| French troops on the road moving up with British Tommies on the roadside near the Line |
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National Library of Scotland
French and British soldiers, dressed in full military kit, travelling on their way to the trenches at the front line. The French troops are wearing light-coloured army coats and are walking besides their pack-mules. The British troops are wearing their caps, and are watching the French troops from the side of the road. This photograph was taken by Tom Aitken, and may well have been used for propaganda purposes.
Britain and France became allies as a result of their collective fear of Germany. When Germany formed the Triple Alliance with Austro-Hungary and Italy in 1882, Britain and France signed the Entente Cordiale in 1904. This became a Triple Entente in 1907 when Russia also became an ally. Some historians claim that all these pacts and alliances did was to ensure that if one country declared war, all the other countries would inevitably be dragged into the conflict since they were all chained together.
[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. French troops on the road moving up with British Tommies on the roadside near the Line.']
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| Vakantie boeken ondanks oorlogsdreiging / Don't mind Hitler: take your holiday |
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Nationaal Archief
Nationaal Archief / Spaarnestad Photo, SFA002017138
Affiche in een Londens reisbureau. De tekst roept op om zich niets van Hitler aan te trekken en gewoon een vakantie te boeken.
Omstreeks 1939.
Poster in a London travel agency advising people to book their holidays in spite of the tense situation in Europe (Hitler, Germany, the Second World War). About 1939.
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| Cliff view of the Danube River |
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OSU Special Collections & Archives
Image Title: Cliff view of the Danube River
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Danube is next to the largest river of Europe. It drains a basin more than six times the size of the state of New York, and is also connected by canals with the basins of the Rhine and the Elbe. The river rises in the Black Forest only a few miles from the Rhine and pursues a course of 2,000 miles south through Germany, Austria, Hungary and the Balkan states to the Black Sea.
Today the Danube is traveled more than ever, although it has lost much of its commerce with Asia. It flows through rich countries which are now teeming with people. Cities and towns have grown up on its banks and vast quantities of lumber, manufactured goods, and food products are carried back and forth over its waters. The river is internationalized as far as Ula."
Original Format: Lantern slides
Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides
Item Number: P217:set 020 013
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| Chinese students starting for the trenches on the Western Front |
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National Library of Scotland
Chinese students at the Western Front, France, during World War I. This group photograph of five Chinese students with an army officer was most likely taken by the British official photographer, John Warwick Brooke. Shortly after World War I ended, around 1,600 Chinese students travelled to France as part of the Work-Study Movement. In the spirit of the new Republic, their aim was to study and examine Western culture and technology.
Despite being in the midst of internal troubles, China declared war on Germany in August 1917. Their economic and military contribution to the Allied war effort, however, was minimal. This was mainly due to an emphasis placed on resolving urgent internal issues.
[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE FRONT IN FRANCE. Chinese students starting for the trenches on the Western Front (left to right) Tee Tong Chang, Tim Po Woo, Pow Kan Liang, Chung Ching Wang, Sih Gung Cheng.']
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| American lumberman on a road near the Front |
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National Library of Scotland
American lumberman during World War I. This image shows a uniformed man wearing a distinctive hat. He is standing on a large section of tree trunk chained to a cart. The cart is being drawn by two horses, and the man is guiding them with long reins. They are travelling along a dusty road bordered by fields.
After maintaining their neutrality during the first years of the war, America declared war on Germany in April 1917. By June 1917, the first troops of the American Expeditionary Force, under the command of General John Pershing, arrived at the Western Front.
[Original reads: 'BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE WESTERN FRONT. An American lumberman on a road near the front. Our American cousins are already doing splendid work.']
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| New Year Greeting Card |
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Center for Jewish History, NYC
Description: New Year greeting card
Object origin: Saxony [Germany?]
Creator/Photographer: Williamsburg Art Company, New York
Medium: colored photographic postcard
Date: circa 1910/1915
Persistent URL: museums.cjh.org/Display.php?irn=9642
Repository: Yeshiva University Museum, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
Accession number: 1992.173
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