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1914-1918
Keystone View Company
"And the Trench Was a Reeking Shambles," German Dead in the La Bassee Area.
German soldiers lie dead and dying behind a trench in La Basse, part of the Battle of Flanders.
GLC09584.037
"And They Did Not Pass" -- Main Entrance and Gate into City of Verdun, France.
A view over the river of the main fortressed entrance to the city of Verdun, France. Beyond the gate, there are buildings and cathedral steeples visible.
GLC09584.075
July 1918
U.S. Committee on Public Information
"At the grave of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt."
Chaplain Francis P. Duffy conducts a service at the grave of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt, near Chamery, France. Lt. Roosevelt's plane was brought down back of the German lines, July 14, 1918. The American advance brought the spot within American lines a...
GLC07002.90
06 October 1912
Roosevelt, Kermit (1889-1943)
"Col. Roosevelt standing beside a water buffalo which he has shot."
Photograph taken by Theodore Roosevelt's son, Kermit Roosevelt. Ink definition added to Roosevelt, gun and water buffalo. Stamp of New York Sunday American on reverse.
GLC07002.85
1917
"Down in a Shell Crater, We Fought Like Kilkeeny Cats"--Battle of Cambrai.
Four German soldiers in a trench at the end of the Battle of Cambrai. In the background is the ruins of a tank, which were used for the first time on a large scale during this battle.
GLC09584.045
1902
Underwood & Underwood
"Good government is practically applying the principles which make a man a good citizen" - President Roosevelt
Roosevelt is shown in profile on the right hand side of the picture in the middle ground. He is leaning forward from a flag-draped podium to address the audience beneath him.
GLC06449.22
1911
Rumshinsky, Joseph (1881-1956)
"Mamenu" or The Triangle Victims (in Yiddish).
Song lamenting the deaths caused in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Factory fire in 1911. Sung by H.J. Ginsburg
GLC06225
October 1905
Hewitt, Arthur (fl. 1904-1905)
"Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt and two sons."
Shows Edith Roosevelt with sons Quentin and Archie. Image mounted on cloth with completed publication form affixed to reverse. Copyright by Arthur Hewitt.
GLC07002.82
1914
"Mur Tschoffen" Wall in Dinant before which Germans Shot Many Loyal Belgians
A Belgian family stand in front of the memorial at the wall at Dinant where invading German soldiers executed a number of Belgian citizens after the invasion in August 1914.
GLC09584.012
"On all sides round a great furnace flamed" German Attack, North Compiegne, France
This photograph depicts men waiting for the signal to go "over the top" and attack from the trenches. There is smoke in the distance, as well as destroyed fields.
GLC09584.108
"Out Where the Bombs are Bursting and the Canons Like Hell-doors Slam."
Soldiers on a battlefield, the back of the card describes the conditions of battle, but does not specify where the battle is or which army the soldiers belong to.
GLC09584.099
1905; January 1906
McFarlandm J. Horace (fl. 1905)
"Pres. Roosevelt at work in his temporary executive office in his summer home at Oyster Bay"
Title from verso. Note in ink on bottom front assigns copyright to J. Horace McFarland Co., 1905. Published January 1906. Penciled note on back reads: "The President at his desk, Sagamore Hill." Completed publication form affixed to reverse.
GLC07002.76
1904; October 1905
"President Roosevelt, Quentin and Archie."
Circular portrait of Roosevelt with sons Quentin and Archie. Image mounted on cloth bearing copyright of Arthur Hewitt, 1904. Completed publication form affixed to reverse. The photograph was later published in 1905.
GLC07002.81
1901/06/01
"Sculpture Proposed in Connection with Electric Tower Pan-American Exposition of 1901, Buffalo, N.Y." [Carbon Copy]
A detailed proposal with a justification and a cost-breakdown analysis.
GLC06343.316
1907
Harris & Ewing (fl. 1937)
"T. Roosevelt at his desk."
Title from verso. Stamp of George Grantham Bain on reverse.
GLC07002.77
"The Dogs of War Let Loose Are Howling" -- French 320's in Action, near Reims.
A row of four French railroad guns used to defend the city of Reims, France.
GLC09584.089
"Through it all like horror, runs the red resentment of the guns." Oise, France.
French soldiers man enormous field guns from a ditch near the Oise, in France.
GLC09584.098
1905
H. C. White Co.
"We got ten bears in all."
President Roosevelt's first interview on the road from the bear hunt. President Roosevelt, leaning from the back of a white horse, speaks with a man in a dark suit and bowler hat before a mountainous background.
GLC06449.54
5 March 1928
Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)
[Appointment of Oscar George Foellinger as Hoover's agent and attorney in Indiana]
Witnessed by "B.J. Nash" and "George Akerm." Foellinger was to help Hoover enter the Indiana primary for the Presidential election of 1928. Atypically signs his full name, "Herbert Clark Hoover."
GLC00728
26 December 1901
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
[Appointment of Philip R. Ward, Captain in the Artillery Corps]
Appointment of Philip R. Ward to Captain in the Artillery Corps, beginning August 23, 1901. Signed by Theodore Roosevelt as President, countersigned by Elihu Root as Secretary of War. Docketed at top by Adjutant General, reads "Recorded, Adjutant...
GLC00778.20
26 December 1900
McKinley, William (1843-1901)
[Appointment of Philip R. Ward, First Lieutenant of Artillery]
Appointment of Philip R. Ward to First Lieutenant of Artillery, beginning August 10,1900. Signed by William McKinley as President, countersigned by Elihu Root as Secretary of War. Docketed at top by Adjutant General, reads "Recorded Adjutant General...
GLC00778.17
18 December 1902
[Appointment of Thomas Ward, Brigadier General]
Appointment of Thomas Ward to Brigadier General, beginning July 22, 1902. Signed by Theodore Roosevelt as President, countersigned by Elihu Root as Secretary of War. Docketed at top by Acting Adjutant General, reads "Recorded Adjutant General's...
GLC00778.12
13 July 1902
Fox, James D. (fl. 1902)
[Clerical copy of the resolutions sent to President Theodore Roosevelt concerning to the Friar Lands].
Also with the clerical signatures of John Sullivan, John Vance, Thomas P. Cullen, and William Brennan. Protests the banishment from the Philippines of the friars now doing God's work there. Notes that a copy of the resolutions was mailed to...
GLC01625.07
no date
Unknown
[Curtiss airplane blueprints]
A collection of blueprints detailing the parts of a Curtiss Jenny airplane; the type of airplane flown by Neta Snook. The blueprints come from the David D. Hatfield Aviation Collection.
GLC07243.007
6 May 1903
Johnston, Witter H. (fl. 1861-1864)
[Deed]
Partially printed deed. Land agreement between W.H. Johnston and n and Mary Sorenson. He is giving up land in Iowa.
GLC02167.56
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