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General photos - WW I in Europe

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Paris, France - Showing great quantities of captured War Material in the Place De La Concorde	16
Deux Moods, aux Bois, Meuse, France, November 16, 1918 - General Peter E. Traub, Commanding 35th Division, reviewing a Regiment of Engineers at Deux Mouds, showing in background old German dugouts now occupied by the Engineers.	17
Near Amphersbach, Alsace. Germany, August 30, 1918 - The town of Bek, which is held by Co. A, 137th Regiment Infantry, formerly the 1st and 2nd Regiment Infantry, Kansas National Guard, and known as G. C. No. 6, Camp Hordan.	17
Luxemburg - Aerial photographs of the city	18, 52, 197
Near Boureuilles, Meuse, France - German prisoners waiting to be questioned. Division Headquarters, France, September 26, 1918.	19
Foret De Sommedieue, Meuse, France, one and one half kilometers east of city, October 29, 1918. Reveille Kate speaks up. Firing a 16-inch railroad gun.	19
Paris, France - A captured German tank on display	20
Near the River Aire, Varennes, France, September 27, 1918 - Field Artillery	21
Near Amphersbach, Alsace, Germany, August 30, 1918. Anti-Aircraft machine gun mounted in the trenches. This is a Hotchkiss Gun.	21
Treves, Germany, taken from the air on a cloudy and misty day by American aviators attached to the Army of Occupation.	22
Sommedieue, Meuse, France, October 21, 1918. Silhouette of men standing by their gun ready to fire.	23
Sommedieue, Meuse, France, October 21, 1918. Men carrying ammunition for 155 mm. Howitzer, which can be seen under camouflage.	23
British Handley-Paige machine and crew.	24
Crash of a British plane. D-H 4, in England.	24
Wreck of a British Sopwith plane.	24
Cadets inspecting one of the first "Liberty's" in France.	24
Two American planes equipped with Liberty motors on the front.	24
View of a "Spad" and a "Liberty" taken from the air in Germany with the American Expeditionary Forces.	24
Cathedral of Rheims in City of Rheims, France. This aerial photo shows very clearly the wanton destruction of French churches by the Germans.	25
Albert, France - Church, British supply wagon in the foreground..	25
Boussat, France, July 12, 1918. An American and French soldier standing guard at the same post.	26
Near Amphersbach, Alsace, Germany, August 30, 1918 - Recreation in the trenches.	26
Chief of Staff, 89th Division, leaving headquarters for another headquarters. France.	27
Near Boureuilles, Meuse, France, September 26, 1918 - Prisoners on way to prison camp, 36th Division near 35th Division headquarters	28
Lerouville, Meuse, France, November 23, 1918 - Another view showing further advance by the use of a smoke screen.	28
French girl passes by.	29
Pouilly, Meuse, France, November 13, 1918 - Co. D, 314th Engineers, building a road and bridge abutment. Major-Gen. Summerall is seen walking on the left in the foreground. 89th Division.	30
Stenay, Meuse, France, November 15, 1918 - Drilling in the streets	30
Luxemburg, November 21, 1918 - The entrance of the troops.	31
Two British ships sunk in the Zeebrugge.	31
Fliry, Meurthe et Moselle, France, September 15, 1918 - "Cliff Dwellers." Third lines occupied by the 89th Division until September 12th. The lines were here for nearly four years.	32
Stenay, Meuse, France, November 11, 1918 - First American wagons to enter	32
With our boys in France.	33
German Dirigible with portable hangar.	34
Large Field Howitzer used by the German Army. Motor cars full of German officers in the background.	34
Anti-Air-craft searchlight.	35
Anti-Aircraft gun. Bayonne, near Bar-le-duc, France.	35
Metz, November, 1918 - French statue in the city of Metz. Crowd showing entrance of the French forces	35
Aerial photograph of the 89th Division in review before General Pershing in the Treves' Airdome, Treves, Germany, April, 1919, taken by Capt. V. K. Butler, observer, and Capt. R. E. Spake, pilot, U. S. Air Service.	36
Different types of German planes used on the battle front.	37
Abandoned French trench.	38
German trench after a French barrage, the French Infantry having gone on ahead.	38
Photograph from the air of the Airdome at Treves, Germany, after occupation by the Americans. Note: The airplane in flight, the Moselle river to right foreground, the practice trenches formerly used by the Germans, the old Ammunition Dump, the Airplane hangars at the top left, and the snow which covers everything. Height, 3,500 meters.	39
Duchess of Luxemburg reviews the American troops.	40
Metz Festival in honor of French Occupation.	40
British ships sunk in harbor to bottle up German fleet.	40
Luxemburg, November 22, 1918 - Entrance of French & American troops	40

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French town totally destroyed by the Germans.	41
French trench life on a quiet sector in winter.	41
Town of St. Mihiel, France.	42
Delousing process.	42
German dugout near Verdun.	42
Crucifix near ruined church in France.	42
Concrete German dugout. Notice the gas warning instrument, Bois-Brule woods.	42
Famous German scout plane, the Fokker. Capt. Ralph Spake, flight commander of the 9th Aero Squadron, can be seen in the cock-pit ready to "take off" for flight.	43
Night picture of a night recognizance and bombardment plane in hangar, American aviators in the foreground.	43
Supposed to be the wreck of Quentin Roosevelt. This picture was procured from the Germans and was supposed to have been taken by the German pilot who shot him down. The plane bears his squadron insignia and is a Neuport pursuit plane, the same model Lt. Roosevelt flew.	44
Two German planes shot down within their own lines.	44
French trench on a quiet sector in winter.	45
City of Treves, Germany, taken from an attitude of 400 m. or about 1,000 ft.	46
No man's land after a sweeping attack by the French Infantry.	47
All that was left of a thriving French village. Notice the shell holes.	47
Artillery Park in the city of Arlon, Belgium, taken from an altitude of 150 meters, showing extensive artillery supplies.	48
City of Arlon, Belgium, showing extensive railroad yards in the foreground.	48
Picture taken from an aeroplane showing the trenches and shell holes about a ruined French village in the path of the fighting.	49
Cathedral at Metz. Note the Kaiser's head to right and above door portal in the personification of a saint.	49
Guise, France - Effects of an allied bomb	50
Barbed wire entanglements and a mine explosion in France.	50
Famous camp in France near Verdun after occupation by the Germans.	50
Treves, Germany - After an American bomb had landed in the city.	50
British aeronaut making parachute jump after balloon had been set on fire by the enemy.	50
Entrance of German troops into Tugny, March, 1918.	50
Statue of Frederic Charles of Germany, pulled over in Metz by the French after the taking of the town in November, 1918.	51, 54
German Submarine.	51
Kaiser Wilhelm with Emperor Karl of Austria on his right and two German generals in war session.	53
German Zeppelin I.-49 brought down in France.	54
On the Moselle, with the snow on the ground. Illustrating how different objects look from the air, trees, buildings, etc. Height, 3,500 meters.	55
German "dummy" gun.	56
Photo showing the French "going over the top" in the wake of their barrage.	56
Balloon winch. A machine for handling balloons during their maneuvers. French machine operated by Americans.	57
German dead after an attack by the French Infantry.	57
Aerial photograph taken by the American aviation service in the dead of winter. The snow on the ground outlines every object very clearly.	58
Winter in No Man's Land. A French poilu, the only figure on the landscape.	59
Zeppelin hangar in City of Treves, Germany. Note aeroplane in air in foreground with shadow some distance to its rear.	60
Verdun - Aerial photograph of the city. From altitude of 800 to 900 meters.	60
German trench after its capture by the French.	61
Victory in Paris. Ask your boy to tell you about his visits to these famous places.	62
French trench in winter, quiet sector.	78
Remains of a German gun position after bombardment by the French.	79
Two American Aces at Nottingham, England, November 11, 1918	190
Photograph, showing the power of a modern high explosive shell. This artillery horse was blown high and dry.	193
Captured German Guns on display in the streets of Paris	194, 196, 198
French village from the air. Notice the broad highway.	195
Aerial photograph taken in the dead of winter.	199

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Photos - WW I in USA
& in Madison County

Red Cross feeding soldiers on their way overseas.	63
Local Draft Board Members: C.S. Smith, Chr and Dr. T. A. Long, Physician Member and Medical Examiner	74
Madison County Red Cross Group: F. J. Dankers (Treas), Mrs. Foster (Instructor), Edward Fricke (Chairman)	75
Red Cross Canteen Workers: Mrs. C. H. Reynolds, Captain; Miss Elizabeth Schram, Lieutenant	75
Madison Red Cross Chapter: Mrs. F. A. Long, Secretary	76
Library War Service: Harriet C. Long	76
Commercial Club, Norfolk, NE: F.D. Wolt, Pres.; Frank H. Beels, Gen. Sec.	77
U.S. Capitol Bldg at Midnight	89
A Group of Madison County Boys "Over There."	166
Madison Red Cross Surgical Dressing Class: Mrs. Foster, instructor	168
Home Circle - Auxiliary of Madison County Chapter	169
Red Cross Workers (most named)	170
Sewing Committee of the Norfolk, Neb., Red Cross Chapter.	171
Red Cross Workers (all named)	172
Cutting Committee of the Norfolk, Neb., Red Cross Chapter.	173
Red Cross Workers (all named)	174
Buying Committee of the Norfolk, Neb., Red Cross Chapter.	175
Red Cross Workers (all named)	176
Madison Red Cross Hospital Garment Workers	177
Red Cross Workers (none named)	178
Enola Nebraska. Branch, Madison County Chapter Red Cross Workers.	179
Enola Branch, Madison County Chapter, General Assembly of Red Cross Workers.	180
Enola, Nebraska, Red Cross Workers.	181
Newman Grove group of Red Cross Workers, Newman Grove, Neb.	182
Tilden, Neb., Red Cross Group..	183
Executive Committee of Tilden, Neb.	184
Rural Committee of Red Cross Workers of Meadow Grove, Neb.	185
Meadow Grove Group of Red Cross Workers, Meadow Grove, Neb.	186
Some of Madison County's Bird Men at Nottingham, England	187
Co. I. Made up of Many Madison County boys, getting their first experience at trench digging, when they undertook making a water outlet for Norfolk, Neb.	188
Company I, in Norfolk (2 photos)	189
Donald Mapes, Norfolk, Neb., flying over Tours, France	190
Nebraska Boys of 89th Division. Came Home Memorial Day	191
Ship U. S. S. Kroonland, that brought back many of Madison County boys.	192

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