World War I stereographic library, 1918-1921.

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World War I stereographic library, 1918-1921.

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The collection consists of approximately 300 black and white stereoscopic photographs depicting various World War I scenes between 1918 and 1921 including battlefields, soldiers and activities on the home front. Each slide includes a titled photograph, and a brief content description. The slides are loosely organized by theme and progress chronologically through assorted stages of the war and its immediate aftermath. Stereoscopic slides portray a wide variety of geographic locations including Germany, Italy, Turkey, the Balkans and the United States; however, military activities on the French warfront are most strongly represented, comprising over one-third of the collection. Within these locations, slides detail troops, city ruins, battlefield ruins, trenches, medical operations, troop provisioning, and victory parades and post-event recordings of key turning points in the war. Other interesting photographs include African-American soldiers returning home (288) and women at work on the front (264, 293, 294). In addition the collection documents various war machines such as airplanes, zeppelins, warships, U-boats and machine guns. Each slide is numbered according to its position in the series (1-300). In addition, the slides contain a six-digit photograph number. Slide number 19 is missing from the series. The collection is otherwise complete. Two photograph-viewing stereoscopes accompany the collection. A monograph published with the stereoscopes entitled THE WORLD THROUGH TELEBINOCULAR: A VISUALIZED, VITALIZED HISTORY OF THE GREATEST CONFLICT OF ALL THE AGES has been cataloged.

1.5 linear ft. : (3 boxes)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8331258

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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