World War, 1914-1918 -- France

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9 B/W WWI-era photographic aerial views and ground views of the Gujan air station, compound, hangars, and YMCA club, located in France.

Scope and Contents Pocket diary of Captain Leo McCusker (US Army, HQ Troop, 4th Div) dating from May 6 through September 26,1918. The diary begins with McCusker's boarding ship for England. It continues with excellent detailed descriptive accounts of battles (including September 25th battle on Hill 304), German bombing and shelling raids, the elaborate German dugouts, dead and wounded on the battlefields, prisoners of war, etc at and near the Front in France. It also includes his experiences in various...

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Les Ruines Apre le Passage des Allemands photo-postcards - an 18-page commemorative album of photo-postcards depicting scenes in France during 1914-1915. Printed captions are in both French and English.

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89 souvenir WWI-era postcards, some unused, but most containing handwrtten messages postmarked and addressed to a Miss Louise Waite of Shawnee, Oklahoma. The preponderance of postcards feature sites within France and Belgium. Also included is a WWI-era artillery pickelhaube.

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Photo-journal kept by American soldier S. Arthur Devan during his service with unidentified branch of the military. Handwritten captions. WWI France, 1918-1919.

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...

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

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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

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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.