WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
CITIES and VILLAGES
DESTRUCTION
page 1
Lviv
Germans rebuild bridge at Lemberg
Photograph shows German soldiers on bridge at Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Empire,
(now Lviv, Ukraine), 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
Choisy au Bac
Choisy Au Bac
Houses burned by Germans
Photograph shows a street with houses in Choisy-au-Bac, France
which were damaged by German forces during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914 Nov. 6
Image copied by Bain from a photograph by Agence Meurisse with French caption:
"Choisy-au-Bac, village situé dans la forêt de Laigne:
maisons incendiées par les Allemands."
Translation:
Choisy -au-Bac, village located in the forest of Laigne: houses burned by the Germans.
(Source: Gallica Digital Library website and Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Belgian Farm House -- fired by Germans
Photograph shows a farmhouse in Belgium
which was burned by the German Army 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
Reims
Chimney near Reims hit by German Shell
Photograph shows a damaged factory chimney near Reims, France
which was hit by a German shell during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914 Oct. 31
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Trilport
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)
1914 Nov.
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Wreckage of a house immediately adjacent to the Hotel Palace, at [...] caused by German shell fire.
AMERICAN RED CROSS driver standing among the ruins
between 1914 and 1920
Photographer : M. Pierce
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Nieuport
Red Cross workers in one of the ruined streets at Nieuport
where the fighting was fiercest.
The German shells were still falling when this photo was made
between 1914 and 1919
Photographer : ARC, Underwood & Underwood (cop.)
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Senlis
Senlis
Rue de la République
Photograph shows war damage from German bombs in Senlis, France, during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Image copied by Bain from a photograph by Agence Meurisse with French caption:
"Senlis: la rue de la République bombardée par les Allemands.
" Translation:
Rue de la République bombed by the Germans.
(Source: Gallica Digital Library website and Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Soissons
Photograph shows buildings in Soissons, France
after bombardment by German forces during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Image copied by Bain from a photograph by Agence Meurisse with French caption:
"A Soissons, bombardement par les Allemands: maisons en ruines.
" Translation:
At Soissons, bombardment by the Germans: Houses in ruins.
(Source: Gallica Digital Library website and Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Nidzica
Church in Neidenburg destroyed by Russians
Photograph shows a church in Neidenburg, German Empire, (now Nidzica, Poland)
which was damaged by Russian forces 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
Nidzica
Church in Neidenburg destroyed by Russians
Photograph shows a church in Neidenburg, German Empire, (now Nidzica, Poland)
which was damaged by Russian forces 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