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Joseph Curry, Deputy CHIEF, New York Fire Department, barks orders to rescue teams as firefighters and rescue teams search for survivors through the rubble and debris of the World Trade Centers in New York City in the area known as Ground Zero, after the 9/11 terrorists attacks

Joseph Curry, Deputy CHIEF, New York Fire Department, barks orders to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Preston Keres, USN Release Status: Released to ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Kilo Company (K Co), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), remove mortar rounds from the rubble in a room inside a former Iraqi Army (IA) training camp and hotel in the city of Haqlaniyah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), as they participate in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the area in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Kilo Company (K Co), 3rd Battalion (BN...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Haqlaniyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Kevin C. Quihuis, Jr, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A pile of broken tiles sitting on top of a roof. Rubble destruction broken.

A pile of broken tiles sitting on top of a roof. Rubble destruction br...

A pile of broken tiles sitting on top of a pile / A pile of broken tiles sitting on top of a pile of cement public domain stock photo. A pile of broken tiles sitting on top of a pile / A pile of broken tiles s... More

A pair of workers atop a pile of rubble and other workers watching them

A pair of workers atop a pile of rubble and other workers watching the...

Public domain scan of 17th-18th-century etching print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Full-length portrait of a child sitting amidst rubble]

[Full-length portrait of a child sitting amidst rubble]

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Temple wall with hieroglyphics and entrance, rubble inside and out, Medinet Habu Site, Egypt] / Bonfils.

[Temple wall with hieroglyphics and entrance, rubble inside and out, M...

No. 62. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy su... More

[Ruins of J.V. Farrell's Store, after the great fire of Oct. 1871, Chicago; rubble and fallen columns]

[Ruins of J.V. Farrell's Store, after the great fire of Oct. 1871, Chi...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI BUSINESSESS; Ill. Chicago Bldgs.; Ill. Chicago Hist.; Shelf. Sources checked: www.

Public domain studio portrait, NFB.33536, Gustav Borgen

Public domain studio portrait, NFB.33536, Gustav Borgen

NFB.33536 Public domain photograph - Children, Gustav Borgen studio, group portrait, the 1900s Norway, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Church and rubble, San Remo, Riviera]

[Church and rubble, San Remo, Riviera]

Print no. "1188". Forms part of: Views of the French and Italian Riviera in the Photochrom print collection.

Rubble, Jarred E - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Seventh Infantry - West Virginia

Rubble, Jarred E - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Seventh Infantry - Wes...

Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the American Civil War

[Rubble in front of doorway in building with hole in roof]

[Rubble in front of doorway in building with hole in roof]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Two men standing near a small pile of rubble, in a field]

[Two men standing near a small pile of rubble, in a field]

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Ellis Island, May, 1902 : a view of the grounds adjoining one of the buildings, stewn with rubble, debris and building materials.

Ellis Island, May, 1902 : a view of the grounds adjoining one of the b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Rubble in a bombed Russian building, Port Arthur]

[Rubble in a bombed Russian building, Port Arthur]

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Union Street Near Pierce., Southern Methodist University collection

Union Street Near Pierce., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Union Street Near Pierce...Alternative Title: Outdoor Cooking Fell Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin ... More

Out Door Cooking, Fell St. - Public domain dedication image

Out Door Cooking, Fell St. - Public domain dedication image

Title: Out Door Cooking, Fell St...Alternative Title: Outdoor Cooking Fell Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin... More

Mason From Market St., Southern Methodist University collection

Mason From Market St., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Mason From Market St...Alternative Title: Mason From Market Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver;... More

Valencia St. Bet. 18 and 19th - Public domain dedication image

Valencia St. Bet. 18 and 19th - Public domain dedication image

Title: Valencia St. Bet. 18 and 19th..Alternative Title: Valencia Street Between 18th and 19th . .Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photog... More

Valencia St., Southern Methodist University collection

Valencia St., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Valencia St...Alternative Title: Valencia Street . .Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 15 x 20 c... More

Hall of Justice, Southern Methodist University collection

Hall of Justice, Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Hall of Justice..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 15 x 20 cm...File: ag1982_0186sx_66_hallofjustice_... More

Chapel At Stanford Uni'ty., Southern Methodist University collection

Chapel At Stanford Uni'ty., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Chapel At Stanford Uni'ty...Alternative Title: Chapel At Stanford University..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelat... More

Hanneman Hospital. Cal'a and Maple Sts.

Hanneman Hospital. Cal'a and Maple Sts.

Title: Hanneman Hospital. Cal'a and Maple Sts...Alternative Title: Hanneman Hospital, California and Maple Streets..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Descripti... More

Jones and Market., Southern Methodist University collection

Jones and Market., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Jones and Market...Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 15 x 20 cm...File: ag1982_0186sx_80_jones_sm_opt... More

Dore Street., Southern Methodist University collection

Dore Street., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Dore Street...Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 15 x 20 cm...File: ag1982_0186sx_84_dore_sm_opt.jpg.F... More

Mason South From Post., Southern Methodist University collection

Mason South From Post., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Mason South From Post...Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 15 x 20 cm...File: ag1982_0186sx_52_mason_s... More

Hall of Justice on Kearney St. - Public domain dedication image

Hall of Justice on Kearney St. - Public domain dedication image

Title: Hall of Justice on Kearney St...Alternative Title: Hall of Justice on Kearney Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic prin... More

U.S. Mint, 5th and Mission St's.

U.S. Mint, 5th and Mission St's.

Title: U.S. Mint, 5th and Mission St's...Alternative Title: U.S. Mint, 5th and Mission Streets..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic p... More

Orpheum Theater, Southern Methodist University collection

Orpheum Theater, Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Orpheum Theater..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 15 x 20 cm...File: ag1982_0186sx_64_orpheum_sm_opt... More

A small group of San Franciscans now stands in rubble where 308 Van Ness Avenue once stood. In the background is whats left of City Hall. On April 18, 1906 at 5:15 AM a quake of 8.25 on the Richter scale hit San Francisco. Greater destruction came from the fires afterwards. The city burned for three days. The combination destroyed 490 city blocks and 25,000 buildings, leaving 250,000 homeless and killing between 450 and 700. Estimated damages, over $350 million

A small group of San Franciscans now stands in rubble where 308 Van Ne...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

San Francisco disaster - earthquake and fire - man and woman standing among rubble

San Francisco disaster - earthquake and fire - man and woman standing ...

H78483 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ca. SF Earthquake; Shelf.

18th St. From Howard., Southern Methodist University collection

18th St. From Howard., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: 18th St. From Howard...Alternative Title: 18th Street From Howard..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; ... More

Youth's Directory 19th St., Southern Methodist University collection

Youth's Directory 19th St., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Youth's Directory 19th St...Alternative Title: Youth's Directory, 19th Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gela... More

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Yazoo City, Miss. , April 29, 2010 -- Extensive destruction throughout this neighborhood resulted from the deadly tornado of April 24 and residents are now attempting to retrieve possessions from the rubble.  George Armstrong/FEMA

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Yazoo City, Miss. , April 29, 2010 -- Extensi...

The original database describes this as: Title: Tornado Damaged Home in Mississippi Production Date: 04/29/2010 Caption: Yazoo City, Miss. , April 29, 2010 -- Extensive destruction throughout this neighborho... More

Sacramento St., Southern Methodist University collection

Sacramento St., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Sacramento St...Alternative Title: Sacramento Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 15 x 20 cm...... More

Jefferson Square., Southern Methodist University collection

Jefferson Square., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Jefferson Square...Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 15 x 20 cm...File: ag1982_0186sx_78_jeffersonsqu... More

A Block in Redwood City. - Public domain dedication image

A Block in Redwood City. - Public domain dedication image

Title: A Block in Redwood City...Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 15 x 20 cm...File: ag1982_0186sx_90_block... More

Pioneer Bl'd'g. 4th St., Southern Methodist University collection

Pioneer Bl'd'g. 4th St., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Pioneer Bl'd'g. 4th St...Alternative Title: Pioneer Building, 4th Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin s... More

Cor. Mission and Steuart., Southern Methodist University collection

Cor. Mission and Steuart., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Cor. Mission and Steuart...Alternative Title: Corner of Mission and Steuart..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelati... More

Boy's Gymnasium Stanford Uni'ty Palo Alto.

Boy's Gymnasium Stanford Uni'ty Palo Alto.

Title: Boy's Gymnasium Stanford Uni'ty Palo Alto...Alternative Title: Boy's Gymnasium, Stanford University, Palo Alto..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Descri... More

Valencia St. Near 19th., Southern Methodist University collection

Valencia St. Near 19th., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Valencia St. Near 19th. ..Alternative Title: Valencia Street Near 19th . .Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: ... More

Foot of 9th St., Southern Methodist University collection

Foot of 9th St., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Foot of 9th St...Alternative Title: Foot of 9th Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 15 x 20 cm.... More

Howard St. Bet. 17th and 18th. - Public domain dedication image

Howard St. Bet. 17th and 18th. - Public domain dedication image

Title: Howard St. Bet. 17th and 18th...Alternative Title: Howard Street Between 17th and 18th..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic pr... More

Dupont St. Chinatown., Southern Methodist University collection

Dupont St. Chinatown., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Dupont St. Chinatown...Alternative Title: Dupont Street Chinatown..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; ... More

High School Redwood City., Southern Methodist University collection

High School Redwood City., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: High School Redwood City...Alternative Title: High School, Redwood City..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin si... More

California St. From Kearney., Southern Methodist University collection

California St. From Kearney., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: California St. From Kearney...Alternative Title: California Street From Kearney..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: ge... More

Ruin At Palo Alto., Southern Methodist University collection

Ruin At Palo Alto., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Ruin At Palo Alto...Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 15 x 20 cm...File: ag1982_0186sx_96_ruin_sm_opt... More

Observatory, G.G. Park, S.F., Southern Methodist University collection

Observatory, G.G. Park, S.F., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Observatory, G.G. Park, S.F...Alternative Title: Observatory, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco ..Creator: Stoddard ..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographi... More

Market St. From Ferry., Southern Methodist University collection

Market St. From Ferry., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Market St. From Ferry...Alternative Title: Market Street From Ferry..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver... More

Observatory G.G. Park., Southern Methodist University collection

Observatory G.G. Park., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Observatory G.G. Park...Alternative Title: Observatory, Golden Gate Park . .Creator: Stoddard ..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin sil... More

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire: ruins and rubble, with steps of building in foreground

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire: ruins and rubble, with steps of bui...

H77034 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ca. SF Earthquake; Shelf.

Observatory, G.G. Park, S.F., Southern Methodist University collection

Observatory, G.G. Park, S.F., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Observatory, G.G. Park, S.F...Alternative Title: Observatory, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco ..Creator: Stoddard ..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographi... More

Howard Cor. Spear, Southern Methodist University collection

Howard Cor. Spear, Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Howard Cor. Spear..Alternative Title: Howard Corner At Spear..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 15 x ... More

O'Farrell St. From Stockton., Southern Methodist University collection

O'Farrell St. From Stockton., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: O'Farrell St. From Stockton...Alternative Title: O'Farrell Street From Stockton..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: ge... More

[Two women amidst bricks and rubble after San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1906]

[Two women amidst bricks and rubble after San Francisco earthquake and...

H78343 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dynamiting The Examiner Bl'g., Southern Methodist University collection

Dynamiting The Examiner Bl'g., Southern Methodist University collectio...

Title: Dynamiting The Examiner Bl'g...Alternative Title: Dynamiting The Examiner Building..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print:... More

Soldiers from the Presidio stand amid the rubble of fallen buildings after the earthquake. The Hall of Records (dome) is in the background (right). On April 18, 1906 at 5:15 AM a quake of 8.25 on the Richter scale hit San Francisco. Greater destruction came from the fires afterwards. The city burned for three days. The combination destroyed 490 city blocks and 25,000 buildings, leaving 250,000 homeless and killing between 450 and 700. Estimated damages, over $350 million

Soldiers from the Presidio stand amid the rubble of fallen buildings a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Y.M.C.A. Bl'd'g. Mason St., Southern Methodist University collection

Y.M.C.A. Bl'd'g. Mason St., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Y.M.C.A. Bl'd'g. Mason St...Alternative Title: YMCA Building, Mason Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin... More

S.F. Stock Exchange., Southern Methodist University collection

S.F. Stock Exchange., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: S.F. Stock Exchange...Alternative Title: San Francisco Stock Exchange..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silv... More

House On Steiner St., Southern Methodist University collection

House On Steiner St., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: House On Steiner St...Alternative Title: House On Steiner Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 1... More

[Scene painter amid earthquake rubble painting picture of ruins of large building after San Francisco earhtquake-fire. 1906

[Scene painter amid earthquake rubble painting picture of ruins of lar...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists at work; Shelf.

Eddy St. Near Filmore, Southern Methodist University collection

Eddy St. Near Filmore, Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Eddy St. Near Filmore..Alternative Title: Eddy Street Near Filmore..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver;... More

Valencia St. Bet 18th and 19th - Public domain dedication image

Valencia St. Bet 18th and 19th - Public domain dedication image

Title: Valencia St. Bet 18th and 19th ..Alternative Title: Valencia Street Between 18th and 19th . .Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 ph... More

St. Francis Hotel, Union Square.

St. Francis Hotel, Union Square.

Title: St. Francis Hotel, Union Square...Alternative Title: Saint Francis Hotel, Union Square..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin... More

Library, Stanford Unit'y. Palo Alto.

Library, Stanford Unit'y. Palo Alto.

Title: Library, Stanford Unit'y. Palo Alto...Alternative Title: Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photo... More

Court House Redwood City., Southern Methodist University collection

Court House Redwood City., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Court House Redwood City...Alternative Title: Courthouse, Redwood City..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin sil... More

''The Warren'' Post and Jones - Public domain dedication image

''The Warren'' Post and Jones - Public domain dedication image

Title: ''The Warren'' Post and Jones..Alternative Title: ''The Warren'', Post and Jones..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: g... More

At Stanford Uni'ty. Palo Alto. - Public domain dedication image

At Stanford Uni'ty. Palo Alto. - Public domain dedication image

Title: At Stanford Uni'ty. Palo Alto...Alternative Title: At Stanford University, Palo Alto..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic prin... More

First St. From Mission, Southern Methodist University collection

First St. From Mission, Southern Methodist University collection

Title: First St. From Mission..Alternative Title: First Street From Mission..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silve... More

Preparing to make a pontoon bridge, Flanders

Preparing to make a pontoon bridge, Flanders

Early stage in making a pontoon bridge, Western Front, during World War I. The first stage of making a pontoon, or temporary floating bridge. A group of soldiers are pulling a flat barge into position at the ed... More

Men of the K.O.Y.L.I. resting before walking back from the trenches

Men of the K.O.Y.L.I. resting before walking back from the trenches

a group of soldiers resting in front of a large mound of rubble. They have piled their packs in front of them and most of the men are sitting on a fallen tree trunk. According to the original caption, this phot... More

View of Arras Cathedral taken from the top of one of its walls

View of Arras Cathedral taken from the top of one of its walls

Originally built between 1030 and 1396, the medieval cathedral at Arras suffered terrible bomb damage during the Great War. When the rapid German advance into France took place in the autumn of 1914 (part of th... More

Interior of Arras Cathedral, Flanders

Interior of Arras Cathedral, Flanders

This image is dominated by the still standing aisle columns [of Arras Cathedral]. Part of the roof and upper storey is visible but not much else due to the angle of the photograph. A lot of the liming is chippe... More

Troops resting during the advance near Peronne, Flanders

Troops resting during the advance near Peronne, Flanders

Troops resting at Peronne, France, during World War I. Soldiers are all lying down or slouching against the bottom of a mound of rubble. They are all fully equipped and armed. Most of them appear to be asleep. ... More

Station Square, Arras during World War I

Station Square, Arras during World War I

Destroyed buildings at Arras, France, during World War I. The picture is of what was once a terrace of town houses. Although the structure of the houses still remains much of the cladding has been blown away. T... More

Street in Amiens during World War I

Street in Amiens during World War I

Immediate aftermath of shelling in Amiens, France, during World War I. This shot captures some of the impact that shelling had on the towns of France and their people. Thick smoke rising in the background sugg... More

Officers resting in corner on wrecked building, Flanders

Officers resting in corner on wrecked building, Flanders

Three officers are sitting amongst the rubble of a ruined building. All three men are smoking cigarettes and look fairly relaxed. In front of them there is a belt of bullets lying amidst the debris. .. Although... More

Navvy battalion at work round the Virgin of Montauban, Flanders

Navvy battalion at work round the Virgin of Montauban, Flanders

Destruction at the village of Montaubau, France. About thirty men stand on the mound of rubble, grouped around the statue of the Virgin Mary. Poignantly, the statue has been hit in the shoulder by a bullet. It ... More

View of Athies which we have just captured

View of Athies which we have just captured

The two soldiers standing in the middle of the street are dwarfed by the piles of rubble on either side. The destruction of France over this four year period, is still unbelievable. It is easy to see why so man... More

British back in Merville - the blown up railway bridge

British back in Merville - the blown up railway bridge

The destruction and devastation at Merville, France. The brick buildings on the left have been damaged beyond repair, and the path running alongside is covered with bricks and rubble. The railway bridge across ... More

R. E. Officers at Lunch, Flanders

R. E. Officers at Lunch, Flanders

Five Royal Engineer officers having lunch off salvaged tables in the middle of the rubble of a shelled building. It is an interesting illustration of the class-ridden society of the period, as they are being se... More

Building in flames in Peronne during World War I

Building in flames in Peronne during World War I

This photograph shows a devastated street in Peronne. Three- and four-storey buildings stand in ruins with mounds of rubble and one building on fire. Shop front signs advertise wines and spirits and auto goods... More

Effect of shellfire on a mine, Flanders

Effect of shellfire on a mine, Flanders

The damaging effects of shellfire. According to the photograph's original caption this photograph was taken at a mine. The foreground is covered with bricks and rubble and, above this, a badly mangled bridge - ... More

Ruined interior of Albert Cathedral

Ruined interior of Albert Cathedral

Ruined interior of Albert Cathedral, 1918. This image illustrates the damage caused by heavy artillery. In April 1918 Albert Cathedral was destroyed by British gunfire, in order to stop the Germans using its to... More

Monchy during World War I

Monchy during World War I

A street of rubble. As far as the eye can see there is nothing but building rubble. The rubble reaches almost to the top of the picture. There is a dip in the middle of the pile which looks like it might have b... More

Virgin wounded in the shoulder, Flanders

Virgin wounded in the shoulder, Flanders

Destruction at the village of Montaubaun, France. Four soldiers are sorting through a pile of rubble while two stand on and watch. In the distance the surrounding fields can be seen. In the middle of the photo ... More

Cavalry reconnaissance party during World War I

Cavalry reconnaissance party during World War I

This image has an other-worldly atmosphere to it. It is believed to have been the work of the official war photographer John Warwick Brooke. The soldiers and their horses are standing in the middle of jagged pi... More

Tommies having dinner amidst the wreckage after crossing the Somme

Tommies having dinner amidst the wreckage after crossing the Somme

British soldiers standing amidst the wreckage of a bombed-out building. The ground is strewn with rubble. One man rests his foot on a large piece of corrugated iron. They have paused for a rest and, despite the... More

German truck and blown up station near Peronne, Flanders

German truck and blown up station near Peronne, Flanders

The damage to this station at Peronne is extensive, with the large wooden structure in the background looming precariously over the scene. The German truck referred to in the original caption appears to be an o... More

Dinner amidst the ruins, Flanders

Dinner amidst the ruins, Flanders

The group of soldiers in the middle of this scene are trying to cook and eat dinner amongst the ruins. They are perched on top of a pile of rubble. One soldier is balancing on top of a block whilst trying to ea... More

Chipilly which was taken after hard fighting by London troops

Chipilly which was taken after hard fighting by London troops

A badly bombed or shelled village. It is a depressing scene of destruction and devastation. On the right, one building has completely collapsed - those left standing are badly damaged and possibly beyond repair... More

This old lady is sitting on ruins which were once her home

This old lady is sitting on ruins which were once her home

Frenchwoman among the ruins of her home in Amiens, France, during World War I. Propaganda photographs that were staged for the official war photographers were not always as effective as more naturalistic pictur... More

View in Beaumont Hamel, Flanders

View in Beaumont Hamel, Flanders

The remains of the French village, Beaumont-Hamel...Beaumont-Hamel and the surrounding area, due to its proximity to the Front, was the scene of much fighting throughout the war. On 1 July 1916 a large mine was... More

Interior of Arras Cathedral wrecked by Boche shell fire

Interior of Arras Cathedral wrecked by Boche shell fire

This photograph, probably taken by John Warwick Brooke, shows the shell-damaged interior of a roofless Arras Cathedral. Located close to the River Somme, Arras was caught up in some of the heaviest fighting on ... More

Party of our brave stretcher bearers who were laid low by a German shell

Party of our brave stretcher bearers who were laid low by a German she...

British stretcher bearers killed by a German shell in Peronne, France, during World War I. Bodies lie in a ruined French street with the remains of the stretcher they were carrying twisted between them. The lar... More

British Tommy helping a French soldier with his morning wash

British Tommy helping a French soldier with his morning wash

British soldier pouring water for a French soldier, France, during World War I. The 'Entente Cordiale' in action, with a 'Tommy' helping a 'Poilu' to wash up by pouring some water from a jug into a jelly can fo... More

Amongst the ruins of a church, Flanders

Amongst the ruins of a church, Flanders

Soldiers in a destroyed church, France. Four soldiers sit half-way up a mound of rubble and are surrounded by more banks of rubble. The soldiers sit with supplies and there is a broken carriage in the backgroun... More

Scene in Puisieux, Flanders during World War I

Scene in Puisieux, Flanders during World War I

A huge mound of building rubble is littered with splinters of wood and barrels. Along the top of the mound complete sets of wooden dormer windows can be seen where the roof has just collapsed away. ..A lot of F... More

Looking towards the Cathedral, Arras

Looking towards the Cathedral, Arras

Ruins of the cathedral, Arras, France, during World War I. Part of the ruins of Arras cathedral, with a mass of rubble and the broken windows of a shop or cafe in the foreground. The cathedral had been built in... More

Picturesque view of the ruined town of Bethune

Picturesque view of the ruined town of Bethune

British soldier in the ruins of Bethune, France, during World War I. A British soldier stands in the shell of a building in the French town of Bethune. In the distance behind him is the belfry or clock tower, b... More

Shrine shattered by a German shell in the firing area

Shrine shattered by a German shell in the firing area

Shell-damaged shrine, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph shows two kilted soldiers looking at a shrine damaged by shelling. The shrine, which appears to have been a hexagonal structure built of ... More

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