1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Mass in the Allied Trenches on the Western Front

During the war, priests of the Catholic Church held services for the soldiers. Masses were often held in dug-outs in the front line trenches. It was a solemn scene because of the reality of death these men faced.

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1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Alincourt, France; German Ammunition Camp Destroyed by Allied Airmen

The image depicts destruction after an an airstrike. There are dead horses, destroyed train cars, and broken wagons in the background. Alincourt was a small village in France. It was occupied for a while by the Germans until the Allies launched a successful airstrike later in the war, leaving behind death and destruction.

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1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: German Ammunition Depot, after Visit of French Airmen, Alincourt, Ardennes, France

This image depicts destruction done by French airman. There are many dead horses, broken train cards, and debris.

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1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Supplies Left by the Germans in Their Retreat from Soupier, Alane, France

This image depicts the supplies that the Germans left behind during their hurried retreats in the final months of the war. It also shows French soldiers taking inventory of what was left behind. There is some destruction in the background. The Germans left behind everything from helmets to rifles and clothing. In Soupier, France, they left behind a large sum of supplies.

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1914

Keystone View Company

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Title: "On all sides round a great furnace flamed" German Attack, North Compiegne, France

This photograph depicts men waiting for the signal to go "over the top" and attack from the trenches. There is smoke in the distance, as well as destroyed fields.

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1914

Keystone View Company

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Title: Setting Up Large Searchlight in Advance Lines, Vosges Sector

In this photo, soldiers are setting up a searchlight in a trench in the woods. Searchlights were important pieces of technology because they provided visual on enemy movement much further than the eye can see.

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1914

Keystone View Company

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Title: Sharpshooters in Protected Position near Enemy Lines

This photo depicts sharpshooters hiding in the trenches, waiting to attack. They fashioned creative hiding places, using everything from bushes to shell crates for protection. New recruits died frequently because of these sharpshooters.

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1914

Keystone View Company

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Title: In a French Tench, Sandbag Protected, Showing Dart Bombs

Depicted in this photograph are three men, hidden in a trench and protected by sandbags. They have in their possession signal rockets and hand grenades. Signal rockets were used to call for help on the battle field. Different colors and designs indicated a specific need for assistance.

GLC09584.111

1914

Keystone View Company

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Title: French Soldiers Resting in the Trenches

French soldiers lie, crowded, in a Communicating trench, waiting to relieve those on the front lines.

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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Red Cross "Dog Encampment" Behind the Lines in the French Sector.

Military dogs, used for numerous purposes by the army, amble amongst their barracks in France.

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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Red Cross Dog and Soldier for Whom He Got Help

A dog wearing a Red Cross collar stands beside a wounded soldier. Red Cross dogs would find wounded soldiers and lead medical and rescue teams to the site.

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1914

Keystone View Company

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Title: The Dog in War--Reporting to First Aid Squad with Helmet of Wounded Soldier

Three medical soldiers stand in a ditch as a Red Cross dog approaches, holding in its mouth the helmet of a wounded soldier.

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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Picking up the Severely Wounded from among the Dead; Battlefield Scene, France

Two French soldiers carry a wounded comrade on a stretcher across a field.

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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Rendering First Aid to the Wounded in the French Trenches

Two soldiers look on as three medical personnel tend to a wounded soldier in a trench in France.

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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Bringing in Wounded on French Front after Battle Ablain St. Nazaire

Soldiers surround a wounded man lying on a stretcher at a first aid camp near Albain St. Nazaire in France.

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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Bringing in the Wounded "On Stretchers Stiff and Bleared with Blood"

Four wounded men lie on stretchers at a first aid station, awaiting medical attention.

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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: British Red Cross Ambulance in French Service, Northern France

Two French soldiers exit a Red Cross ambulance while five others stand outside it, one with a bandage around his head.

GLC09584.120

1916-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Taking Away the Wounded in Motor Ambulance (Somme)

Three soldiers load a wounded man on a stretcher into a Red Cross ambulance.

GLC09584.121

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: French Field Hospital--Locating Bullet With X-Ray Machine

Two army surgeons use an X-Ray to locate a bullet in a wounded soldier at a French Field Hospital.

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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Ghastly Glipse of Wounded Belgians in Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium

In this photpograph is a man who is very seiously injured. He has bandages covering his face and hands. There is a nurse sitting by his side and two other wounded soldiers who look like they are in a better condition in the background. Women who worked as nurses did a lot to help wounded soldiers.

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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: French Convalescents, Nicknamed "The Cripples," About to Return to the Front

In this scene there is a large gathering of men who are recovering from various wounds from the war. Some of them are standing and others are sitting. Some are eating and smoking. They are about to return to "the front" to fight once more.

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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Allied Soldiers Binding up the Wounds of Their Prisoners after the Battle

This photo shows the French caring for wounds of the enemy who are prisoners of war. The soldies during WWI were known to have been able to humanely treat each other. A soldier appears to have a wounded leg that is being treated with some of the many advancements in medical technology that were made during this time.

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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Sacrificed on Altar of German Militarism- Arrival of Dead at Military Cemetary, Villers au Bois, France

This photograph shows men pushing a wagon that is meant to carry the dead. There also lies a man who died in battle. The description on the photograph mentions that after WWI there were many fatherless children and widows.

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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Internment of the Fallen Brave in the Cemetary at Villers au Bois, France

In this photograph are men gathered, including a priest, around a grave with dead men. Fallen men more often than not were put into mass graves. The region of Villers-au-Bois saw a lot of fighting during the war.

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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Sanitary Work of the Battle Line- Disinfectin the Ruins with Patent Spray

This photograph shows a medical worker spraying disinfectant on the battle field. He has a red cross band on his arm. There is a lot of rubble and destruction in the background. With all the death and destruction, battle fields were breeding grounds for disease.

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