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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
CITIES and VILLAGES
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DESTRUCTION
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page 5
The Clarisses (left) where the old people died like flies after bad treatment from the Germans
in the occupied districts of France.
At the right is an old 12th century castle.
In the center is the tower of the old village church
between 1914 and 1920
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
The Clarisses (left) where the old people died like flies after bad treatment from the Germans
in the occupied districts of France.
At the right is an old 12th century castle.
In the center is the tower of the old village church
between 1914 and 1920
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
English Mission house wrecked by Zeppelin, 1/31/16
Photograph shows a mission house in Staffordshire, England
where a German zeppelin dropped a bomb that killed three people including
a woman missionary during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013 and the Illustrated London News, February 12, 1916, p. 213)
1/31/16
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Choisy au Bac
House burned by Germans,
Choisy Au Bac
Photograph shows a house burned by German soldiers in France during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1918 Nov. 16
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Bruges
Gate to Bruges, damaged by the Germans in their retreat
Porte de Bruges (Belgique)
November 1918
Photographer : Guerin.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Bruges
Gate to Bruges (in background) and bridge destroyed by Germans in their retreat
November 1918
Photographer : Guerin.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Louvain
Ruins of the Library at Louvain destroyed by the Germans in 1914.
Picture taken just after the departure of the Germans
November 1918.
Photographer : Guerin.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Fismes
Damage done by Germans in their retreat of August, 1918.
House completely destroyed by artillery west of Fismes
24 October 1918.
Photographer : Joseph A. Collin - Sgt. Hiney refer.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Wreckage of a house immediately adjacent to the Hotel Palace at [...] caused by German shell fire.
American Red Cross driver standing among the ruins
4 September 1918
Photographer : ARC Commission to France
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
The American Red Cross is assisting the Friends' Ambulance Unit to become re-established,
after German bombs wrecked their headquarters, killing two workers and injuring four
22 November 1918
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Reims
Reims.
Destruction done by German shells
May 1919
Photographer : Red Cross photo
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Roye
The City Hall of Roye did not escape from their work of destruction
5 March 1919
Photographer : ARC
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Saint Mihiel
Saint Mihiel (Meuse)
The Quartier Senarmont at the edge of the city where the destruction was greatest
June 1919.
Photographer: ARC. Paris Office; photo by the American Red Cross
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Ypres
Ruines d'Ypres - Le Collège
The ruins at Ypres - The Collège
Photographic postcard shows the destruction to
"The Collège" in Ypres (leper), Belgium, after World War I;
Kirtland, Helen Johns, 1890-1979, collector
Nels, Édouard, 1869-1925.
Bruxelles : Edition J. Revyn, 14, rue du Canada, Bruxelles,
1918 or 1919
Helen Johns Kirtland and Lucian Swift Kirtland photographs of World War I in Europe
(Library of Congress).
Paris
Q.M. warehouses destroyed in Paris air raid - Saint-Denis,
September 19, 1918
Photograph shows the destruction to a U.S. Quartermaster Corps warehouse
in Saint-Denis caused by an air raid on the night of September 15, 1918.
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
1918
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Arras
A church in Arras cut in half by German shells
Photograph shows a church with considerable damage sustained during bombardment
by German guns in Arras, France, during World War I.
1919
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Bouresches
The destroyed town of Bouresches, France, on the edge of Belleau Woods
Schutz Group Photographers (Washington, D.C.), photographer
1918
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Cambrai
Cambrai, France, 1919
King, W. L. (William Lester), photographer
On front: "Photo by W. L. King, Millersberg, Ohio;
by courtesy of Military Intelligence Div., General Staff, U.S. Army."
1919
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Soissons
Soissons, France, 1919
On front: "Photo by W. L. King, Millersberg, Ohio; by courtesy of Military Intelligence Div., General Staff, U.S. Army."
1919
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Scene in the village of Jarnow showing destruction of buildings by artillery fire
during the Russo-Austrian military operations
28 October 1919
Photographer: ARC Capt. Marshall.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
What's the matter with Serbia?
It is the broken lines of communication and general spoilation of the country by the enemy.
This scene is typical of the condition of highway communication throughout the land.
The Bulgars blew up this bridge in their retreat behind the old Turkish fortress in the background.
This bridge formed the only connecting link with Nish from the South and its destruction delayed
the arrival of American Red Cross relief in that destitute city by several days
4 December 1919
Photographer : A.R.C. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)