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Submarine "U-Buy a bond," Central Park. Photo by Irving Underhill, 1917. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.98965

Finding Pictures: World War I

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

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Join Reference Librarian Jonathan Eaker on Wednesday, February 19 at 3:00pm EST as he highlights interesting selections from the Prints & Photographs Division’s wide and diverse World War I collections. Learn the stories behind the photos shared below and many more. This virtual presentation includes newly digitized images that are freely available to all.

Victory loan parade, New York City. Photo, April 1919. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.98968
Submarine “U-Buy a bond,” Central Park. Photo by Irving Underhill, 1917. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.98965

Cardi, Henry. Born in Berona, Italy in 1903. In 1914 he joined Italian Bersaglieri, 4th Regiment. […] When the 70th Infantry was changing fronts from the Lorraine sector in September 1918, he became lost in Nancy and was adopted by a detachment of the 40th Engineers Camouflage, United States Army, and was made an honorary Sergeant of that outfit, by a Colonel of the American Army. […] Photo from the American National Red Cross Collection, March 1919. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/anrc.01197
A composite photograph of one private from each of the twenty-nine divisions that went into combat in France. […] Photo by Walter C. Harris, 1921. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.98960

RECRUIT — Union Sq. Photo by Bain News Service, between 1917 and 1920. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.24399

 

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  1. Sarah Rouse says:

    Sorry I missed the online event but very glad to have Kristi’s post on this interesting topic. Will investigate on my own. Many thanks.

    • Kristi Finefield says:

      Hello Sarah! The event was recorded so keep an eye out for it to show up on our webinars page!

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