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Neufmontiers

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French succoring wounded German

Photograph shows French Moroccan soldiers, between Villeroy and Neufmoutiers,

France, caring for a wounded German soldier during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

1914

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Neufmontiers

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Dead German Between Villeroy & Neufmontiers

Photograph shows a dead German lying near a haystack, during World War I in France.

1914

Bain News Service, publisher

Image copied by Bain from an Agence Meurisse photograph (no. 55026)

with French caption:

"Entre Villeroy et Neufmoutiers: cadavre allemand derrière une meule."

Translation: Between Villeroy and Neufmontiers: a dead body of a German behind a haystack.

(Source: Gallica Digital Library website and Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Reviving wounded German with Pulmotor

Photograph shows a German being revived with a Pulmotor, an artificial respiration device,

during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Bain News Service, publisher

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Fère Tardenoise

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Bodies of dead Germans on battle field at Peronne

Photograph shows dead German soldiers on battlefield at Fère Champenoise

after a battle during World War I.

1914 Oct. 29

Bain News Service, publisher

Image copied by Bain from an Agence Meurisse photograph (no. 55204) with French caption:

 "Cadavre allemand sur le champ de bataille de Fère Champenoise.

" Translation: German corpse on the battefield of Fère Champenoise.

(Source: Gallica Digital Library website and Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Argonne

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Grave of a German soldier in the Argonne

Photograph shows a grave of a German soldier in the Forest of Argonne, France during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Germans employ dogs to find the wounded.

Dark stains on snow look ominous

between 1916 and 1919

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Germans at comrades' graves

Photograph shows German soldiers on horseback mourning at graves of soldiers

on the battlefield during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

1914 or 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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[close up]

Germans at comrades' graves

Photograph shows German soldiers on horseback mourning at graves of soldiers

on the battlefield during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

1914 or 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german soldier trench tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

[close up]

Germans at comrades' graves

Photograph shows German soldiers on horseback mourning at graves of soldiers

on the battlefield during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

1914 or 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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German cross over French soldiers

Photograph shows German language cross over the grave of a French soldier during World War I.

Bain News Service, publisher

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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[close up]

German cross over French soldiers

Photograph shows German language cross over the grave of a French soldier during World War I.

Bain News Service, publisher

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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During an attack by gas from the Germans,

one of the French soldiers was a little slow in putting on his gas mask and has been overcome.

The Red Cross worker is trying to bring him to by artificial respiration.

October 1917

Copyright released for Red Cross Slide Department.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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French wounded soldiers carried by the Norton Harjes Ambulance Corps (AMERICAN RED CROSS)

to the first dressing station.

They are leaving the station for the evacuation hospital behind the lines near Verdun.

Spring 1917

Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: M. Cordoza.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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German engineers in camp

Photograph shows German engineers at a camp during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Bain News Service, publisher

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Photograph shows German soldiers gathered around a Christmas tree, outside during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Bain News Service, publisher

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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German River patrol – France

Photograph shows German soldiers in France during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Bain News Service, publisher

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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German Veterinary at work

Photograph shows a German veterinary with a horse during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Bain News Service, publisher

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Vaccinating Germans for Cholera

Photograph shows Germans being vaccinated during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Bain News Service, publisher

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Field kitchen of Germans

Photograph shows German soldiers seated on a mobile field kitchen

in a city street during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Bain News Service, publisher

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Visé

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Germans at Vise getting water

Photograph shows German soldiers at Visé, Belgium during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Bain News Service, publisher

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Lodz

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Germans at Vise getting water

Photograph shows German soldiers at Visé, Belgium during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Bain News Service, publisher

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Arrival of gifts for German soldiers

Photograph shows arrival of gifts for German soldiers during World War I, possibly at Christmas.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Germans cooking near firing line, North Sea Coast

Photograph shows German soldiers seated on ground, with man at a camp fire in the foreground during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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