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  • Collection: World War I Collection

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Nineteen hundred German prisoners of war stand in line and await their fate.

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Two men look upon the ruins of the Church of Lucy-le-Bocage in France.

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Remains of a fallen British soldier in no man's land near Chemin Des Dames, France.

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British soldiers at this permanent supply camp make bread to support fighting troops in France.

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A nurse cares for a seriously wounded Belgian man and many others in similar circumstances.

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Soldiers in France learn to use gas masks, a device which became essential with the use of chemical warfare during World War I.

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Front view of the U.S.S. Pennsylvania's deck and gun batteries. The U.S.S. Pennsylvania was present at the bombing of Pearl Harbor and continued to serve throughout World War I and World War II.

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Sailors receive naval training.

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View of a American submarine in dry dock.

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Likeness of Herbert Hoover, the thirty-first President of the United States (1929-1933). At the time of this stereograph's creation, Hoover was a rising star in the Republican party, serving as the head of the U.S. Food Administration during World…

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Soldiers carry the body of a fallen brother from a naval transport, bringing him closer to his final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery.

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A wagon carries the body of an unknown soldier to its final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Fresh from the battlefields of France, American soldiers reunite with their wives and newly born children.

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President Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921), French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, and British Prime Minister Lloyd George leave the Palace of Versailles after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

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A Belgium family poses in front of a wall within the city limits of Dinant, where Germans frequently executed Belgian resistors.

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Cardinal Archbishop of Mechelen, Desire Joseph Mercier, speaks to a crowd at Dinant, Belgium.

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Colonial French horses struggle against the currents of the Ming River.

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French colonial cavalry parades down the street.

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Doctors use an x-ray machine on a wounded soldier at a French field hospital.

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Dignitaries of the French War Commission visit Abraham Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield.

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Soldiers in France work to complete a pontoon bridge.

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Sailors smile from atop American submarines stationed at San Diego Bay, California. With German submarines, called U-boats, reeking havoc on Allied Forces and merchant vessels at the beginning of World War I, the United States and other countries…

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Italian General Armando Diaz, Lieutenant General Baron Jacques of Belgium, British Admiral David Beatty, American General John J. Pershing, and Vice President Calvin Coolidge gather for a photo op at the ground breaking ceremony for the construction…

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A German procession marches to the parade ground in Berlin.

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The American flag flutters above the captured German stronghold at the Castle of Ehrenbreitstein.
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