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"Wartime: A Glimpse into the Turmoil and Resilience of History" Winston Churchill making his famous V for Victory sign, 1942: In the face of adversity

Background imageWartime Collection: Digby Morton, Phila. Boy Scout, and U.S. Jackies at 'Eagle' hut in London, between c1915 and 1918

Digby Morton, Phila. Boy Scout, and U.S. Jackies at "Eagle" hut in London, between c1915 and 1918. American sailors and other military personnel with Digby Morton

Background imageWartime Collection: Road near Rheims, camouflage, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Road near Rheims, camouflage, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Road near Rheims, camouflage, between c1915 and 1918. A soldier in the road near Rheims, France during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: British building railroad, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

British building railroad, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British building railroad, 28 Jul 1917. British soldiers laying a light railway line near Boesinghe, Belgium, July 28, 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele (the Third Battle of Ypres)

Background imageWartime Collection: Howitzer at Hero Land, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Howitzer at Hero Land, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Howitzer at Hero Land, 1917. Soldiers on a howitzer artillery piece at the Hero Land Bazaar, held in November and December of 1917 in New York City during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: German U-Boat, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

German U-Boat, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
German U-Boat, 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond

Background imageWartime Collection: Hamburg, school for young sailors, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Hamburg, school for young sailors, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Hamburg, school for young sailors, between c1915 and 1918. Sailors hanging laundry at a naval school in Hamburg, Germany during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: Berlin, goulash for 8 cents, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Berlin, goulash for 8 cents, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Berlin, goulash for 8 cents, 1916. Women serving food from a mobile lunch kitchen in Berlin in 1916 during World War I. Sign reads translated from German: "Warm lunch

Background imageWartime Collection: German battery in action, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

German battery in action, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
German battery in action, between c1915 and 1918. German soldiers with artillery caisson during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: Berlin, travelling soup kitchen, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Berlin, travelling soup kitchen, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Berlin, travelling soup kitchen, 1916. A mobile lunch kitchen in Berlin, Germany in 1916 during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: Crown Prince Germany at front, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Crown Prince Germany at front, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Crown Prince Germany at front, 1915. German Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882-1951) visiting a military unit in Argonne, France in Feb. 1915 during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: German observers, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

German observers, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
German observers, between c1915 and 1918. German soldiers, including two on a ladder and one using a binocular trench periscope during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: Marines who went to France, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Marines who went to France, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines who went to France, 1917. Marines in front of the Marine Barracks at the Philadelphia Navy Yard during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: Lerie Klein, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Lerie Klein, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Lerie Klein, 1917. Lerie Klein, probably at the Hero Land Bazaar, held in November and December of 1917 in New York City during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Liberty Loan parade, 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Liberty Loan parade, 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Liberty Loan parade, 25 Oct 1917. Shows (left to right) Thomas William Lamont, Jr.; William Woodward, president Hanover National Bank; Charles H

Background imageWartime Collection: Marines depart, 28 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Marines depart, 28 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines depart, 28 Jun 1917 (date created or published later). Photographers documenting U.S. Marines boarding a transport ship at a U.S. port during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: U.S. doctors & nurses in Japan, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. U.S

U.S. doctors & nurses in Japan, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. U.S. doctors & nurses in Japan, 1917
U.S. doctors & nurses in Japan, 1917. American Red Cross group including doctors and nurses en route to Romania to provide medical relief during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: U.S. doctors & nurses in Japan, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. U.S

U.S. doctors & nurses in Japan, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. U.S. doctors & nurses in Japan, 1917
U.S. doctors & nurses in Japan, 1917. American Red Cross group including doctors and nurses en route to Romania to provide medical relief during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Wrecked Zeppelin from plane in Eng. [i.e. England], 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Wrecked Zeppelin from plane in Eng. [i.e. England], 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Wrecked Zeppelin from plane in Eng. [i.e. England], 1916. The remains of a L33 German zeppelin which crashed on Sept. 24, 1916 in Little Wigborough, Essex.

Background imageWartime Collection: British military bridge, Flanders, 5 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

British military bridge, Flanders, 5 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British military bridge, Flanders, 5 Aug 1917. British infantry soldiers crossing the bridge over the Yser canal at Boezinge, West Flanders, Belgium, August 5, 1917

Background imageWartime Collection: Garrison, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Garrison, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Garrison, between c1915 and c1920. Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963) fitting a man for a knitted sweater during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: U.S. troops in trench in France, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

U.S. troops in trench in France, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S. troops in trench in France, 1917. American troops in France learning how to use grenade guns (tromblons) to fire grenades at German forces during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: German U-Boat in N.Y., 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

German U-Boat in N.Y., 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
German U-Boat in N.Y., 25 Oct 1917 (date created or published later). The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies

Background imageWartime Collection: British women tending fat boilers at front, 24 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

British women tending fat boilers at front, 24 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British women tending fat boilers at front, 24 Jul 1917. Members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps tending fat boilers situated outdoors in an infantry camp in Rouen, France on July 24

Background imageWartime Collection: Machine gun school, 12 Dec 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Machine gun school, 12 Dec 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Machine gun school, 12 Dec 1917 (date created or published later). Men becoming more familiar with the delicate mechanism of the automatic rifle as part of their aviation training.

Background imageWartime Collection: Mrs. Anna Dike & Anne Morgan, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Mrs

Mrs. Anna Dike & Anne Morgan, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Mrs
Mrs. Anna Dike & Anne Morgan, between c1915 and 1918. Mrs. Anna Dike, Miss Anne Morgan and French politician Fernand David (1869-1935) inspecting land in France

Background imageWartime Collection: Examining spruce for planes, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Examining spruce for planes, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Examining spruce for planes, between c1915 and c1920. A man at an airplane factory is seen looking for imperfections in spruce to be used for the construction of airplanes.

Background imageWartime Collection: English women finishing a 9.2 shell, between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

English women finishing a 9.2 shell, between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
English women finishing a 9.2 shell, between c1915 and 1917. Women workers inspecting 9.2 explosive shells in a factory during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: English women in shipbuilding yards, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

English women in shipbuilding yards, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
English women in shipbuilding yards, between c1915 and c1920. Women at work building navy ships during World War I in England.

Background imageWartime Collection: Housewives' League car, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Housewives' League car, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Housewives' League car, 1917. Union Square, New York City showing women of the National Housewives League in a car with a poster inscribed "New York Food Aid Committee" which was

Background imageWartime Collection: English Post women, between c1915 and c1917. Creator: Bain News Service

English Post women, between c1915 and c1917. Creator: Bain News Service
English Post women, between c1915 and c1917. English post women from London carrying mailbags during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: U.S. troops in London, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

U.S. troops in London, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S. troops in London, between c1915 and c1920. American soldiers in London during World War I. The Victoria Memorial near Buckingham Palace is in the background.

Background imageWartime Collection: Women in brass fitting shop, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Women in brass fitting shop, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Women in brass fitting shop, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Women working in a brass fitting shop in England during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: British guns bombard Germans, Aug 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

British guns bombard Germans, Aug 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
British guns bombard Germans, Aug 1916. Three 8 inch howitzers of 39th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), firing from the Fricourt-Mametz Valley during the Battle of the Somme

Background imageWartime Collection: English furnace woman in iron works, between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

English furnace woman in iron works, between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
English furnace woman in iron works, between c1915 and 1917. A woman stoker England in front of a furnace at an ironworks during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: Drafted men, 4 Sept 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Drafted men, 4 Sept 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Drafted men, 4 Sept 1917. Drafted U.S. Army recruits of "Boyce's Tigers" marching near the Washington Square Arch in New York City, September 4, 1917.

Background imageWartime Collection: French put a mitrailleuse in position, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

French put a mitrailleuse in position, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French put a mitrailleuse in position, between c1915 and 1918. French soldiers placing machine gun on its tripod during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: Aviators practicing telegraphy, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Aviators practicing telegraphy, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Aviators practicing telegraphy, 1917.

Background imageWartime Collection: Maj. H.H. Kipp, Col. A.S. McLemore, Maj. W.H. Parker, and Capt. T.G. Sterrett, 10 Nov 1917

Maj. H.H. Kipp, Col. A.S. McLemore, Maj. W.H. Parker, and Capt. T.G. Sterrett, 10 Nov 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Maj. H.H. Kipp, Col. A.S. McLemore, Maj. W.H. Parker, and Capt. T.G. Sterrett, 10 Nov 1917 (date created or published later)

Background imageWartime Collection: Christening 'U-BUY-A-BOND', 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Christening 'U-BUY-A-BOND', 1917

Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917
Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917. The chistening of the SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies

Background imageWartime Collection: Gen. W.A. Mann, 6 Sept 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. W.A. Mann, 6 Sept 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. W.A. Mann, 6 Sept 1917 (date created or published later). U.S. Army officer William Abram Mann (1854-1934) was the commander of the 42nd Infantry Division during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: Woman blacksmith, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Woman blacksmith, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Woman blacksmith, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. A woman blacksmith in England during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: Maj. Chester P. Barnett, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Maj. Chester P. Barnett, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Maj. Chester P. Barnett, 1917 or 1918. Chester Piersol Barnett (b. 1887) who served as an officer in the U.S. Army during World War I. Barnett is probably in his office at the U.S

Background imageWartime Collection: Women working on propeller, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Women working on propeller, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Women working on propeller, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Women working on a propeller in a navy shipbuilding yard in England during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: Kilties enter 71st Regt. Armory, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Kilties enter 71st Regt. Armory, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Kilties enter 71st Regt. Armory, July 1917. Canadian Highlander soldiers (Kilties) entering the 71st Regiment Armory, Park Avenue (between East 33rd and 4th streets), New York City

Background imageWartime Collection: Col. W.A. Simpson, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Col. W.A. Simpson, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. W.A. Simpson, 1917 or 1918. Adjutant General William A. Simpson of the U.S. Army in his office during World War I at the U.S

Background imageWartime Collection: Gen. E.D. Hoyle, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. E.D. Hoyle, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. E.D. Hoyle, 1917 or 1918. Eli DuBose Hoyle (1851-1921) who served as U.S. Army Brigadier General and Commander of the Port of Embarkation at Governors Island, New York City during World War I.

Background imageWartime Collection: Thomas, Haig, Joffre, Lloyd George,12 Sept 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Thomas, Haig, Joffre, Lloyd George,12 Sept 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Thomas, Haig, Joffre, Lloyd George, 12 Sept 1916. Lloyd George, British Minister of Munitions; Gen. Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army; Gen

Background imageWartime Collection: Mrs. E.R. Stettinius. Creator: Bain News Service

Mrs. E.R. Stettinius. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. E.R. Stettinius.Mrs. Edward Riley Stettinius, (formerly Judith Carrington) head of the Economy League of the Junior Colonial Dames of America



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