Photo Collection

WORLD WAR I COLLECTION (ANONYMOUS)

Pix #
Date of Pix
Size of Pix
No. of Pix
Kind of Image

Negative

1
ca.
1918-19

2½ x 3½
1

B&W original print

None

C Company pup tents the day of the maneuvers. Picket-line and
horses in the rear of tents.

2
ca.
1918-19

2½ x 3½
1

B&W original print

None

The day of the maneuvers we were hungry so I went over to the
remount outfit and got something to eat for the bunch. Scene of
five men sitting on the ground.

3
ca.
1918-19

2½ x 3½
1

B&W original print

None

Maneuvers–our wagon train with one of the bridges we have to put
up. But we didn’t have to put it up the day of the maneuvers.

4
ca.
1918-19

2½ x 3½
1

B&W original print

None

The pictures were taken the day I wrote and told you that it had
snowed, but it was not that day, just the same about three inches
fell that night. Front of picture says, “Mt. Franklin and part of C
Co.”

5
ca.
1918-19

2½ x 3½
1

B&W original print

None

A bridge by C Company..

6
ca.
1918-19

2½ x 3½
1

B&W original print

None

A soldier’s friend. C Company’s rolling kitchen also part of our
mess hall.

7
ca.
1918-19

2½ x 3½
1

B&W original print

None

Taken while on maneuvers out in back of Ft. Bliss.

8
ca.
1918-19

2½ x 3½
1

B&W original print

None

Pup tents and horses on picket line.

9
ca.
1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None Capt. C. J. Moore, Co. E, 7th U.S. Engineers. Wounded the 14th
of October while going over the top at Madeline farm with his men.
Died October 16, 1918. Gone, but not forgotten by his company.

10
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None No man’s land in northern France. The blasted trees in the
background were once part of a dense wooded area. Note the barbed
wire and obstacles in the picture, the visible berm of a trench
line in the foreground of the wooded area, and the water filled
shell hole in the photo’s foreground.

11
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

Lieutenant F. D. Mendenhall.

12
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

The staff of the 7th Engineer Battalion.

13
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

Dressing station (aid station) at Madeline Farm.

14
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

French soldiers in a trench (notice the ridge running from front
to rear on the helmets and the three collar pips on the man in the
right foreground of the photo).

15
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

Dun. Sur. Meuse

16
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

Remnants of a vehicle hit by artillery fire.

17
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

Remnants of a destroyed bridge that once spanned a canal.

18
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

Madeline ferme.

19
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

Military road march in the vicinity of Regniville. . . men in the
road bed, vehicles on left and right shoulders of the road.

20
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

American unit on road march.

21
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

Buildings with heavy combat damage at Madeline ferme.

22
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

Life in the trenches. French soldiers in a trench.

23

11/11/1918
3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

Armistice Day in Brandeville, 11 November 1918. Note uncased flags
near center of picture.

24
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

Decorating the Engineers colors.

25
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

The litter of war. Near Esnes.

26
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&w original print

None

German casualties (KIA).

27
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

Church at Dun shows battle damage that it sustained.

28
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print
None

Eight French soldiers in front of a blown-out building.

29
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

An upside-down tank.

30
ca. 1918-18

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

Buildings at Brucillers destroyed by combat.

31
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

European countryside scene.

32
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

The destruction of war. View of Esnes and its blown-out
church.

33
ca. 1918-18

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

Collapsed bridge at Dun.

34
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

Bridge over canal at Brucillers.

35
ca. 1918-19

3 x 4

1

B&W original print

None

A dump at Brucillers.

36

ca.1918-19
3½ x 5½
1

B&W original print

None

On the fire step in the trenches.

37
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W original print

None

Engineer laid footbridge over a canal in the shadow of a blown out
steel stringer bridge.

38
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W original print

None

The desolation of “No Man’s Land.”

39
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W original print

None

Utter desolation at Regnieville.

40
c. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W original print

None

American troops digging a new trench line.

41
c. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W original print

None

Touppery.

42
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W original print

None

Tanks CAN be stopped.

43
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W original print

None

War is hell on horses. Dead and dismembered artillery horses.

44
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W original print

None

Destroyed bridge that once spanned railroad tracks.

45
a. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W original print

None

Over one on a hill ride.

46
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W original print

None

Over one on this run.

47
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W original print

None

This is our corral with our horses. You can only see part of it.
In the background is part of Ft. Bliss. Between our corral and the
Fort, down in the valley is where we pulled off our stunts today.
The building on the right is the officer’s club and the reviewing
stand was built right in front of it. Perry

48

ca.1918-19
3½ x 5½
1

B&W original print

None

St. Logan and saddler Menartriz in front of supply office

49
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W original print

None

Supply Sgt. Reeves in the doorway and Saddler Menartriz. Every
time any one comes by the supply house with a kodak they call us
out to take our picture.

50

11/21/1918
3½ x 5½
1

B&W postcard

None

Brussels–Commercial postcard picture of American troops entering
Luxembour on 21 Nov. 1918.

51

11/21/1918
3½ x 5½
1

B&W postcard

None

Luxembourg–The entry of American troops into Luxembourg,
11/21/1918.

52

11/21/1918
3½ x 5½
1

B&W postcard

None

Luxembourg–The entry of American troops into Luxembourg,
11/21/1918.

53

11/21/1918
3½ x 5½
1

B&W postcard

None

Luxembourg–The entry of American troops into Luxembourg,
11/21/1918.

54
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W postcard

None

7 Chamonix–L’Hotel et de Saussure–LL.

55
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W postcard

None

21 Chamonix et la Chaine des Aiguilles–LL.

56
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W postcard

None

29 Chamonix. Chemin de fer de Monienuies et Aiguille du
Dru–LL.

57
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W postcard

None

118 Chamonix.–Seracs au Plateau Superieur des Bossoms.–LL

58
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W postcard

None

127 Chamo ix.==Passage du Glacier des Bossoms.–LL

59
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W postcard

None

FRONT: 220 Chamonix.–Ascension du Mont-Blanc.-LL. BACK: Chamonix,
France. Mar. 19, 1919. Dear Ruth, Am off on a seven day pass and am
way up in the mountains. This sure is a beautiful place, but I
would rather be in Hammond. This is a set of post cards of the
village. Love to all, Percy.

60
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W postcard

None

FRONT: 247 Ascension du Mont-Blanc. Vue du Petit Plateau sur
l’Aiguille du Midi 3843 m. Col de Balme Vallee de Chamonix et Dent
du Midi 3260 m. BACK: Wash and press suits.

61
ca. 1918-19

3½ x 5½
1

B&W postcard

None

251 Ascension du Mont-Blanc.–Le Petit Pleateau et le Sommet du
Mont-Blanc 4,810.–LL.

62
ca. 1918-19

4½ x 6½
1

B&W original print

None

An industrial smoke stack that remained after the mill had
disappeared.

63
ca. 1918-19

4½ x 6½
1

B&W original print

None

Bringing the smokestack in pix #62 down with explosives, thus
removing a hazard.

64
ca. 1918-19

4½ x 6½
1

B&W original print

None

Picture of some kind of mining operation.

65
ca. 1918-19

4½ x 6½
1

B&W original print

None

Concrete adit of some kind of mine.

66
ca. 1918-19

4½ x 6½
1

B&W original print

None

Pole and piling timber stringer bridge over a waterway.

67
ca. 1918-19

4½ x 6½
1

B&W original print

None

Pole and piling timber stringer bridge over a waterway in a
city.

68
May, 1917
3½ x 5½
1

B&W post card

None

General Pershing’s advance Quartermaster Corps landing in Brest,
France, May, 1917.

69

10/2/1918
5 x 7

1

B&W copy print

None

Toll of one shell at Bethincourt, 10/2/18. 14 horses and one man
killed by one shell (Photographer, Spencer, Altoona, PA).