world war

Britons! Your country needs you / Printed by Saunders & Cullingham, 2 ...

Poster showing map of British Isles behind text. Poster no. 23. Wt. 8936. 50M. 1632/12/14.

BRITISH NAVY IN WARTIME during World War I

Beschrijving: .Airship starting off on patrol - they are always on the look-out for 'U' boats & enemy aircraft..De Britse marine in oorlogstijd. Het opstijgen van een verkennings luchtschip - zij kijken altijd ... More

Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport i...

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American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., p...

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

Santa Fe R.R. locomotive shops, Topeka, Kansas

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

C & NW RR; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill...

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Marine Sgt. at New Orleans, La.

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Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods fro...

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School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a fest...

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King & Queen and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

King George V, Queen Mary and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, taken during a visit to the Western Front in France. They are positioned in front of a large brick building with French windows. The King and Queen are ... More

The Maharaja of Barwani with ambulance cars [Merville, France]. Photog...

Reference: Photo 24/(219)..From the Girdwood Collection held by the British Library..This image is part of the Europeana Collections 1914-1918 ( ) ..Date: 2 Aug 1915..See also:.- View this at the British Libra... More

First call I need you in the Navy this minute! Our country will always...

Recruiting poster showing Uncle Sam. Public domain scan of World War One propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zeichnet 7. Kriegsanleihe / Alfred Offner.

Poster shows soldiers and their weapons behind a barricade of Austrian coins. Text: Subscribe to the 7th War Loan, Vienna Commercial Bank.

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundho...

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

Crédit National pour faciliter la réparation des dommages causés par l...

A village destroyed by war. Translation of title: Crédit National to ease the reparations of war damages. Subscribe to accerlate the revival of the devastated areas. Signed: Constant-Duval. Promotional goal: F... More

Arms and armor: Sallet, Germany, public domain image

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Cover for Untitled (83 World War I photographs)

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General Lafayette spirit - National Parks Gallery

In 1834, after an appropriation from the 23rd Congress for Park repairs, the name of Lafayette Park was used for the first time. This was also the year LAFAYETTE died. His statue, the first of four statues erec... More

All-American news. 1945-09 - movie film screenshot

All-American news were the first newsreels produced for a black audience. Made in the 1940s and 1950s, they were originally intended to encourage black Americans to participate in, and support the war effort, a... More

Woodrow Wilson Papers: Series 4: Executive Office File, 1912-1921; 550...

Public domain document scan related to Paris Peace Conference, Woodrow Wilson, World War One, military conflict, diplomacy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The late Senator Sumner. Ceremonies in the Capitol -- colored people o...

Illustration shows the body of Senator Charles Sumner lying in state in the U.S. Capitol. Other illustrations on the same page show Mate Brady, a hero of the "Atlantic" disaster...; Bertie Winkler, the Virginia... More

The late Senator Sumner. Ceremonies in the Capitol -- colored people o...

Illustration shows the body of Senator Charles Sumner lying in state in the U.S. Capitol. Other illustrations on the same page show Mate Brady, a hero of the "Atlantic" disaster...; Bertie Winkler, the Virginia... More

Military heroes of World War at Kansas City

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The cathedral of Reims, and street restored since the world war, Franc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.

Gibbons, Guy Irving: World War I veteran, Granville, Ohio

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Right dress -- shoulder to shoulder, ye devils -- close up

Gift; Ernest Fuhr estate; (DLC/PP-1934:0111). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "His Bit," Everybody's magazine.

[Horses charging over battlefield]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Woodrow Wilson Papers: Series 11: Woodrow, Axson, and Wilson Family Ma...

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Eugène Atget - Cabaret de l'Homme Armé, Rue des Blancs-Manteaux

Public domain photograph - 19th-century albumen print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Eugene Atget, the French photographer, is best known for his photographs of the architec... More

Private John H. Rowe of Co. B, 16th Infantry Regiment in uniform with ...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restr... More

Boxer Rebellion. The Hiker, China

The Hiker stands in memory of veterans of the Spanish American War (1898) and two related actions: the Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902) and the China Relief Expedition (the "Boxer Rebellion," 1900). Soldiers... More

Home from the war - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Photograph of a painting or illustration signed "H. Burgess (?)." Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 21238. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Untitled (World War I fortification)

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Portrait of an unidentified soldier

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Army Relief Society garden party, Governors Island National Monument, ...

Color guard drills at the Army Relief Society garden party. Fort Jay is in the background.

[U.S. soldiers getting library books from truck, Kelly Field Library]

No. L.W.S.#28. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Italian Commission, World War I

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range On paper inside envelope: L. to R. S.C. Porsarelli, Senatorio Marconi, Pri... More

General Sir Ian Hamilton on a destroyer

Photograph shows Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853-1947), a British Army general the deck of a ship with others. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

With our boys who are over there

This is a public-domain musical notation scan. There were many music publishers in the United States during the 1900s. Some of the most well-known ones include G. Schirmer, Inc., Boosey & Hawkes, and Hal Leonar... More

General Sir Ian Hamilton on a destroyer

Photograph shows Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853-1947), a British Army general the deck of a ship with others. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from unverified data provided by the Bain New... More

Karl Franz Josef, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Karl Franz Joseph (Charles I of Austria) (1887-1922) with a soldier during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.... More

Only a soldier's dream - Public domain American popular sheet music

This is a public-domain musical notation scan. There were many music publishers in the United States during the 1900s. Some of the most well-known ones include G. Schirmer, Inc., Boosey & Hawkes, and Hal Leonar... More

Zeichnet vierte österreichische Kriegsanleihe / A. Karpellus.

Poster shows a 16th century soldier holding up a flag with the Austro-Hungarian double-headed Imperial eagle on it. Text: Subscribe to the 4th Austrian War Loan. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte u... More

Aldershot - recruits on practice hike

Photograph shows British soldiers at Aldershot army camp in England during World War I. Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library... More

Misses McAdoo, Britton, et. al. on "Lusitania"

Photograph shows Nona McAdoo (daughter of William Gibbs McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury under President Woodrow Wilson) with Miss Katherine Britton, departing for France on the Lusitania where they planned to... More

H. Sims conducting searchlight tattoo, Aldershot

Photograph shows H. Sims at a searchlight tattoo, a concert and military drill illuminated by torches, at Aldershot army camp, England during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data ... More

British armored autos in France

Photograph shows British soldiers and cars in France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham ... More

Crown Prince -- Germ. i.e., Germany

Photograph shows German Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882-1951) with two other soldiers during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. For... More

Mrs. Wynne in Western Trenches - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Hilda Wynne of the British Red Cross with soldiers during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: G... More

German & Austrian prisoners in Russia

Photograph shows German and Austrian prisoners in Russia 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 Grant... More

Man and woman, inscribed Bolton

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Sing me a song of America, my home over the sea

This is a public-domain musical notation scan. There were many music publishers in the United States during the 1900s. Some of the most well-known ones include G. Schirmer, Inc., Boosey & Hawkes, and Hal Leonar... More

Mobilizing before Gare de Lyon, Paris

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Pershing Guest of Honor of Baltic Club. Washington, D.C., June 1. Gene...

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

Copy portrait of an unidentified Driver in the New Zealand Field Arti...

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Man and woman, inscribed Bolton

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The death of the year - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand

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You and me - Public domain American popular sheet music

This is a public-domain musical notation scan. There were many music publishers in the United States during the 1900s. Some of the most well-known ones include G. Schirmer, Inc., Boosey & Hawkes, and Hal Leonar... More

Dixie girl of mine - Public domain American popular sheet music

This is a public-domain musical notation scan. There were many music publishers in the United States during the 1900s. Some of the most well-known ones include G. Schirmer, Inc., Boosey & Hawkes, and Hal Leonar... More

Type of United States submarine that helped subdue the German U-Boats ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Armistice Day services at Arlington. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Genera...

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

Volunteer of 15, from Brandenburg

Photograph shows a 15 year old soldier on horseback, from Brandenburg, Germany during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Print... More

Copy of a portrait of an unidentified soldier

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The navy will bring them back - Public domain American popular sheet ...

Neufmentier i.e., Chauconin-Neufmontiers -- French & German wounded in...

Photograph shows French and German wounded soldiers in a church, in Chauconin-Neufmontiers, France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on... More

Acting Secretary of the navy principal speaker at Arlington Armistice ...

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

Portrait of an unidentified soldier and an unidentified woman [inscrib...

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Paul Revere Sentinels appear at Senate Neutrality Hearing. Washington,...

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

Memorial - World War, Quincy Massachusetts

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, cannon, weapon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

German Army field Hdqrs. near Ostend

Photograph shows German soldiers seated and standing outside of a sod building near Ostend, Belgium, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service ... More

Farm near Duivendrecht - Public domain dedication, Art Institute of Ch...

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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) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain ... More

World War I Vet. Parade - Public domain portrait photograph

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Wounded Austrian Officer on Patrol on Isonzo

Photograph shows a wounded Austrian officer near the Isonzo River which flows near the border of Slovenia and Italy, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the ... More

Germans passing thro' Paracin, on Belgrad - Nisch Line

Photograph shows German soldiers marching through the Serbian town of Paracin during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms ... More

French Cartoon of Reims Cathedral

Photograph shows a cartoon of Rheims Cathedral (banner reading Kultur Krupp) drawn during World War I by artist Albert Robida (1848-1926). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the ... More

Library War Service, YMCA Tent, Vancouver barracks, World War I

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

Miss Dora Rodrigues recruiting, World War I

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More

Dr. Mary Crawford, George Grantham Bain Collection

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

Miss Dora Rodrigues recruiting, World War I

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More

Gouda -- Children's Hospital, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows a children's hospital at a refugee camp in Gouda, the Netherlands, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. ... More

Mail delivery, Berlin, Mail Carrier

Photograph shows a woman mail carrier at a gate of a house, in Berlin, Germany during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms... More

Food Adm., World War I: sugar refineries group

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

Temporary bridge at Neu Sandeck

Photograph shows bridge at Nowy Saqcz, Poland (formerly Neu Sandec, Galicia) during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms p... More

A Sauterelle, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows soldiers with a sauterelle (grenade launcher) during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George... More

Female Worker, Watertown Arsenal

This photograph depicts a female worker at her job at the Watertown Arsenal during the World War I era. Photographs

48th Highlanders, 12th Infantry, & 10th Royal leave Toronto for camp

Photograph shows the 48th Highlanders of Canada, an infantry regiment based in Toronto with the Sherbrooke Hussars regiment, probably during the early days of World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)... More

Aviators decorated with iron cross: Saenger -- Baas -- Hahn -- Ingold ...

Photograph shows Lieut. Saenger, Lieut. Baas, Lieut. Hahn, Pilot Ingold, Lieut. Hug, Lieut. Bremer, and Sergt. Reichert during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the... More

Food Adm., World War I: Mrs. James Lee Laidlow

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

Market, Wash. D.C., World War I period

Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.npco This glass negative might sh... More

Les revendications des débbés. Bureau des enfants. Croix-Rouge américa...

Angry babies marching with placards, demanding their rights. Translation of title: Babies demand. Children's Bureau. Signed: Jacques Carlu. Promotional goal: Fr. G21. 191-. Item is no. 196 in a printed checkli... More

Wounded "French" prisoner of Germans

Photograph shows a African soldier, probably a Senegalese tirailleur (infantry soldier fighting for the French forces), who was taken prisoner by German forces during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons projec... More

German Protection against gas bombs

Photograph shows German soldier wearing a face mask to protect against gas attacks during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. F... More

Wash., D.C., Food Adm., World War I: elec. signs, 7th & Pennsylvania A...

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

German Hospital R.R. car - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows a hospital railroad car, probably 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). Ge... More

German Red Cross in Skiernewice

Photograph shows German Red Cross vehicles with flags in Skierniewice, Poland during World War I. Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: G... More

Kaiser and his Generals - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows German Kaiser Wilhelm II with his generals during World War I: standing left to right: von Bulow, von Mackensen, von Molike, Crown Prince William of Prussia, von Francois, Ludendorff, von Falke... More

Red Cross Canteen, Union Station, Wash., D.C., World War I

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More