1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: A French 1155-mm. Gun Trained on the German Trenches

A soldier mans a 155-mm. French model gun, while two of his comrades stand off to the side.

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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Artillerymen Who, Between the Germanys and the Mud are Emplacing Their Guns With Difficulty.

A corps of French engineers attempt to place their guns in position on muddy ground.

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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Famous 8-in. Howitzer in its Camouflaged Position on the British Front

In this photograph is a large gun that was camouflaged to keep the men working the guns, as well as the gun, safe. The photograph mentions that this was a common practice during the war

GLC09584.143

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: German "Pill Boxes" and "Strong Points" Which Cost Many Lives to Conquer

This photograph shows what's left of a German machine gun shelter, which were often called "pill boxes." This system of defense was very strong. There is destruction of land in the background.

GLC09584.144

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: German Steel Cupola for Machine Guns. Demolished by the Allies

In this photograph is destruction of land in Germany by the Allies. There is also a machine gun covered by a cupola in the photograph. These were often hidden in the woods, according to the photograph.

GLC09584.145

1914

Keystone View Company

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Title: Scouts, Old and New, French Cavalry and Army Airplane

This photograph is of many soldiers with their weapons on horseback. There is a plane flying in the background. Planes proved more efficient in scouting out the position of the enemy than calvary.

GLC09584.146

1914

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Zeppelin Flying Over a German Town- Lower Valley of the Rhine

In this photograph is a zeppelin flying over a small village. These large air machines were used for both transportation or goods as well as for dropping bombs.

GLC09584.147

1914

Keystone View Company

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Title: House in Southend, England, Wrecked by Bombs from Raiding Zeppelins

This photograph is of a scene in town. There are men, women, and children walking along the street. Southend was a resort that was attacked by German Zeppelins.

GLC09584.148

1914

Keystone View Company

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Title: Airplane View of Trenches and Shell Holes

This photograph is an aerial view of the trenches during WWI. It shoes how extensive they were. There is also a view of the destruction of the trenches.

GLC09584.149

1914

Keystone View Company

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Title: Zeppelin Wrecked and Burned- Ruins Being Inspected by Frenc Troops

There are soldiers obversing wreckage from a zeppelin attack, and there is destruction in the background.

GLC09584.150

1914

Keystone View Company

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Title: "Enemy Airmen Successfully Bombed One of Our Supply Trains," Official Report

There are many dead horses and turned over wagons in this photograph. There is a thicket behind them. This area was bombed and destroyed, leaving behing death and destruction.

GLC09584.151

1914

Keystone View Company

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Title: U.S. Observation Airplane on West Front- France

This photograph is of a field with an airplane in it. There are a few buildings in the background. The invention of the airplane was of great importance during the war.

GLC09584.152

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: A double-seated "Fighter" Equipped with Bomb-dropping Device, Ready to Go Aloft.

A soldier inspects the side of a double-seated, bomb-dropping fighter plane while an officer and his dog look on.

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1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Lieut. LeMaitre. French Aviation Forces, Explaining "Nieuport" Airplane, Fortress Monroe, Va.

French Lieutenant LeMaitre explains the functioning of a German Nieuport airplane to a fellow soldier at Fort Monroe in Virginia. Many European aviators went to the United States to help train American pilots.

GLC09584.154

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: The Eyes of the Army -- View of German Town from American Airplane.

An aerial view from an American airplane of a German town with a railroad winding through it. There is a piece of machinery from the plane slightly obstructing the view.

GLC09584.155

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Bridgnet Michelin Bombarding Airplane Ready to Ascend, France.

Side view of a French Michelin bombarding plane about to ascend. There is a pilot in the cockpit, and several soldiers are seen pushing the lower part of the wing forward.

GLC09584.156

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: French "75" Gun in Action against Battle Planes.

A six-man crew mans a "75" artillery gun in a forest while a soldier on the side takes a photograph.

GLC09584.157

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Body of a German Aviator in His Wrecked Machine Back of the French Lines.

A dead German aviator lies upside down amongst the wreckage of his plane. On the right side, there are troops of French soldiers.

GLC09584.158

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Observation Balloon Fatally Pierced by Incendiary Bullets from American Plane.

A view from the ground of a German observation balloon exploding after receiving fire from an American warplane. The silhouette of a passenger basket can be seen hanging from the bottom of the balloon.

GLC09584.159

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Attaching Observation Balloon to Winch for Towing into Position, Army of Occupation, Weissenburg, Germany.

American troops attach an observation balloon to its winch and prepare it to take off in a field in Weissenburg, Germany.

GLC09584.160

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Through the Uncharted Heavens She Blazed the Trail --- Dirigible R-34 at Minneola.

A view of a Dirigible R-34 at Roosevelt Field in Mineola, NY. Lines of troops are visible underneath the airship. In the foreground, two soldiers stand in a field with their weapons over their shoulders.

GLC09584.161

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: "Through sickly shrapnel-sown meadows reaped by death alone."

A view of a deep trench and a sheet extending down over what is likely a hideaway for soldiers. On the ground above the trench, two soliders lay dead or dying. Another soldier crouches next to one of the bodies, tending to him.

GLC09584.162

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Watching "the Crimson Chorus of the Guns" Playing to the Enemy.

In the foreground, we see the backs of two soldiers' heads as they look out over a hill. Clouds from artillery fire rise in the background.

GLC09584.163

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

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Title: Shells Bursting in Ruined French Village

A field in France, alongside a dirt road. Off in the distance smoke billows on the horizon.

GLC09584.164

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Huge Shell Hole beside a Highway, France

Smoke billows from a large crater made by an exploding shell, covering the road and forest behind it.

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