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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
POSTERS - PRESS
GERMANY
page 4
Pflanzt Öl! Pflanzt Sonneblumen und Mohn,
ihr schafft dann Deutsches öl und dient dem Vaterland! ...
Poster shows a sign, with a song bird perched on it,
in a bed of poppies and sunflowers.
Text on sign encourages the planting of sunflowers and poppies to produce oil.
Seeds and instructions provided by the War Committee for Oils and Fats.
Gipkens, Julius E. F., 1883-, artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
Berlin : Hollerbaum & Schmidt
1916
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Young men of Britain!
The Germans said you were not in earnest.
"We knew you'd come - and give them the lie!"
Play the greater game and join the football battalion
designed and printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.
Poster showing soldiers firing from a trench,
and a vignette of players on a soccer field.
Extract from Frankfurter Zeitung:
"The young Britons prefer to exercise their long limbs on the football ground,
rather than to expose them to any sort of risk in the service of their country."
1915
Extract from Frankfurter Zeitung:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Der Amerikanische Friedensengel
Print shows an angel holding, in one hand,
a cornucopia from which pours forth armaments and munitions.
In her other hand she holds a lily branch on which the leaves are American flags.
Petersen, Carl Olof, 1881-1939, artist
Published in: Kriegszeit Künstlerflugblätter. Berlin : Verlag Paul Cassier, no. 52, 31 Aug. 1915
1915
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Deutsche Kriegsausstellung Hamburg
Poster shows a stylized German flag.
Text announces a war exhibition sponsored by the Central Committee of the Association of the German Red Cross
and the Hamburg Regional Association of the Red Cross.
Location, dates, and entrance fee are given.
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
Hamburg : Hartung & Co., 1916.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Das Gold den Vaterland!
Poster shows a medallion designed by Hermann Hosaeus with the motto:
Gold gab ich zur Wehr, Eisen nahm ich zur Ehr.
The medallion depicts a woman in profile holding
a medal on a chain in her outstretched hand.
Text urges people to increase German gold reserves
by bringing jewelry to gold dealers.
Bernhard, Lucian, artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
Berlin : Hollerbaum & Schmidt
1916
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Altona's Opfertag,
18. Januar 1916
Poster showing a German soldier;
in background, a woman surrounded by her children.
Text reminds Altoners to contribute to war aid on Altona's Offering Day.
Battermann, Wilhelm, 1872-, artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
Altona : Kunstanstalt Langebartels & Jürgens, 1916.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Kaiser- und Volksdank für Heer und Flotte
Poster shows a kneeling knight with a sword in one hand
and a dove of peace in the other.
Text declares the Kaiser's and people's gratitude to the Army and Navy.
Ehmcke Fritz Hellmut, 1878-1965, artist
München : C. Wolf & Sohn
1916
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Deutsche Kriegs-Ausstellung ...
Leipzig 1916-17
Poster shows an armor-clad arm holding a sword; in background a red globe.
Text announces a war exhibit to aid the Red Cross.
Gruner, Erich, 1881-1966, artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
Leipzig : Meissner & Buch,
1916.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Opfertag in Bayern
Poster shows a sword piercing a burning globe of the world.
Text announces Offering Day in Bavaria.
Münzer, Adolf Franz Theodor, 1870-1953, artist
München : O. Consée,
1916
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Satyrische Europa Karte Weltkrieg 1914
Zeichnung v. Entwurf, E. Zimmermann, Hamburg, 6.
Print shows a map of Europe at the outbreak of the first World War with each country depicted
as a human figure representative of the particular state of affairs or attitudes of the country,
for instance, Germany is depicted as a soldier fighting with both Russia and France,
while eyeing England.
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
Hamburg : Druck u. Verlag W. Nölting, Kaiser Wilhelmstrasse 93, 1914.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Momentaufnahme von Europa und Halbasien 1914
Print shows a map of Europe at the time of World War I with each country
depicted as caricatures of their military, attitudes, or customs,
in some cases as civilians or animals, for instance,
England is represented by a military officer astride
a small bulldog with a venomous snake striking from behind,
also with numerous battleships in tow;
Russia is depiced as a large bear surrounded by scenes of civil strife
as it attacks a lion and a double-headed eagle representing Austria;
France is a soldier fleeing the large bullets coming from Germany who is depicted
as a mountain climber with a fierce eagle.
Spain may be a dozing soldier or political figure
and Portugal is a soldier listening for the sounds of war;
Italy is a reclining semi-nude female figure;
a scimitar, moon, and star represent the middle eastern region
Hamburg : Lith. Druck u. Verlag von Graht & Kaspar, Hamburg 6. 1. 7788
Printed on lower right: "Ges. geschützt."
1915
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Sinking of British ships, HOGUE and ABOUKIR.
Ships sunk by the noted German raider U-9, commanded by Capt. Weddingen,
with inset photo of Capt. Lt. Otto Eduard Weddingen, 1880-1915.
1914 Dec. 4.
George Grantham Bain Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Deutsche Kriegsausstellung ...
Ausstellungshallen am Zoo
Poster shows a German soldier standing guard by a collection of military gear and weapons, including a helmet, sword, shield, armor, flag, cannon balls, and a cannon mounted on a caisson.
Text announces a war exhibit arranged by the German Red Cross Associations,
opening January 1916 at the Exhibition Halls am Zoo (Berlin).
Orlik, Emil, 1870-1932, artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
Berlin : Kunstanstalt Weylandt
1915
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Erstürmung des Friedhofs von Kum Kaleh druch die türkischen Truppen in der Schlacht
vom 25 und 26 April 1915
Dardanellen Kum Kaleh
1915 ;
George Lebrecht für die Leipziger "Illustrirte Zeitung."
George Lebrecht - artist
Print shows soldiers advancing under fire at night on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Deutsche Ausstellung, Sparsame Baustoffe. Ausstellungshallen am Zoo,
16. November bis 22 Dezbr
Poster shows a money box and coins in front of an Ionic column.
Text announces an exhibit in Berlin of economical building materials.
Gipkens, Julius E. F., 1883-, artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
Berlin : Kunstanstalt v. Wilhelm Grev
1916
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Die Kunst im Krieg
Poster shows a large Roman helmet.
Text announces an exhibition "Art in War" in Berlin. Location, dates, and entrance fee are given.
Scheurich, Paul, 1883-1945, artist
Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner
Berlin : Hollerbaum & Schmidt,
1916.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C