money and gift packages for our warriors! Signed with artist's monogram.

RED CROSS CANE - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Searching a suspect at bridge - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Photograph shows members of the New York Naval Militia guarding bridge from German sabotage during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

German 5.9 gun captured by British

Photograph shows British Royal Artillery officers of the 9th Division examining a German 5.9 inch howitzer captured in the west bank of Happy Valley, during the Battle of Arras, a French city on the Western Fro... More

American Red Cross, Italy - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Agitation which delays our war industries is "made in Germany" Let us ...

Poster showing a man "Agitator" shaking hands with and receiving an Iron Cross from the Kaiser in "Plot Alley." A tiny bird comments, "He'll get the double cross from him later." Title continues: In the first s... More

British Cavalry passing thro' wrecked village

Photograph shows Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment) troops riding on horseback through the ruined village of Caulaincourt, France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and Imperial War ... More

Denkt an die Ludendorff-Spende für Kriegsbeschädigte! / Bernhard.

Poster encouraging donations to the Ludendorff Fund for the War Disabled. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

World War I - American Red Cross

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Was... More

For patriotic agricultural service--wanted at once, men and boys who h...

Poster showing small scenes of ploughing and a military camp, with extensive text soliciting agricultural workers and offering assistance to farmers. New York State Food Supply Commission, Albany, N.Y. Includes... More

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