World War I photographs, 1917-1918.

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World War I photographs, 1917-1918.

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Photographs documenting U.S. Army activities during World War I, mainly in France, 1917-1918. Included are images of ammunition trains, soldiers, front-line trenches, tanks, aircraft, ruins, French civilians, wounded men, hospitals, nurses, President Wilson speaking, and entertainer Elsie Janis. In PH 526 are photographs of drawings of French towns, damaged buildings, and U.S. soldiers. Several of the drawings are by Ernest C. Peixotto.

209 photographs (3 folders)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924279

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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