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All American Detachments, Captain, Oct. 18/19

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Mayor Hague battler favors Ludlow Amendment. Washington, D.C., May 10....

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

German U-Boat in N.Y. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Reichskanzler von Bethmann-Hollweg

Photograph shows German politician Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1856-1921), who was Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

E.M. House - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows American diplomat, politician and presidential advisor Edward Mandell House (1858-1938) also known as Colonel House. He was a foreign policy advisor to President Woodrow Wilson during World War... More

German Sanitary Corps & wounded man in Belg. [i.e., Belgium]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Max Breitung - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Max Breitung who was indicted in 1916 in connection with German plots to destroy munition ships. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

Capt. Franz von Papen - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows German nobleman Franz von Papen (1879-1969) who was expelled from the United States in December 1915 for alleged complicity in the planning of sabotage. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

Fishermen Kids, boats. American National Red Cross 1900.

Date based on date range for negative series. Used in: Ex. indef. Miss Stephenson. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collectio... More

German U-boat in N.Y. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Adm. Hugh Rodman - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Admiral Hugh Rodman (1859-1940), who served as an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War and World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

General Count V. Bothmer - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows portrait of German General Felix Graf von Bothner (1852-1937) in military uniform. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

Wounded German soldiers at Xmas

Public domain image of a group of people, ceremony, event, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Victomtess De Rancoigne, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows the Vicomtesse de Rancougne, born Giselle Bunau-Varilla, who was on tour of the United States to raise wartime relief funds for Paris artists affected by World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons p... More

Princess Olga of Hanover - Public domain portrait painting

Photo shows Princess Olga of Hanover and Cumberland (1884-1958), from a painting by German artist Alice Boscowitz (1875-1962). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Col. E.M. House - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Gadski as Brunnhilde - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows German opera singer Johanna Gadski (1872-1932) in her role as Brunnhilde in the opera Siegfried by Richard Wagner. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Kiaotschau - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows a view of the town of Qingdao (Tsingtao) which was the administrative center of the German concession of Jiaozhou (Kiautschou), China. Japanese and British forces attacked the German-controlled... More

Lieut. Porte - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows British aviator Lieutenant Commander John Cyril Porte (1884-1919), who was a flying boat pioneer associated with the World War I Seaplane Experimental Station at Felixstowe, England. (Source: Flickr... More

General V. Mackensen, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Anton Ludwig August von Mackensen (1849-1945), was a German field marshal during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the neg... More

AUDACIOUS. Warship photograph collection

Photograph shows the H.M.S. Audacious warship of the Royal Navy which was sunk by a German mine off the coast of Ireland on October 27, 1914 during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Belgian Artillery - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Belgian artillery soldiers with field guns and spotter on ladder at left, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

GERMAN SQUADRON VISIT TO U.S. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

GERMAN ROYAL FAMILY. THE CROWN PRINCE

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

Barricade on farm, Haelen - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows the aftermath of the Battle of Haelen which was fought by the German and Belgian armies on August 12, 1914 near Haelen, Belgium during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Irkutsk. [Church]. Singer Sewing Machine Co. [Church]. Lake Baikal

Titles from item and devised by Library staff. From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and Asia for First National City Bank of New York. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2010:041

The Russian royal children resting after working in the garden at Tsar...

Public domain image of aristocratic military leader, general, monarch, 18th-19th century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Barricade on Liege Rd. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

RUSSIA WAR PICTURES. GENERAL SCOTT ON EASTERN FRONT

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

The trumpet calls / Norman Lindsay.

Poster shows an Australian soldier blowing a trumpet with other soldiers, in a fox hole(?) with guns, are at his feet. In background, gray images of Australian men of various occupations.

Dr. R.S. Lee -- J. Etta Mullen -- Dr. C.A. Porter

Photograph shows Dr. R.S. Lee, with two members of the "First Harvard Unit" that worked with the Red Cross in France during World War I, Miss J. Etta Mullen and Dr. Charles Allen Porter (1867-1931). (Source: Fl... More

Chateau des Halles. Home for convalescent repatrie children at St. Foy...

Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Children's Work. Plate to Secretary General. Print in album. Date based on date range for negative series. Gift; American National Red Cross ... More

Germans in Rus. i.e. Russian Poland

Photograph shows German soldiers during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Lib... More

General view of a refugee camp with headquarters of Red Cross nurses i...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Red Cross Mag. Classification: Disaster Relief. Date received: October 1920. Gift... More

Your king and country need you. Join the army until the war is over / ...

Poster is text only, with small armorial device of King George V. Poster no. 3. W. 7810. 11/14.

Germans at Berry-Au-Bac - A group of men sitting next to each other

Photograph shows German soldiers at Berry-Au-Bac, France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Vologda. [Horse and sleigh in snow. Train station. Bell tower. Buildin...

Dr. H.H. Ewers, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows German writer Dr. Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871-1943) standing in front of shelves with glass negatives possibly at the George Grantham Bain News Service offices. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 20... More

[Abandoned British trench which was captured by the Germans; in backgr...

No. 7981 appears on photograph. Caption on back: Die Grosse Schlacht im Westen. Der Stab einer Infanterie-Division ... ueberscreiten einer genommenen engl. Stellung (176). Stamped: BUFA. Forms part of the Rehs... More

Doctors & families going to war zone, 10/17/14, Dr. Mary Crawford

Photograph shows a group of American doctors including Dr. Mary Crawford of Brooklyn, who went to help at the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris, France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Peace Parade - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows the women's peace parade down Fifth Avenue in New York City on August 29, 1914, shortly after the start of World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Austrian field telegraph station in Russian Poland

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women selling dry goods in the streets, Moscow, Russia

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

PAU, PAUL MARIE CESAR GERALL. GENERAL OF FRANCE

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

Probable new President of U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Washington, D.C., ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S. troops enter Vera Cruz - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photo shows American troops during the U.S. occupation of Veracruz, Mexico which took place during the Mexican Revolution. The U.S. troops entered the city on April 21, 1914 and stayed through November 1914. (... More

School colony for Belgian children in Seine Inferieure. Supplies reach...

Title and notes from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Belgian Pictures. Date based on date range for negative series. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the American ... More

The Clarisses (left) where the old people died like flies after bad tr...

Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Rapatries. Plate to Secretary General. Print in album. Date based on date range for negative series. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 a... More

General Pau, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows French General Paul Marie Cesar Gerald Pau, (1848-1932), at the beginning of World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negativ... More

Servia-- national air during World War I

Public domain scan of music disk label, pathephone record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On LA LORRAINE, 8/5/14 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows a man kissing a woman at the French Line pier as he prepares to leave for Europe on the La Lorraine. The ship left New York City in August 1914 for its last transatlantic crossing before World ... More

German trenches on the Aisne - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Photograph shows German soldiers in trenches along the Aisne River in France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms p... More

Baron Rosen - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows Russian diplomat Baron Roman Romanovich Rosen (1847-1921). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Anne Morgan - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows Anne Morgan, sister of the president of J. P. Morgan & Company and a fundraiser for World War I relief as head of the American Committee For Devastated France. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 1914)

Proving identity -- Near Diest - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Photograph shows soldiers checking identies of people after the Battle of Haelen which was fought by the German and Belgian armies on August 12, 1914 near Haelen, Belgium during World War I. (Source: Flickr Com... More

COMMERCIAL ATTACHES: ALBERT H. BALDWIN, TO LONDON; V.L. HAVENS, TO SAN...

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

[The Kaiser] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

[Corp. J. Mant] in Canadian Hosp. [i.e., Hospital], Le Touquet

Photograph shows nurse bandaging head of a soldier at the Canadian base hospital in the Hotel du Golf, Le Touquet, France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Ribecourt -- Dragoon & Spahi Patrols meet

Photograph shows a patrol of cuirassiers (left) (mounted cavalry soldiers) and the first Moroccan Spahis (right) at Ribecourt, France, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Vera Cruz -- house of sick woman guarded by our sailors

Photo shows American sailors with Mexican family during the U.S. occupation of Veracruz, Mexico which took place during the Mexican Revolution. The U.S. troops entered the city on April 21, 1914 and stayed thro... More

Spahis in camp at Arsy after battle

Photograph shows Moroccan French soldiers around a fire, probably in Ribecourt, France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and Gallica Digital Library website)

[Women assembling cartridges, in Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartrid...

U.S. Army. Signal Corps photo. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children at Chateau des Halles. A.R.C. Hospital for refugee and repatr...

Title and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: M. Lachman (?) Group title: Children's Work. Date based on date range for negative seri... More

Offer your services now. Our brave soldiers at the front need your hel...

Poster is text only, with small armorial device of King George V. Poster no. 6. W. 7458 11/14.

Official photograph taken on British Front. Making a dressing station ...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Press Bureau. Group Title: First Aid, Brittish Front. Gift; American National Red... More

Paris -- Newsboys waiting for "Extras"

Photograph shows newsboys waiting for news during the beginning of World War I, Paris, France. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Algerian soldiers - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Algerian soldiers in Europe during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

French Dragoon patrol - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows French dragoon soldiers in street at the beginnng of World War I.

Austrian 15 cm. gun in action - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Photograph shows an Austrian army gun, probably during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

I'm doing my duty are you? Your Navy needs you this minute / / Clinton...

U.S. Navy recruitment poster showing a sailor holding a rifle. Issued by City of Boston Committee on Public Safety.

American Nurse, American ambulance, Paris

Photograph shows an American nurse with a patient in Paris, France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Belgian relief shop -- N.Y. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photograph shows the Belgian Relief Shop, New York City during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Mexico - Presidio, Texas--Dr. Braden in charge of army Red Cross, dres...

J192552 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Packing for Christmas Ship - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows people packing Christmas gifts for the U.S.S. Jason which sailed from New York on November 14, 1914 carrying about 6 million gifts for the children of Europe who were affected by World War I.... More

Emblemas de la libertad y de la humanidad La Cruz Roja, Madre de todas...

Poster showing two Red Cross nurses, one, a Madonna figure, cradling in her arms a wounded soldier(?) on a litter, between the flags of Panama and the United States.

Allenby's official entry with military review at Russian Compound. Bri...

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General Sir John French in Paris - Glass negative photogrpah. Public d...

Photograph shows British officer John Denton Pinkstone French, (1852-1925), who served as the the first Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force during World War I, in Paris, France. (Source: Flic... More

Last letter home before this American leave again for the trenches. Co...

Title and notes from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Military Hospitals. Date based on date range for negative series. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the America... More

Burial of the victims of the revolution, March 23, 1917 - fraternal gr...

Photograph shows large open mass grave lined with coffins. Includes Russian caption. No. 26.

Paris -- Autos for Army transport

Photograph shows steam lorries (trucks) for use by French army during World War I in Paris, France. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

German Bridge over Maas at Dinant

Photograph shows a bridge over the Maas River in Dinant, Belgium during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: Geor... More

American Red Cross Metropolitan Canteens Shower bath. Gare de Lyon. Sh...

Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Metropolitan canteens. Plate to Secretary General. Print in album. Date based on date range for negative series. Gift; American National Red ... More

Invasion of Belgium by the "uncultured"

Drawing shows Uncle Sam carrying a basket labeled "Belgian Relief" and an armful of clothing labeled "From the Plain People", taking a large step into the midst of a destitute woman and several children, victim... More

Enfants adoptes, Edmonde Fillaire

Title and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Miss Perrin. Group title: Adopted children. Plate in file. Date based on date range for... More

Unrecognizable - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon shows a hairy ape-like figure wearing a German helmet (labeled "Military Barbarism"), crying "Hass! Hass! Hass!" (or Hate! Hate! Hate!), standing over the relaxed figure of a kindly looking professor (l... More

Your king & country need you. Another 100,000 men wanted. [...]

133,000, 8/14. Poster is text only. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Duma in session, George Grantham Bain Collection

George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 4157-6. Photographic print of painting(?)

Chaque piéce d'or apporté á la banque avance d'une heure la victoire f...

Soldier with one hand on clock, the other holding a gold coin.

At Trilport near Meaux where German auto fell into river

Photograph shows the wreckage of an automobile on which two German officers died while attempting to cross a bridge that had previously been destroyed at Trilport, France. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

6th Cavalry Camp, mobilized at Texas City, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Jean Piere Thomas (?) Born May 15, 1914; Henriette Maitile Thomas (?) ...

Title and notes from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Adopted children. Plate in file. Date based on date range for negative series. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information abou... More

Uhlans advancing, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Uhlans (Polish light cavalry soldiers) during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Granth... More

Vaccination -- Valcartier Camp, Canada

Photograph shows Canadian soldier being vaccinated at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec. The camp was established in August 1914 as part of the mobilization of the Canadian Ex... More

German Army auto with wire cutter

Photograph shows a German Army automobile during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Soissons after bombardment - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows buildings in Soissons, France after bombardment by German forces during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Enfants adoptes, Marius Laurange (?)

Title and notes from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Adopted children. Date based on date range for negative series. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the American ... More