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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
POSTERS - PRESS
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GERMANY
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Die Betlehem Steel-Company in Amerika
Print shows an old man (Woodrow Wilson?) in a hood,
wearing slippers, and carrying two bells with deaths-head clappers.
The handles of the bells are crucifixes.
1915
Published in:
Kriegszeit Künstlerflugblätter. Berlin : Verlag Paul Cassier, no. 49, 28 July 1915.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Unser Kaiser an sein Volk / E. Kaempster.
Poster shows St. George slaying a dragon.
Text, under heading
"Our Emperor to his people"
is a proclamation issued by Kaiser Wilhelm II on July 31, 1914,
concerning the advent of war, the coming struggle,
and the need to pray for God's help for the soldiers.
Poster was issued for the benefit of the Red Cross.
Kaempster, Edward, 1859-, artist
Breslau : Verlag von Wilh. Gottl. Korn, 1914
(Breslau : Steindruck von Richard Speer, 1914)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Bulgaren-Held;
Zigarettenfabrik Menes, Wiesbaden
Poster shows a German soldier smoking.
Poster is an advertisement
for cigarettes produced by Menes Cigarette Factory, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Hohlwein, Ludwig, 1874-1949, artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
München : Fritz Maison
1915
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Bis zum letzten Hauch ...
Poster showing an eagle perched on a German flag.
Text encourages people
to donate to the war fund on the anniversary of the Battle of Tannenberg.
Bernhard, Lucian, artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
Berlin : Hollerbaum & Schmidt
1915
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Volkspende für die deutschen Kriegs-und Zivil-Gefangenen
Poster shows a soldier standing next to prison bars;
in background a large red heart.
Text:
People's Fund for German War and Civil Prisoners
Hohlwein, Ludwig, 1874-1949, artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Volkspende für die deutschen Kriegs-und Zivil-Gefangenen ...
Poster shows a soldier standing next to prison bars;
in the background a large red heart.
Text:
People's Fund for German War and Civil Prisoners.
Collection days: July 1 - 7, 1916.
Hohlwein, Ludwig, 1874-1949, artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
München : Fritz Maison
1916
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Der Amerikanische Weihnachtsmann
Print shows a skeleton, draped in the American flag,
handing ammunition from a box marked Bethlehem Steel Company
to African and Indian soldiers firing at German soldiers.
In the lower right corner a vignette showing a grieving German mother
holding her child.
Surrounding them is a laurel wreath with Iron Cross;
below, a cemetery with crosses and German helmets.
A poem by H. Vogel accompanies the picture.
1915
Print is a magazine illustration.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Der deutsche Schmied, ein vaterländisches Spiel ...
Poster shows a blacksmith with a raised hammer.
Text is advertisement
for a play to benefit the War Aid, organized by Berlin Military Headquarters.
Location, performance days, times, performers and other details are given.
Oppenheim, Louis, artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
Berlin : Kunstanstalt Weylandt,
1915
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Zum Besten der Kriegsnotspende ...
drei mittelalterliche Volksspiele ...
Spiel vom Sündenfalle,
Totentanz,
Theophilus der Urfaust ...
Poster shows head of a man wearing a medieval head covering and a robe.
Text is advertisement
for a theatrical performance of three popular medieval plays
The Fall from Grace;
Dance of Death;
and Theophilus the pre-Faust,
to benefit the War Emergency Fund.
Additional details are given.
Lehmann, H., artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
Leipzig : Kunstanstalt H.F. Jütte,
1915
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Ausstellung Bayerischer Kriegsbeute zu gunsten des Roten Kreuzes
Poster shows an armor breast plate and helmet;
in background a display of flags marked RF (Républque Franc̦aise).
Text announces an exhibit of Bavarian war spoils to benefit the Red Cross.
Stuck, Franz von, 1863-1928, artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
München: Kunstanstalt Klein & Volbert,
1915
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Der Britleu
Print shows a small sea-lion,
representing Great Britain, wrapped in the American flag.
The cartoon refers to the British defeat by Turkey in the Dardanelles campaign, 1915.
Gaul, August, 1869-1921, artist
Published in:
Kriegszeit Künstlerflugblätter. Berlin : Verlag Paul Cassier, no. 27, 17 Feb. 1915.
1915
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
L'Entente Cordiale 1915
Depiction of Britain as a spider, German eagle sitting overhead,
Uncle Sam and two others tied up in web in background.
The Entente Cordiale was a diplomatic agreement
signed in 1904 by France and Great Britain
which adjusted the colonial disputes between the two countries,
and paved the way for Anglo-French co-operation against German expansion
in Europe and in the colonial world.
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
s.n., 1915
Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Altonaer Kriegshilfe Blumentag
Poster showing two cherubs decorating a German helmet with garlands of flowers.
Text:
Altona's War Relief Flower Day.
Poster also announces opening of the Flower Exhibit at the Kaiserhof.
Battermann, Wilhelm, 1872-, artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Ausstellung für Kriegsfürsorge, Cöln,
August-September 1916;
Kriegsbeschädigten-fürsorge, Berufs-Ausbildung und Umbildung
Poster shows two wounded German soldiers,
one with arm in a sling, the other with a crutch.
Text announces an exhibition in Cologne to raise money for wounded veterans.
Hoeltz, Ilse, artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
Köln : M. Dumont Schauberg, 1916.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Aufwärts, Oberbayerische Flugspende
Poster shows the profile of a German pilot.
Text: Onwards, Upper Bavarian Aviation Fund.
Erler, Fritz, 1868-1940, artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
München : Dr. C. Wolf u. Sohn
1916
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C