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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
CITIES and VILLAGES
ENJOYMENTS and PAINS
VERDUN
page 1
Verdun
Verdun, France, 1919
King, W. L. (William Lester), photographer
King, W. L. (William Lester), copyright claimant
"Photo by W. L. King, Millersberg, Ohio; by courtesy of Military Intelligence Div., General Staff, U.S. Army."
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
The city of Verdun, from The Citadel, showing French observatory post on the left
1919 ?
Schutz Group Photographers (Washington, D.C.), photographer
Entrance to the famous city of Verdun, strongly held by the French
1918 ?
Schutz Group Photographers (Washington, D.C.), photographer
Library of Congress
Anti-tank barrier, made of reinforced concrete posts & heavy cables, front of German lines,
Bet Etain & Verdun
1919
Schutz Group Photographers (Washington, D.C.), photographer
Library of Congress
Verdun - "They shall not pass!" / photographs by Helen Johns Kirtland, Leslie's staff correspondent.
Five images showing the ruins of buildings,
including a cathedral interior, in Verdun, France after World War I.
Kirtland, Helen Johns, 1890-1979, photographer
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Photograph taken in Verdun (1916) showing destruction caused by shells
1916
Photographer: Mr. Cordoza, ARC.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Road near Verdun before German attack
between 1914 and 1920
Photographer: Mr. Cordoza, ARC.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Same road as 2312 showing destruction caused by shelling,
2 August 1916
Photographer: ARC Commission to France
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Verdun
A. Robida.
Villes de Gloire et de Souffrance, lithographies originales par A. Robida.
Verdun, road to Y.M.C.A. canteen / A.K.S. ;
sketched on spot by Y.M.C.A. secretary ;
Coquemer imp. Paris.
Poster showing a canteen entrance with soldiers below an arch; the street is strewn with rubble.
1917
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington,
A street in Verdun.
October 1917
Print from Red Cross Magazine. Copyright released for Red Cross Slide Department.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Verdun
Soldiers marching beside a river and over a bridge into a shelled Verdun.
The battle of Verdun in 1916 was the longest and costliest battle -- in terms of lives -- of the war.
Toussaint, Maurice, 1882-, artist
1919
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
A present-day street in Verdun.
The German artillery fire on Verdun has been terrific.
Most of the buildings are total wrecks and the air of desolation that now prevails is pathetic
December 1917
Prints from R.C. Magazine, copyright released for Red Cross slide department.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Russian trenches.
December 1917
Print from R.C. Magazine. Copyright released for Red Cross Slide Department
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)