2017-6-27 Guide to the Jeffrey Family Collection of World War I Glass Slides, circa 1915-1919 SPEC.RARE.0182 Finding aid prepared by Zoe MacLeod, Beth Crowner Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

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2016 December, 2019 October

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This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2024-09-03T17:11-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Jeffrey Family Collection of World War I Glass Slides SPEC.RARE.0182 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.54 Cubic feet circa 1915-1919 The Jeffrey Family Collection of World War I Glass Slides contains glass slides circa 1915-1919 that were used in a presentation to thank American soldiers for helping France during World War I. The slides depict damaged towns, buildings, and churches, people and workers, as well as scenes of the end of World War I, such as soldiers, military vehicles, and a parade. (4) card boxes The slides have captions in French. Jeffrey (Family) Arrangement of Materials

This Jeffrey Family Collection of World War I Glass Slides is arranged in 6 series:

Series 1: Churches Series 2: Parades Series 3: People Series 4: Towns and Buildings Series 5: War Series 6: Workers

Acquisitions Information

Accession No. RARE.2016.0044: David Jeffrey, 2016 November

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Jeffrey Family Collection of World War I Glass Slides, SPEC.RARE.0182, Rare Books & Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

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Historical Note

The glass slides in this collection were used in a presentation given to American soldiers as a way of thanking them for helping France in World War I. The presentation was shown in different cities in American and features images of American soldiers and American war vehicles. The photographer is unknown; the collection of slides were maintained by the Jeffrey family.

Scope and Contents

The Jeffrey Family Collection of World War I Glass Slides contains glass slides circa 1915-1919 that were used in a presentation to thank American soldiers for helping France during World War I. The slides show the aftermath of the war and depict churches, buildings, and towns that were destroyed or damaged. The slides also include images of men and women working, mainly in factories, as well as slides of families and children, who are most likely orphans. The slides also depict soldiers, hospitals, tanks and blimps, and tombs and graves, as well as a parade celebrating the end of the war. Some slides have captions written in French on the physical item; these slides are listed by their original French caption in the container list, and are accompanied by a note with an English translation of the caption. Slides not originally captioned in French are listed in the container list in English using a description of the image depicted.

Related Materials SPEC.RARE.MMS.0389 "Tad & Nancy" Jeffrey 50th Wedding Anniversary Illuminated Manuscript Slides (photographs) World War, 1914-1918--Destruction and pillage--France World War, 1914-1918--France Churches Series 1 circa 1915-1919 Scope and Contents

The Churches series contains images of churches, church services and property, and people. This includes interior and exterior images, some showing the destruction and ruins from the war and some undamaged. Also included are images of masses, looted materials, a fountain, men digging through rubble, and men having a picnic in the rubble. These images are dated circa 1915-1919. Materials are arranged alphabetically by the original French caption or the supplied English description for each slide. Images of other buildings are listed under the Towns and Buildings series.

Albert (Somme) "La Basilique" 2 43, 51 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The Basilica.

Armentières (Nord) "ruines de la cathédrale minée par les allemands" 4 19 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Ruins of the cathedral.

La Bassée (Nord) "Les Ruines et l'église" 2 21 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The ruins and the church.

Cambrai (Nord) "La première Messe à la cathédral" 3 35 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The first Mass in the cathedral.

"Châtillon-sur-Marne, Marne. Ruines de l'église et du village" 2 15 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Ruins of the church and the village.

Chaulnes (Somme) "L'Église" 2 24 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The Church.

Church damaged by bombing 3 25 circa 1919 Conchy-les-Pots (Oise) "Le Christ dans les ruines" 3 7 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Christ in the ruins.

Damaged façade of Soissons Cathedral 3 28 circa 1915-1918 Douai (Nord) "ornements d'église, vêtements, objets d'art, cuivres, prépares par les all et qu'ils n'ont pu emporter" 4 28 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Church trappings, vestments, art objects, copper plate, prepared by the Germans, and which they were not able to take.

Douai (Nord) "Rue Victor Hugo. La Chapelle des Soeurs pillée par les Allemands" 1 1 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Victor Hugo street, The Chapel of the Sisters pillaged by the Germans.

Epernay (Marne) "côté gauche de l'église" 1 8 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Left side of the church.

Fismes (Marne). "Intérieur de l'église" 2 31 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Interior of the church.

Interior of church ruins with men digging through rubble 2 29 circa 1919 Lens (Pas de Calais), "ruines de l'église" 1 10 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Ruins of the church.

Montfaucon (Meuse) "ruines de l'église" 1 6 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Ruins of the church.

Noyon (Oise) "La fontaine, la cathédrale, l'hôtel de ville" 1 54 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The fountain, the cathedral and the town hall.

"Rheims" 3 26 circa 1919 General Note

Rheims (France)

Roye (Somme) -"L'interieur de l'église" 2 45 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The interior of the church.

Saint Quentin (Aisne) "La Collegiale Bas cotés au bas du pilier ou fond trou de mine pratiqué par les allemands" 2 32 circa 1915-1918 General Note

View of the collegiate church (Saint Quentin basilica), from near the base of a pier, with a hole left by a German mine.

Saint Quentin (Aisne) "L'intérieur de la collegiale tes pilliers ont été ruinés par les Allemands" 4 18 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The interior of the collegiate church, pillars ruined by the Germans.

Soissons (Aisne) "La cathédrale vue d'ensemble de la nef, au fond la grande separation" 2 34 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The cathedral, overview of the nave, in the background the great separation.

Soissons (Aisne) "Un des bas côtés de la cathédrale, la nef et la charpente dans le vide" 2 16 circa 1915-1918 General Note

One of the aisles of the cathedral, the nave and the framing in the void.

Two men picnicking among ruins 2 30 circa 1919 Verdun: "L'évêché et la cathédrale" 1 41 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The Bishop's house and the cathedral.

Ypres (Belgique) "Convoi traversant la grande place" 2 40 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Convoy crossing the main square.

Parades Series 2 circa 1915-1919 Scope and Contents

The Parades series contains images of troops marching before generals circa 1915-1919. Images of people in town squares, boys in uniform, and women offering flowers to a general are also included. Materials are arranged alphabetically by the original French caption or the supplied English description for each slide. Images of different aspects of the war are located in the War series.

"Bruxelles. Entrée des Souverains défilé des troupes" 3 30 circa 1918 General Note

Entrance of the sovereigns, parade of the troops.

Colmar (Alsace) "Les Troupes défilent devant le General de Castelnau, place du théâtre" 3 32 circa 1918 General Note

The troops march before General Edouard de Castelnau in the theatre square.

"Colmar. Place Rapp. Jeunes Alsaciennes et vétérans pendant la revue passe par le Général Castelnau" 3 33 circa 1918 General Note

Young Alsatians and veterans, while the review passes by General de Castelnau.

Gand (Belgique) "Les souverains Belges assistent au défilé des troupes sur la place d'armes" 3 31 circa 1918 General Note

The Belgian monarchs attend a parade of the troops on the parade square.

Lille (Nord) "sur la place figures de joie" 3 37 circa 1918 General Note

Joyful figures in the square.

Lines of boys in uniform led by lads with flags 3 39 circa 1919 "Metz. Jeunes ménines offrant des fleurs au General Pétain" 3 34 circa 1918 General Note

Young maidens offering flowers to General Pétain.

Strasbourg (Alsace) "Place Kléber le défilé des troupes" 3 36 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The parade of the troops.

People Series 3 circa 1915-1919 Scope and Contents

The People series contains images of people doing everyday activities. These images include children in woodworking class, eating, working in workshops, exercising, as well as children with nuns and other adults. Images also include injured children, ambulance services, a hospital train, and an amputee driving a team of oxen. Images are dated circa 1915-1919. Materials are arranged alphabetically by the original French caption or the supplied English description for each slide. Images of people working are listed under the Workers series.

"Une administration vigilante veille à l’arrivée et à la repartition des envois" 1 11 circa 1917 General Note

A vigilant administration watches over the arrival and distribution of shipments.

"Un américain gènereux M. Stilmann a installé une ambulance dans son Hôtel-bain" 1 18 circa 1917 General Note

A generous American has installed an ambulance service in this suite of his mansion.

Boys in a woodworking class with instructor in rear 3 50 circa 1919 Bruges (Belgique) "Le Bourgmestre et le gouverneur recevent les souverains" 3 2 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The mayor and the governor receive the royal rulers.

Children eating at an outdoor table supervised by nuns 3 51 circa 1919 "Le contrôle des expéditions" 1 44 circa 1917 General Note

The control center for shipments

"La façade sur le Parc Monceau de l'Ambulance Stilmann" 1 15 circa 1917 General Note

The façade of the Stilmann Ambulance headquarters on Monceau Park

A father, mother, and child on wooden chairs 1 36 circa 1919 Girl standing in profile outside next to a tall leafy hedge 1 34 circa 1919 Group of boys working in a workshop 3 42 circa 1919 Group of children posing outside against a wall with their bags 4 1 circa 1919 Group of young girls doing exercises in a courtyard 3 43 circa 1919 Group of young girls with crochet hooks and a nun standing on the steps of a large of building 3 41 circa 1919 Injured children with their nurse in front of building entrance 3 48 circa 1919 "M. Justin Godard - Sous-secretaire d’Etat du Service de Santé visitant un train sanitaire américain" 1 23 circa 1917 General Note

The Under-Secretary of State for the Health Service visiting an American hospital train.

"La Maison Blanche, amputé conduisant un attelage de bœufs" 1 24 circa 1915-1918 General Note

An amputee driving a team of oxen

Men in suits with young children standing in the yard before a building 3 38 circa 1919 Nun and children with pitchforks 1 22 circa 1919 Nun standing with hands on boy's head and shoulder 3 47 circa 1919 Nun with two young girls 3 52 circa 1919 Seated soldier between two boys 3 53 circa 1919 Two children with gardening tools posed with a nun in a garden 1 39 circa 1919 Two young children standing outside 3 55 circa 1919 Two young girls in a hospital room or dormitory 3 54 circa 1919 Women sitting in rows in a meeting 1 29 circa 1919 Young child standing on a chair outside 3 45 circa 1919 Young children outdoors seated at a table with plates 3 49 circa 1919 Young girl seen in half-length dress standing outside of a masonry building 3 46 circa 1919 Young woman with four children standing outside 1 30 circa 1919 Towns and Buildings Series 4 circa 1915-1919 Scope and Contents

The Towns and Buildings series contains images of town halls, houses, a metal-working shop, along with other damaged buildings caused by the war. There are also images of rooms and buildings that were pillaged and occupied by Germans. Public squares, streets, interior of buildings, shops along a river, and a train station. Although a majority of the images are of damage and destruction, not all of them are. The images are dated circa 1915-1919. Materials are arranged alphabetically by the original French caption or the supplied English description for each slide. Images of churches are listed in the Churches series.

Armentières (Nord) "Ruine de la Mairie qui avait été munée par les allemands" 4 14 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Ruins of the town hall which had been secured by the Germans.

Cambrai (Nord). "La mairie au premier place, maisons incendiées" 3 29 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The town hall near Premier Place (now Place Aristide Briand); burned houses.

Cambrai (Nord) "La petite place et la Mairie" 2 52 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The small public square and town hall

Cambrai (Nord) "Les maisons de la grande place vues du haut de la mairie" 4 22 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Houses of the town square seen from the summit of the town hall

Cambrai (Nord) "Maisons en ruines sur la grande place" 2 18 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Houses in ruins in the town square.

Cambrai (Nord) "Une Rue près de la grande Place" 2 35 circa 1915-1918 General Note

A road near the Grande Place.

"Une chambre du blessé à l'Hotel Stilmann à Paris" 2 1 circa 1915-1918 General Note

A room for the wounded at the Stilmann home in Paris.

Chauny (Aisne) "L'hôtel de Ville" 2 38 circa 1915-1918 General Note

City Hall.

Courchelettes (Nord) "ce qui reste d'un atelier d'ajustage" 4 17 circa 1915-1918 General Note

That which remains of a metal-working shop.

"Crépy-en-Laonnois, Aisne. Emplacement de la Bertha qui bombardait Paris. La fosse" 3 16 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Site of the big cannon "Bertha" which bombarded Paris: the pit.

Douai (Nord) "Banque Dupont Piece pillée par les Allemands" 4 4 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Dupont Bank, room pillaged by the Germans.

Douai (Nord) "Coffre-fort éventré par les Allemands" 4 23 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Safe forced open by the Germans.

Douai (Nord) "Intérieur d'une filature de chanvre" 4 10 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Interior of a hemp mill

Douai (Nord) "Intérieur d'une maison occupée par les allemands" 4 26 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Interior of a house occupied by the Germans.

Douai (Nord) "Intérieure d'une imprimerie" 4 2 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Interior of a print shop

Douai (Nord) "La Bibliothèque des Avocats saccagée par les Allemands" 4 3 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The library of lawyers destroyed by the Germans.

Douai (Nord) "Les Ruines de la rue Billeau" 2 25 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The ruins of the Billeau street.

Douai (Nord) "Place Thiers Ruines de la Statue de Thiers" 2 19 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Ruins of the Statue of Thiers in the city square.

Douai (Nord) "Une chambre occupée par les allemands chez le baron de Warenghien" 4 25 circa 1915-1918 General Note

A room occupied by the Germans, the residence of Baron de Warenghien

Douai (Nord) "Une salle du musée saccagee par les allemands" 4 27 circa 1915-1918 General Note

A room of the museum plundered by the Germans.

Ham (Somme) "La Rue de Chauny" 2 44 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Chauny Street.

Hotel de Ville in Saint-Mihiel, France 3 13 circa 1915-1918 General Note

(Meuse) The City Hall.

Houses with substantial damage 1 14 circa 1919 Interior of a damaged factory, machinery in the rubble 4 9 circa 1919 Lens (Pas-de-Calais), "Aspect de la ville, a droite l'eglise" 2 41 circa 1915-1918 General Note

View of the town, the church on the right.

Lens (Pas de Calais) "Éclatement d'un gros obus" 2 50 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Explosion of a large shell.

Lens (Pas-de-Calais), "Fosse no. 4 - Ruines d'un chevalet au dessus d'un puits de mine" 2 49 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Pit no. 4, ruins of a frame over a mine shaft.

Lens (Pas de Calais) "Les inondations épandues par les allemandes entres les fosses 5 et 7" 4 16 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The floods spread by the Germans between pits 5 and 7.

Lille (Nord) "Ruines d'une filature tout le cuivre a été enlevé" 1 55 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Ruins of a spinning mill; all of the copper has been removed.

Man in right foreground wearing a gas mask surveys a field of rubble 2 37 circa 1919 Montdidier (Somme) - "La Rue de Roye" 2 23 circa 1915-1918 General Note

King Street

Montdidier (Somme) "Le socle de la statue de Parmentier. La statue à été emportée par les allemands" 3 24 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The base of the statue of Parmentier. The statue was carried off by the Germans.

Montfaucon (Meuse) "Un aspect du village" 1 4-5 circa 1915-1918 General Note

A view of the village.

Noyon (Oise), "la gare et la place" 1 2 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The train station and public square

Noyon (Oise) "La Place de Larbroye" 1 25 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Larbroye Square

Noyon (Oise) "La rue de Paris au fond la cathédrale" 4 29 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The Rue de Paris, the cathedral in the background.

Noyon (Oise) "L'Hôtel de Ville" 2 33 circa 1915-1918 General Note

City Hall

Noyon (Oise) "Une Rue" 2 48 circa 1915-1918 General Note

A street.

Pile of broken wheels before ruins of a wall 1 17 circa 1919 Reims (Marne) "La fontaine Subé" 1 3 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Sube Fountain

"Une rue d'Albert (Somme)" 2 20 circa 1915-1918 General Note

A street in Albert (Somme).

Saint Quentin (Aisne) "Vue prise de la place de la gare" 2 36 circa 1915-1918 General Note

View taken from the station square.

"Le salon de l'ambulance Stilmann à Paris" 1 43 circa 1917 General Note

The lounge (reception area) of the Stilmann ambulance service in Paris.

Sancourt (Somme) "Château Lebaudy en ruines" 1 47 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Château Lebaudy in ruins.

Shops along the river in ruins 2 47 circa 1919 A small stone country house with heavy damage 2 39 circa 1919 St. Amand (Nord). "Forges et laminoirs détruits et incendiés" 2 14 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Forges and mills destroyed and burned.

"St. Mihiel (Meuse) Pont détruit sur la Meuse" 2 46 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Destroyed [pedestrian] bridge on the Meuse River

St. Quentin (Aisne) "Violation des caveaux mortuaires de l'Hotel Dieu. Le cadavre d'une religieuse" 4 24 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Violation of a burial vault at the Hôtel Dieu, the cadaver of a religious woman.

Street view with heavily damaged houses 2 28 circa 1919 Storefront in ruins surrounded by rubble 2 27 circa 1919 Trees cut down and left behind 4 21 circa 1919 Two men standing in front of a heavily damaged building 2 42 circa 1919 Verdun (Meuse) "Le cercle Militaire" 2 26 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The military circle

Verdun (Meuse) "Les ruines de la tour de Buvignier" 1 45 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The ruins of the tower of Buvignier

Verdun (Meuse) "Un aspect de la Meuse" 1 7 circa 1915-1918 General Note

A view of the Meuse River

View of a trench employed by World War I soldiers 3 17 circa 1919 Villiers-Saint-Christophe (Aisne) "Tombeau violés par les Allemands" 4 5 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Tomb violated by the Germans.

Ypres (Belgique) "La Ruines de la Halle aux drapiers" 2 22 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The ruins of the Drapers' Hall.

War Series 5 circa 1915-1919 Scope and Contents

The War series contains different aspects of war including soldiers, weaponry, tanks, and aid. Tombs that were violated, ambulances, cannons, officers and prisoners, protection balloons, a trench, a convoy, and art that the Germans did not take are also included. Images are dated circa 1915-1919. Materials are arranged alphabetically by the original French caption or the supplied English description for each slide. Images of soldiers parading are located in the Parades series.

"L'Aide de l'Amérique à la France flyer" 1 9 circa 1917 General Note

The American Aid to France.

Ambulance - [illegible] 3 18 circa 1915-1918 "Les ambulances automobiles américaines" 1 12 circa 1917 General Note

American automotive ambulances.

Americans in France 4 31 circa 1919 Aubigny (Aisne) "Sépulture Willot violée par les Allemands" 4 15 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Willot tomb violated by the Germans.

"Les automobiles ambulances américains" 1 27 circa 1917 General Note

The American automotive ambulances.

Candor (Oise) "dans la sacristie cercueils violée par les Allemands" 4 7 circa 1915-1918 General Note

In the sacristy, coffins violated by the Germans.

Candor (Oise) "Sépultures violées par les allemands" 2 6 circa 1915-1918 glass plates separated from slide General Note

Tombs broken into by the Germans.

Candor (Oise) "Sépultures violées par les allemands" 4 11 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Tombs violated by the Germans.

"Le centre important des Ambulances automobiles Américaines de Pont-à-Mousson" 1 31 circa 1917 General Note

The important center of American automotive ambulances at Pont-à-Mousson

Château-Thierry (Aisne) "delivré / Pendant l'arrêt d'un convoi américain jouant aux cartes" 2 13 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Delivered / playing cards during the break of an American convoy.

Chaumont (Haute Marne), "Château du Val des Écoliers, G.Q.G. américain, Le Marshal Foch et General Pershing" 3 21 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Château du Val des Écoliers, Grand General Headquarters of the American Expeditionary Forces, Marshall Foch and General Pershing.

"Convois automobiles partant pour le front avec les colis américains" 1 38 circa 1917 General Note

Convoy leaving for the front with packages received from the Americans.

Crépy-en-Laonnois (Aisne) "emplacement du canon qui tirait sur Paris" 3 19 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Position of the cannon that fired over Paris.

"Dans Château-Thierry délivré (Aisne) Rue Carnot soldats francais et américains devant une barricade allemande" 3 12 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Issued, Rue Carnot, French and American soldiers before a German barricade.

Douai (Nord) "Faïence et oeuvres d'art que les Allemands n'ont pas emporté au moment de leur départ [crossed out] retraite" 4 20 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Pottery and works of art that the Germans had not removed at the time of their retreat.

Epernay (Marne) "Tracteurs speciaux pour transporter des chars d'assaut" 2 5 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Special tractors for transporting tanks.

"Exercice d'embarquement de blessés dans un train sanitaire américain" 3 23 circa 1917 glass is cracked General Note

Exercise boarding wounded onto an American hospital train.

Gand (Belgique) "Arrivée des Souverains" 3 3 circa 1918 General Note

Ghent (Belgium), Arrival of the royal rulers.

German Trench Taken By French 3 22 circa 1919 Knocke (Belgique) "Une piece de 305 de marine de la batterie Kaiser Wilhelm" 3 15 circa 1915-1918 General Note

A 305 (mm) long range naval gun, in the Battery Kaiser Wilhelm.

Ly-Fontaine (Aisne) "Sépultures violée par les Allemands" 4 12 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Tombs violated by the Germans.

"Maréchal Joffre" 2 17 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Marshal Joseph Joffre.

Men standing in front of fortified cave 2 9 circa 1919 Montdidier (Somme) "l'église Saint Pierre (le choeur)" 1 42 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The choir of the church of St. Peter.

Montfaucon (Meuse) "Tombe du cimetiére profanée et utilisée comme halle optique" 4 6 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Tomb of the graveyard profaned and utilized as an observation room.

Nampcel (Oise) "Chars d'assault Renault traversant le village" 2 12 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Renault Tanks parading through the village.

Nancy (Meurthe) "La D.C.A. ferme Ste. Catherine, les ballons de protection" 4 30 circa 1915-1918 General Note

(Meurthe-et-Moselle) D.C.A. (défense contre-aérienne, counter air defense) Ste. Catherine farmstead, protection balloons.

Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), "D. C. avions ballon de protection" 2 10 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Balloons of protection (barrage balloons)

Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), "Un ballon de protection" 2 2 circa 1915-1918 General Note

A barrage balloon.

Neuilly-Saint Front (Aisne) "Hôpital de Campagne encendié" 4 13 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Field (country) hospital burned.

Noyon (Oise) "La rue Saint Eloi" 1 46 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Saint Eligius Street.

Noyon (Oise) "La rue Victor Hugo. Le génie recherche les mines foncés par les allemands" 2 4 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Victor Hugo Street, an engineer searches for mines left by the Germans.

"Officiers et [illegible] prisonniers sur la route de Somme Py a Souain (Marne)" 3 20 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Officers and [illegible] prisoners on the road to Somme Py Souain (Marne).

"Over There" 1 32 circa 1919 "Plus au sud: Pont-Saint-Mard" 4 8 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Further south.

Portrait of an older man seated in a library near fireplace 3 27 circa 1919 Près Cierge (Aisne) "Tombe Quentin - Roosevelt" 1 35 circa 1918 General Note

The tomb of Quentin Roosevelt near Cierge, Aisne.

Près de Cierges (Aisne) "La tombe de Quentin Roosevelt" 3 11 circa 1918 General Note

Near Cierges (Aisne), The tomb of Quentin Roosevelt

"Les salles d'operation" 1 33 circa 1917 General Note

The operating rooms.

Soldiers wearing gas masks in trench with a mounted gun 2 11 circa 1919 St. Mihiel (Meuse) "un soldat américain tient deux enfants dans les bras" 3 44 circa 1915-1918 General Note

An American soldier holding two children in his arms.

"Un tank dans un virage difficile" 3 10 circa 1915-1918 General Note

A tank in a difficult corner.

"Tank Schneider dans un bosquet" 2 7 circa 1915-1918 General Note

A Schneider tank in a thicket.

"Tank schneider écrasant un arbre" 2 3 circa 1915-1918 General Note

A Schneider tank crushing a tree.

"Tank Schneider revenant des lignes" 1 28 circa 1915-1918 General Note

A Schneider tank returning from the lines.

"Train sanitaire américain la salle de bactériologie" 1 26 circa 1917 General Note

American hospital train, bacteriology room.

"Les trains sanitaires donné par l'Amérique à la France" 1 50 1916 General Note

Medical trains donated by the Americans to the French.

Villers-Bretonneux (Somme), "Tank allemand renversé, canon de 57 et deuse mitrailleuses" 1 16 circa 1915-1918 General Note

German tank turned over, with 57 mm cannon and two machine guns.

"Vue d'un train sanitaire américain" 1 49 circa 1917 General Note

View of an American medical train.

Young soldier 3 40 circa 1919 Zeebrugge (Belgique) "Canon allemand sur la côte" 2 8 circa 1915-1918 General Note

German cannon on the coast.

Zeebruge (Belg.) "Une pièce intacte. La pièce est chargée. L'arme du canon est [illegible] pour [illegible] l'éclatementz" 3 9 circa 1915-1918 General Note

A large intact, and loaded cannon protecting the Belgian coast.

Workers Series 6 circa 1915-1919 Scope and Contents

The Workers series contains images of people working in a variety of capacities. This includes people working at company post offices, checking sheath stages, manufacturing weaponry, secretaries, storeworkers, and others. The images are dated circa 1915-1919. Materials are arranged alphabetically by the French caption written on the physical item or, for slides not originally captioned in French, listed in English in alphabetical order using a description of the image depicted. Images of people doing everyday activities are listed under the People series.

"C'est une gare de triage américaine en plein Paris" 1 21 circa 1917 General Note

It is an American marshalling yard in the heart of Paris.

"Compagnie PO. Le nettoyage des wagons" 3 6 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Company Post Office (Railway Company from Paris to Orléans). The cleaning of passenger cars.

"Compagnie P.O. Les femmes porteurs" 3 8 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Company Post Office (Railway Company from Paris to Orléans), the female porters.

"Contrôle des gaines relais" 3 1 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Checking sheath stages.

"Découpage de la Pastille" 2 55 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Cutting of the pellet

"Fabrication des obus. Fraisage des spires et des chapeaux" 2 54 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Manufacture of artillery shells - milling turns and caps.

"Fabrique de fusées parachute éclairantes" 1 53 circa 1915-1918 General Note

The making of parachute signals.

"Femme automobiliste de l'armée française" 1 48 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Female driver of the French army

"Femme conduisant un corbillard" 1 40 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Woman driving a hearse

"Femmes secrétaires au bureau du major" 1 51 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Women secretaries in the staff office

"Gare des Batignolles - Hall réservé aux colis [illegible] d'Amérique" 1 19 circa 1917 General Note

Hall reserved for parcels [received?] from America

"Hôpital Américain de Neuilly, la salle d'opération" 1 20 circa 1917 General Note

The operating room in the American hospital of Neuilly

"Montage des [illegible] et vissage des ogives" 3 4 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Assembly of [illegible] and screwing on of warheads

"Moulage des fusées" 2 53 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Milling of flares.

"Le personnel de l'Hôpital Américain de Neuilly" 1 13 circa 1917 General Note

Personnel of the American Hospital of Neuilly

"Porteuse des Magasins du Louvre" 3 14 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Delivery girl at the Magasins du Louvre (department store).

"Tournage du cône des obus" 3 5 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Turning of artillary shells

"Watwomen et receveuse de tramways" 1 52 circa 1915-1918 General Note

Women as engineers and conductors of the tramways

Women working in a store 1 37 circa 1919