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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

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.

GLC09584.122

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.

GLC09584.123

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.

GLC09584.124

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.

GLC09584.125

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.

GLC09584.126

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.

GLC09584.127

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.

GLC09584.128

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Section of Many Miles of French Field Kitchens

In this photo is a field kitchen with many men and tents. The system to get food to the men on the front was advanced and systematic, with thousands of rations having to get to the front each day.

GLC09584.129

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Making Bread for British Troop; Camp Scene, France

This photo shows the men who were responsible for cooking food for the soldies. It appears that they had just made bread, a food staple during the war.

GLC09584.130

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Provisioning an Immense Army- British Transport Wagons in France

This photograph shows wagons used to transport various supplies during the war. Everything from fod to ammunition had to be carried to the soldiers. The staff that took care of this were very organized.

GLC09584.131

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Modern Artillery Transport by Auto in France

This photograph depicts a man driving a wagon that carries artillery. The auto truck took the place of the horse drawn wagons during the war and were capable of driving on all terrain.

GLC09584.132

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: French Gunners Adjusting Large Cannon Mounted on Railway Track--France

Two French artillery soldiers adjust the aim of a large cannon. All but the gears and mount of the weapon are obscured from view.

GLC09584.133

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: A British "Archie" in Action--Note Range Finders

A group of British soldiers man an anti-aircraft gun known as an "Archie" during a battle.

GLC09584.134

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: A British 9.2-In. Howitzer Under Camouflage

Two British soldiers man 9.2-Inch Howitzer gun which has been covered in leaves and branches to disguise it from afar.

GLC09584.135

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Feeding "Grannie"--Shell Hoisted into Position.

Soldiers use a pulley to load the twelve-inch howitzer, one of the largest guns used in the war, which they affectionately nicknamed, "Grannie".

GLC09584.136

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Feeding "Grannie"--Twelve Men Lowering Shell into Breach

Twleve British soldiers use a pulley system to properly load the twelve-inch Howitzer, affectionately known as "Grannie".

GLC09584.137

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Trench Mortar in Its Well-timbered Chamber--View Looking Straight Down.

A mortar sits inside a pit, whose walls are lined with lumber supports, several miles behind the front lines, used to destroy enemy trenches from afar.

GLC09584.138

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: A Pioneer of the Kaiser's Forests Shattered into Toothpicks by a Shell from the Russian Lines.

A tree that has been felled by a shell.

GLC09584.139

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: French 75 Millimeter Guns in Ambush Near German Trenches

In a forest, a soldier examines a 75 millimeter gun, to which the French give much credit for the success at the end of the war. Two of his comrades stand aside and look on.

GLC09584.141

Circa 1865

unknown, 1808-1875

Document

Title: [Society of Colonial Wars membership application for I. H. Payne]

A application to be part of the Society of Colonial Wars, includes geneological line for the applicant as well as a description of the service of his ancestor

GLC00044.07.02