World War I Archival Photograph Collection

 

Image Library of the Great War.

 

The GG Archives has curated many photographs relating to World War 1, with most of the material created during the war (1914-1918). These images deal with post-war topics such as the soldier's bonus and transport home. We have captions and sourced all photos, making it useful for students to add pictures to their reports.

 

American Soldiers En Route to the Front Lines.

Photographs from American Armies and Battlefields - 1938

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book, American Armies and Battlefields, 1938. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, The American Review of Reviews, July 1918.

Photographs from The American Review of Reviews - 1918

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from various issues of The American Review of Reviews, Edited by Albert Shaw, 1918. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

General John J. Pershing, Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces.

Photographs from America's Part in the World War - 1919

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book, America's Part in the World War, 1919. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, And They Thought We Wouldn't Fight, by Floyd Gibbons, 1918.

Photographs from And They Thought We Wouldn't Fight - 1918

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book and They Thought We Wouldn't Fight, 1918. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Telephone Girls Operating an Exchange, Second Army Corps Headquarters, Toul, France, 1918.

Photographs from the Annual Report of the Chief Signal Officer

Photographs from the Report of the Chief Signal Officer, United States Army, to The Secretary of War, 1919. Because the Army had to handle an immense amount of telephonic communication with the French armies on its right and left, with the French corps in the Army, with the French group of troops, and finally with the General Headquarters, it is evident that an essential requirement for these Army operators was the ability to speak French as well as they spoke English.

 

A Standard Army YWCA Hostess House.

Photographs from The Architectural Record - July 1918

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from various issues of The Architectural Record, July 1918. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Interior of the Camp Library at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois.

Photographs from The Bellman Magazine - 17 August 1918

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from an issue of The Bellman Magazine, 17 August 1918. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover with Photo Insert, Camp Devens: Described and Photographed, 1918.

Photographs from Camp Devens: Described and Photographed - 1918

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book, Camp Devens: Described and Photographed, 1918. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover of Camp Funston Illustrated - Cantonment Life, 1918.

Photographs from Camp Fuston Illustrated - Cantonment Life - c1918

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Brochure "Cantonment Life: Camp Funston Illustrated," 1918. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, Camp Grant of Rockford, Illinois Picture History Brochure, 1917.

Photographs from Camp Grant of Rockford, Illinois Picture History - 1917

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Brochure "Camp Grant: Rockford, Illinois," 1917. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, Pictorial Souvenir of Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, 1928.

Photographs from Camp Zachary Taylor Pictorial Souvenir - 1928

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book Pictorial Souvenir of Camp Zachary Taylor, 1928. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Telephone Operators of the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, at Camp Dix, New Jersey.

Photographs from Circuits of Victory - 1921

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book Circuits of Victory - 1921. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, Collier's Photographic History of the European War: Including Sketches and Drawing Made on the Battle Fields, 1916.

Photographs from Collier's Photographic History of the European War - 1916

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book Collier's Photographic History of the European War, 1916. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

General John Pershing's Arrival in France.

Photographs from Current History Monthly Magazine - 1917-1919

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from various issues of the Current History Monthly Magazine by the New York Times, 1917-1919. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Civilians This Morning--Soldiers This Afternoon. the Selective Service Draftees Got Rousing Farewells as They Left for Camp.

Photographs from Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens - 1920

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book The Story of Camp Devens: Forging the Sword, 1920. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, The Great War Magazine - Part 143: The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict, 12 May 1917.

Photographs from The Great War Magazine - Part 143 - 12 May 1917

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from Serial Magazine of The Great War: The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict, Part 143, 12 May 1917. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Three Generations of the Royal House of England.

Photographs from Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume 2 - 1920

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume 2: How the War was Lost and Won - The Grand Strategy of the High Commands, 1920. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

General Henri Philippe Pétain Who Took Over the Command at Verdun After the First Phase of the German Assaults.

Photographs from Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume 3 - 1920

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume III: Battles, Sieges, and Campaigns -- The Military Achievements of the War, 1920. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Hit in the Stokehold.

Photographs from Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume 4 - 1920

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume IV: The War on the Sea - Battles, Sea Raids and Submarine Campaigns, 1920. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

General Pershing and General Joffre Having a Discussion.

Photographs from Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume 5 - 1920

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume V: The United States in the War -- The American Armies Abroad and at Home, 1920. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, Harper's Pictorial Library of The World War, Volume XIII: The Inventive and Industrial Triumphs of the War, 1920.

Photographs from Harper's Pictorial Library of The World War, Volume 8 - 1920

The Inventive and Industrial Triumphs of the War from Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War offers incredible photographs covering advances in warfare, technology, and tactics used by Allied forces and German during World War 1.

 

On July 4, 1917, American Sailors in England Played a Game of Baseball at Chelsea.

Photographs from Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume 11 - 1920

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume 11: Child's Book of the War--Its History and Wonders Told for Young People, 1920. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Happy with Ten Days' Food Sent in by American Red Cross for Americans at Rastatt.

Photographs from In The Prison Camps of Germany - 1920

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book In The Prison Camps of Germany: A Narrative of "Y" Service among Prisoners of War, 1916. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, Leslie's Photographic Review of the Great War, 1920.

Photographs from Leslie's Photographic Review of the Great War - 1920

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book, Leslies Photographic Review of the Great War, 1920. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

America Calls: Enlist in the Navy World War 1 Poster.

Photographs from the Library of Congress

Images sourced from the Library of Congress, photographs, illustrations, and posters, complete with captions, about World War 1 and the GG Archives Online Exhibit.

 

Front Cover, A Merchant Fleet at War, 1920 by Archibald Hurd.

Photographs from A Merchant Fleet at War - 1920

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book, A Merchant Fleet at War, 1920. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Canteen Workers from the American Red Cross Supply Soldiers with Snacks and Sundry Items at the Union Station, St. Paul, Minnesota, c1917.

Photographs from Miscellaneous Soldiers & Events

Photographs and Other Images Sourced the Public Domain and the Gjenvick-Gjønvik Family Archives. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

WW1 Photos: Munsey Magazine - 1918

Photographs from Munsey Magazine - 1918

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from various issues of the Munsey Magazine, 1918. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, The National Geographic Magazine, Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, Volume XXXII, Numbers 5 & 6, November-December 1917.

Photographs from The National Geographic Magazine, November/December 1917

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from The National Geographic Magazine Mid-Winter Double Number Issue Dated November/December 1917. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, The National Geographic Magazine, Volume XXXIV, Number 2, March 1918.

Photographs from The National Geographic Magazine - March 1918

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from The National Geographic Magazine Issue Dated March 1918. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, The National Geographic Magazine, Volume XXXII, Number 4, April 1918.

Photographs from The National Geographic Magazine - April 1918

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from The National Geographic Magazine Issue Dated April 1918. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, The National Geographic Magazine, Volume XXXIII, Number 2, June 1918.

Photographs from The National Geographic Magazine - June 1918

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from The National Geographic Magazine Issue Dated June 1918. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, The National Geographic Magazine, Volume XXXIV, Number 2, August 1918.

Photographs from The National Geographic Magazine - August 1918

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from The National Geographic Magazine Issue Dated August 1918. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

American Expeditionary Force Troops Disembarking from the Transport Ship President Lincoln at Hoboken, c 1918.

Photographs from Naval History and Heritage Command - Navy Archives (NHHC)

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Naval History and Heritage Command - Navy Archives (NHHC). A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, The Navy's First Enlisted Women: Patriotic Pioneers, 2019.

Photographs from The Navy’s First Enlisted Women: Patriotic Pioneers - 2019

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book The Navy's First Enlisted Women: Patriotic Pioneers, 2019. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

American Infantry, Just Arrived in a French Port

Photographs from The New York Times

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from various issues of The New York Times, 1914-1919. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Crew of the USS Fanning, Which Sank the U -58.

Photographs from Our Navy at War - 1922

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book, Our Navy at War, 1922. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, Pictorial History of the World's Greatest War, 1919.

Photographs from Pictorial History of the World's Greatest War - 1919

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book, Pictorial History of the World's Greatest War, 1919. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

A Group at Opening of Hostess House, Hampton Roads Naval Base.

Photographs from Report of the Hostess House Committee - 1919

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book, Report of the Hostess House Committee, 1919. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

43rd Railway Artillery Boarding the US Transport Ship Princess Matoika in France, Returning to the United States, 20 December 1918.

Photographs from Scenes Aboard Troop Transport Princess Matoika, 1918-1919

Photographs of the Troop Transport Ship USS Princess Matoika, Used by the Allied Expeditionary Forces During the War. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. XLVI, No. 7, May 1919.

Photographs from St. Nicholas - An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from various issues of the St. Nicholas Magazine For Boys and Girls, 1919. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover With Added Title, The Story of the Great War: Great German Offensive, Americans in Picardy, Americans on the Marne, Foch's Counteroffensive, Volume 14, 1919.

Photographs from The Story of the Great War, Volume 14 - 1919

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book,The Story of the Great War, Volume 14, 1922. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Colors Presented to the Second Battalion by the Young Women Operators of the Four Down State Divisions.

Photographs from The Telephone Review

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from various issues of The Telephone Review Magazine during 1918 and 1919. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, The Illustrated Review, October 1918.

Photographs from The Illustrated Review

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from various issues of the Illustrated Review, 1918. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Leading the French Armies: General Joseph Joffre.

Photographs from The Independent Magazine

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from The Independent Magazine, from various issues of 1914. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, The United States in The Great War by Willis J. Abbot, 1919.

Photographs from The United States in The Great War - 1919

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book, The United States in The Great War, 1919. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover of United States Naval Aviation 1898-1956.

Photographs from the US Naval Aviation 1898-1956 (WW1 Years)

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Booklet, United States Naval Aviation, 1898-1956. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

A Typical A. L. A. Camp Library.

Photographs from War Libraries and Allied Studies - 1918

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book, War Libraries and Allied Studies, 1918. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, "With the Army at Hoboken," by Captain King W. Snell, 1919.

Photographs from With The Army At Hoboken - 1919

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book, With The Army At Hoboken, 1919. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Front Cover, The World's Greatest War: The Triumph of America's Army and Navy -- Peace Treaty Edition, 1919.

Photographs from The World's Greatest War, Peace Treaty Edition - 1919

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book, The World's Greatest War: The Triumph of America's Army and Navy -- Peace Treaty Edition, 1919. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

British and American Sea Leaders.

Photographs from The World's Work Magazine

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from various issues of The World's Work Magazine, 1919. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

Group of Telephone Operators U. S. Signal Corps Third Unit at Headquarters Some Place in France.

Photographs from The YWCA War Work Bulletin, 1917-1919

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from various issues from 1917 through 1919 of The YWCA War Work Bulletin. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

 

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