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World War, 1914-1918 -- France

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Sally Appel papers, 1911-1934

 Collection
Identifier: 1989-003
Scope and Contents The Sally Appel papers consist of the writings, war camp documents, correspondence, photographs, and publications (including a complete run the newspaper, Der Vergessene Michel) relating to Sally Appel, a German soldier held prisoner by the French during World War I. While a prisoner, Appel was permitted by the French camp commandant to create the newspaper, Der Vergessene Michel, 14 issues of which were lettered and illustrated on mimeograph masters and published between October 1919 and...
Dates: 1911 - 1934

The Great War - WWI collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-004
Scope and Contents

Consists of manuscripts, letters, photographs, artifacts and ephemera.

Dates: 1915-1918, 1997

Tyner Smith WWI materials, 1918-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-055
Scope and Contents

Photographs, postcards, carte d'identitie, 1921 transcription of Chaplain of USA Ambulance Assoc. reply to New York Times maligning Dos Passos and Ambulance Service, Ambulance Serivce Bulletin 1918, 1918-1919 personal letters, Discharges papers, two maps of Paris

Dates: 1918 - 1919
Unknown soldiers' map of France
Unknown soldiers' map of France

US Army 16th Engineer Regiment photographs, 1914-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2003-016
Scope and Contents

Series of 159 black and white photos, most with captions, printed on card stock, most taken between June 1917 and April 1919. Images include scenes of men as they enlist at the Fairgrounds in Detroit; views of the exterior and interior of the barracks at the Fairground in Detroit; scenes of the men enroute to Europe; scenes of thei engineers' work and activites while in France; and scenes of their return trip to the States.

Dates: 1914 - 1919

WWI photographs, 1918-1935

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-073
Scope and Contents

A broad range of subject matter depicted in 238 snapshots. Subjects include ground-based weaponry (French, German), observation balloons and Zeppelins (American, German); aeroplanes (German, American); naval vessels and ferries; ruins (France, Belgium, Germany); soldiers. Also among the collection are approximately 81 snapshots from a later period, circa 1935, of barracks, airplanes, airports, etc.

Dates: 1918 - 1935; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1919

WWI photographs: France, 1918

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-009
Scope and Contents 92 photographs in a Ward's Album for Unmounted Photographs, No. 1743. Almost all of the photographs are captioned in the image; possibly translations into less than perfect English. Some of the smaller photos have been pasted in. A good number of the photos appear to be press photographs rather than snapshots taken by a serviceman. Pictures include a German 3-seated bombing plane captured by the French after landing due to engine trouble; a picture of a German bomber causght...
Dates: 1918