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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
FAMOUS PEOPLE
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Warren Pershing
Newton Baker
While Pershing was
on assignment, he learned that his wife and
two daughters had died
in a tragic fire.
Only his 6 year old son survived.
Warren bears his mother's maiden name.
When the World War had ended General Pershing called for his son to come
to France and witness what everyone hoped would be the last war that humans would suffer.
Sec. of War Baker, Warren Pershing, son of Gen. Pershing and Sgt. Joseph Weltz,
guardian for Warren who was traveling on SS Leviathan to France - 1919
NARA165-WW-411B-006
Source of Picture: National Archives Records Group 165, Personnel
Edward VIII
William Wallace
Edward VIII, Prince of Wales and COL. William Wallace, Cmdr AEF in Italy ,
walking in gardens of Villa of 1001 Roses, Somme Campagna, Italy 8-11-1918
NARA111-SC-19728-ac
Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 165.
King Edward VIII of England going to War in 1914
Edward VIII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1894- ;
"The 20-year old Prince of Wales leaving Buckingham Palace, London,
to join his Grenadier Guards with whom he has gone to the Front". 1 Oct. 10, 1914
Edward VIII
Edward VIII
King of Italy
King of Italy with the future King Edward VIII of England in Italy ca 1914
Prince of Wales
Cochem
Prince of Wales and MG Chas. Muir, CO 4th Army Corps in courtyard of Burg Cochem Germany
1-11-19
NARA111-SC-45144
Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Kamio Mitsuomi
Nathaniel Barnardiston
General Kamio Mitsuomi (left) and General Barnardiston (right), September 1914
NAM. 1992-08-139-1
National Army Museum Copyright
National Army Museum, Study collection
Gerrit Beneker
Gerrit A. Beneker, painter, finishing a War Poster in 1918
LOC20603u
Source of photograph: Harris & Ewing Collection; Library of Congress.
Enrice Cardi
Enrice Cardi.
He was born in Berona, Italy in 1903.
His parents died when he was 4 years old.
In 1914 he joined the Italian Bersaglieri, 4th Reg., and remained with them on the Piave front,
almost constantly in the trenches, until 1916 when the French 70th Infantry,
which had been fighting in that sector left for France
and he accompanied them while with the Italian Army.
He was wounded in the hand.
He received the Italian Cross of War.
He fought in the Somme, Argonne, Champagne, Verdun, and on the Lorraine fronts
with the 70th Infantry (French) and was wounded twice, in the left side and in the right leg.
He was awarded the Croix de Guerre by General Francois the citation mentioning his two wounds and the capture of three German prisoners alone in the night with a rifle.
While with the French he was made an "honorary Corporal".
When the 70th Infantry was changing fronts from the Lorraine sector in September 1918,
he became lost in Nancy and was adopted
by a detachment of the 40th Engineers Camouflage, United States Army,
and was made an honorary Sergeant of that outfit, by a Colonel of the American Army.
The above statement is vouched for by the Italian Consulate, Nancy France
March 1919
Photographer : Joseph A. Collin
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Enrice Cardi
Enrice Cardi.
He was born in Berona, Italy in 1903.
His parents died when he was 4 years old.
In 1914 he joined the Italian Bersaglieri, 4th Reg., and remained with them on the Piave front,
almost constantly in the trenches, until 1916 when the French 70th Infantry,
which had been fighting in that sector left for France
and he accompanied them while with the Italian Army.
He was wounded in the hand.
He received the Italian Cross of War.
He fought in the Somme, Argonne, Champagne, Verdun, and on the Lorraine fronts
with the 70th Infantry (French) and was wounded twice, in the left side and in the right leg.
He was awarded the Croix de Guerre by General Francois the citation mentioning his two wounds and the capture of three German prisoners alone in the night with a rifle.
While with the French he was made an "honorary Corporal".
When the 70th Infantry was changing fronts from the Lorraine sector in September 1918,
he became lost in Nancy and was adopted
by a detachment of the 40th Engineers Camouflage, United States Army,
and was made an honorary Sergeant of that outfit, by a Colonel of the American Army.
The above statement is vouched for by the Italian Consulate, Nancy France
March 1919
Photographer : Joseph A. Collin
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Enrice Cardi
Paris, France.
This picture shows the size of one of the heroes of the war.
This is Henri Cardi, who was born in Berona, Itlay, in 1903.
His parents died when he was 4 years old.
In 1914 he joined the Italian Bersaglieri, 4th Regt. and remained with them on the Piave front,
almost constantly in the Trenches, until 1916 when the French 70th Infantry
which had been fighting in that sector, left for France
and he accompanied them.
While with the Italian Army he was wounded in the hand.
He received the Italian Cross of War.
He fought on the Somme, Argonne, Champagne, Verdun and on the Lorraine fronts,
with the French 70th Infantry and was wounded twice in the left side and in the right leg.
He was awarded the Croix de Guerre by General Francois, the citation mentioning his two wounds and the capture of three Germans in the night with a rifle.
While with the 70th Infantry he was widely known as the "Little Corporal".
When the 70th Infantry was changing fronts from the Lorraine sector in Sept. 1918
he became lost in Nancy and was adopted
by a detachment of the 40th Engineers, Camouflage, United States Army,
and was made an honorary sergeant of that outfit by the Colonel.
The above is vouched for by the Italian Consulate, Nancy, France
March 1919
Photographer : Joseph A. Collin
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
W.W. Husband
In charge of relief for Americans who are prisoners in German hands:
W.W. Husband of Washington, A.R.C. representative in Copenhagen.
He is shown here on his way to the American Embassy in London to pay his respects
to the retiring Ambassador Walter Hines Page.
Mr. Husband was identified with the work of prisoners relief in Bernes, Switzerland
for more than a year, and was then transferred to Denmark to organize similar work there
ca. 1918
Photographer : ARC
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
W.W. Husband
W.W. Husband of Washington, American Red Cross representative of Copenhagen.
Taken on the steps of the A.R.C. headquarters in London.
The work of caring for American prisoners in Germany is now centered in Berne
but in order it be prepared for every possible emergency the A.R.C. has leased
a large reserve warehouse in Copenhagen,
which is prepared to take up the work at a moment's notice.
Here are kept stocks of food clothing and other supplies sufficient
to care for several thousand American prisoners over a long period of months.
Mr. Husband was formerly head of the Division of Contract Labor in the Department
for Commerce and Labor at Washington
ca. 1918
Photographer : ARC
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Cen. G.H. Harries
Gen. Dupont
Gen. Ewart
Gen. Bassi
Gen. G.H. Harries, Gen. Dupont, Gen. Ewart, Gen. Bassi
Photograph shows members of the Allied Prison Commission
(left to right):
Brigadier General George Herbert Harries (1860-1934) who served in the United States Army; French Brigadier General Charles Joseph Dupont (1863-1935);
British Major General Sir Richard Henry Ewart (1864-1928);
and Italian Brigadier General Bassi.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017)
1919
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Baron Wrangel
This man has commanded troops
which in official reports have captured 200,000 Bolshevik prisoners.
Baron Vrangell [Wrangel], Lieut. Gen. and Commander of the army of Caucasas [Caucasus],
which has carried the eastern sector of Denikine's front.
These troops captured Tzaritzin and Kamichin on the Volga, and are the right arm of the forceps which General Denikine is insinuating around Moscow.
Vrangell [Wrangel] and his Cossacks are the eastern end,
Skouro and his cossacks are the western end
11 November 1919
Photographer : ARC Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)