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The Red Cross War Fund Poster

Date: 1914
Description: "If You Can't Go Across With A Gun Come Across With Your Part Of The Red Cross War Fund." Poster depicting a man, wounded and bleeding with his arm in a sl...
Poster

That Liberty Shall Not Perish From the Earth

Date: 1918
Description: United States government bonds poster in the Fourth Liberty Loan "B" series. "Buy Liberty Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan." Depicts enemy aircraft bombing New Y...
Photograph

Louis XV, Reims

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Statue of Louis XV in Reims, Champagne-ardenne, France. Captioned: "Reims, Louis XV. So popular when young and so hated in his last years. He died a miser....
Photograph

Artistic Statue of Victory

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A statue with bushes planted at the base. Captioned: "Reims. The artistic statue of Victory. Notice the delicacy of the work."
Photograph

Opera in Paris

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across plaza towards the Opera. Caption reads: "The Opera, the most famous of all national theaters, Paris."
Photograph

Statue of Jeanne d'Arc

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View of a man standing and posing near the statue of Jeanne d'Arc. Caption reads: "The most famous statue of Jeanne d'Arc, who visited Reims in the height ...
Photograph

Ambulance Parked in Front of a Cathedral

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Portrait of a man standing and leaning against his ambulance, posing in front of a cathedral. Caption reads: "Reims. A close view of the entrance to the ca...
Photograph

Cathedral of Reims

Date: 02 1919
Description: View of the front of the damaged Cathedral and the sculpture of Jeanne d'Arc in the front. Caption reads: "Reims. The front of the cathedral is scarcely da...
Poster

That Liberty Shall Not Perish From the Earth

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting enemy aircraft bombing New York, which is in flames. In the foreground, the Statue of Liberty has been attacked and its head has been seve...
Photograph

First Day of Mobilization in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Crowds in front of the Royal Palace in Berlin on the first day of mobilization, August 2, 1914, after Germany had made the decision to declare war.
Photograph

The First Day of Mobilization in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: View of the crowd at the Royal Palace in Berlin on the first day of mobilization, August 2, 1914.
Photograph

Berlin Christmas Market

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Description: Wounded soldiers at the Christmas market in Berlin.
Photograph

The Image of Black Madonna

Date: 1915
Description: Austruan soldiers viewing the image of the Black Madonna in Czenstochau.
Photograph

Red Cross Troops

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Description: Red Cross troops leaving Berlin passing by the Wilhelmstrasse and the Siegesallee.
Photograph

East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees in front of the Dom (cathedral) in Berlin.
Photograph

Neidenburg

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned buildings.
Photograph

Captured Belgian Artillery

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Description: Parade of captured equipment through the Brandenberg Gate.
Photograph

Captured Belgian Artillery

Date: 1914
Description: Parade of captured equipment through the Brandenberg Gate.
Photograph

German Flag in Antwerp

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Description: Antwerp Cathedral flying the German flag.
Postcard

Victory Arch

Date: 1918
Description: Crowds of people are standing on either side of a street, with a model of an arch spanning the street. On top of the arch is a statue of Victory. American ...

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