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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
CITIES and VILLAGES
DESTRUCTION
page 4
Verdun
A street in Verdun.
Verdun
Matigny
Matigny, Somme.
House in course of construction by the American Red Cross Bureau of Reconstruction and Relief.
The peasant and his family are waiting to return to this house in order
to begin Spring planting of wheat as soon as it is finished
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer : A.R.C. Headquarters in Paris.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Arras
Street outside the Cathedral, Arras
November 1917
Photographer : Mr. Charles D. Norton.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Ypres
Ruins at Ypres
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer : Dr. Birkhead.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Noyon
Noyon.
Street with collapsed house.
Officer taking photographs
Photographer : French Official. Found in office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Roisel
Roisel, Somme ruins
November 1917
Photographer : Davis
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Arras
Station Square, Arras
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer : Dr. Birkhead
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Arras
[close up]
Station Square, Arras
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer : Dr. Birkhead
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Moislains
Ruins of church on western front. Moislains (Somme)
October 1917
Photographer: Wm. G. Foster.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Récicourt
Récicourt
A portion of the "old front line" in the reconquered region, showing barbed wire entanglements to be reconstructed by the A.R.C.
A small slice of Hell.
Front line for three years, now to be rebuilt by American Red Cross
between 1917 and 1920
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
The American Red Cross does enough to start life anew.
The other hole must wait
between 1917 and 1920
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Moroccan soldiers rebuilding
between 1917 and 1920
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Road made by pioneers for German troop
Photograph shows road made for German soldiers during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)
between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Dinant
German Bridge over Maas at Dinant
Photograph shows a bridge over the Maas River in Dinant, Belgium during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
between 1914 and ca. 1915
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Main street of a French town after the "Big Rush."
Photo shows, the main street in a French village after the French had pushed the Germans out.
Note the complete ruin of the little houses
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer : International Film Service
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Tours sur Marne
French building bridge at Tours Sur Marne
Photograph shows French engineers constructing a temporary bridge at Tours sur Marne, France, after the bridge was destroyed by German forces during World War I.
Image copied by Bain from an Agence Meurisse photograph with French caption:
"Pont de Tours-sur-Marne détruit par les Allemands:
le Génie français construisant un pont de fortune."
Translation:
Tours-sur-Marne bridge destroyed by the Germans: French engineers construct a makeshift bridge.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and Gallica Digital Library website)
1914 Oct. 26
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C