Register of the World War I pictorial collection

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 2008, 2020
434 Galvez Mall
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003
hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu


Title: World War I pictorial collection
Date (inclusive): 1914-1920
Collection Number: XX247
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English , Italian , Hungarian
Physical Description: 125 envelopes, 14 album boxes, 22 manuscript boxes, 17 card file boxes, 15 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 painting (70.08 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Photographs, cartoons, and postcards depicting a variety of scenes and personalities from World War I.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

Boxes 2-4, 31-32, 34-35, 44-45 and OCM1 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], World War I pictorial collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and Content of Collection

Photographs, cartoons, and postcards depicting a variety of scenes and personalities from World War I.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1914-1918 -- Pictorial works
Slides (Photography)
Photographs

box 1

9 hand-tinted glass plates depicting activities of the Italian navy during World War I

box 34

9 hand-tinted glass plates depicting activities of the Italian navy during World War I

Access

May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 35

9 hand-tinted glass plates depicting activities of the Italian navy during World War I

Access

May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 2

304 slides with viewer depicting war scenes in France during World War I

Access

May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 3

Glass slides depicting war scenes in France during World War I

Access

May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 4

Glass slides of war scenes in France

Access

May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 5

Album of photographs of the headquarters of the Austro-Hungarian Armeeoberkommando, Baden, Austria, 1917; album of photographs of the Austrian VI Korpskommando, Krakow, Poland, 1914; album of postcards of the A.E.F. University, Beaune, France; 2 albums of postcards of German troops on the Eastern Front

box 6

3 albums of postcards of German troops on the Western Front; 1 album of postcards of German naval and aerial forces

box 7

Album of postcards of Kaiser Wilhelm II, General Paul von Hindenburg, and other German war leaders; 3 albums of German patriotic postcards, principally drawings and caricatures

box 8

5 card file boxes of postcards of German troops and patriotic German caricatures and drawings

box 9

5 card file boxes of postcards of German troops and patriotic German caricatures and drawings

box 10

5 card file boxes of postcards of German troops and patriotic German caricatures and drawings

box 11

5 card file boxes of postcards of German troops and patriotic German caricatures and drawings

box 12

5 card file boxes of postcards of German troops and patriotic German caricatures and drawings

box 13

Card file box of German postcards, including a number of International Red Cross postcards of prisoners of war in several countries

box 14

6 card file boxes of postcards of Russian troops and patriotic Russian caricatures and drawings

box 15

6 card file boxes of postcards of Russian troops and patriotic Russian caricatures and drawings

box 16

6 card file boxes of postcards of Russian troops and patriotic Russian caricatures and drawings

box 17

6 card file boxes of postcards of Russian troops and patriotic Russian caricatures and drawings

box 18

6 card file boxes of postcards of Russian troops and patriotic Russian caricatures and drawings

box 19

6 card file boxes of postcards of Russian troops and patriotic Russian caricatures and drawings

box 20

3 boxes of stereograph images

Scope and Contents note

1 print of British submarines at anchor in the Thames; 1 print of German sailors in the Mediterranean; 12 various prints of French cavalry, infantry, and artillery, 1914-1915; 1 print of German machine gun unit, 1914; 13 prints of war damage in France and Belgium, showing destroyed buildings, towns, and refugees; 17 prints of British, Canadian, South African, and Australian troops in Belgium and France, 1914, showing columns, training and fighting; 20 prints of U.S. Army troops undergoing basic training at Plattsburg, New York; 2 miscellaneous prints from the Philippine Islands; 3 prints of Russian troops on the Eastern Front; 1 print of Marshal Joseph Joffre at Columbia University; 6 prints of Belgian and French troops in battle, 1914; 1 print of Field Marshal Earl French addressing troops; 2 prints of British Army camp life at the front; 9 prints of Italian troops engaged on the Alpine front; 1 print of civilians aboard the USS Connecticut; 1 print of Queen Marie of Romania with Prime Minister Y. C. C Bratann, 10 May 1915; 1 print of King Ferdinand of Romania with Prime Minister Y. C. C. Bratann, 10 May 1915; 10 various photographs of French regular and colonial troops engaged in fighting on the Western Front; 2 prints of British recruits entraining for the Western Front; 3 prints depicting the effects of Zeppelin raids on Britain; 7 prints of British troops engaged in fighting on the Western Front, employing bicycles and armoured vehicles; 8 prints of German field fortifications in France, showing arrangement of barbed wire, artillery, and trenches, 1914; 10 various prints showing battlefields after fighting with the collection of dead, prisoners, grave sites, and wounded; 1 print of the landing at Gallipoli, 1915.
box 21

2 boxes of stereograph images

Scope and Contents note

5 prints of the Gallipoli campaign with troop transports, Allied troops, and Turkish coastal artillery batteries; 3 various prints of Italian troops; 2 prints of the interior of a British munitions factory; 1 print of Woodrow Wilson; 1 print of David Lloyd-George; 25 various prints depicting French troops of the Western Front, 1914-1915; 5 prints of war booty collected in Great Britain for fund raising purposes, including weapons from the SMS Emden, aircraft and field artillery; 5 prints of Russian troops on the Eastern Front showing trenches, and heavy siege artillery; 9 miscellaneous scenes from the European War, depicting aerial warfare, colonial troops, and war damage; 1 print of Sarajevo, Bosnia; 1 print of Belgian troops defending a canal in Flanders, 1914; 4 prints of field kitchens of the various warring powers; 3 various photographs of war refugees; 4 prints of Italian troops fighting in Alpine areas; 6 prints of U.S. Army of Occupation troops in Koblenz, Germany; 14 various prints of French troops engaged on the Western Front, including dragoons, colonial troops, and infantry; 9 prints of the peace conference at Versailles; 1 print of President Raymond Poincaré during a visit to the front together with several officers; 1 print of the assembled royalty at Queen Alexandra of Russia's coronation, Moscow, 1896; 4 various prints of Russian infantry, Uhlans, and other mounted units; 2 prints of battleships -- one British, one Austro-Hungarian; 4 prints of various weapons, including primitive anti-aircraft artillery, field telescopes, and aircraft; 6 prints of victorious Allied troops on parade in Paris; 1 print of Czech soldiers marching on Wencelaus Sqaure; 7 prints of the area around Chateau-Thierry; 17 prints of U.S. Army troops training in France at target practice with small arms, anti-aircraft machine guns, and other activities; 2 prints of General J. J. Pershing in France, and Washington D.C.; 7 prints of victorious U.S. troops in London, and New York; 6 glass slides of U.S. posters
box 22

Cartoons, relating to World War I, mostly from French newspapers, as well as from German, Italian, Dutch, Belgian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swiss newspapers 1914-1918

box 23

Cartoons, relating to World War I, mostly from French newspapers, as well as from German, Italian, Dutch, Belgian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swiss newspapers 1914-1918

box 24

Cartoons, relating to World War I, mostly from French newspapers, as well as from German, Italian, Dutch, Belgian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swiss newspapers 1914-1918

box 25

Cartoons, relating to World War I, mostly from French newspapers, as well as from German, Italian, Dutch, Belgian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swiss newspapers 1914-1918

box 26

Cartoons, relating to World War I, mostly from French newspapers, as well as from German, Italian, Dutch, Belgian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swiss newspapers 1914-1918

box 27

Political postcards from various countries

box 28

Political postcards from various countries (continued)

box 29

Political postcards from various countries (continued)

box 30

Political postcards from various countries (continued)

box 42

Political postcards from various countries (continued)

box 43

Political postcards from various countries (continued)

box 26

Political postcards from various countries (continued)

Scope and Contents

Letter and currency originally housed with postcards
map_case 

German maps of Austria/Italy

box 31

22 glass plates depicting the German Army during World War I

Access

May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 32

Glass slides depicting activities of the French Army in France during World War I

Access

May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 33

Postcards depicting Russian propaganda 1914-1918

box 36

Oversize prints and lithographs depicting miscellaneous aspects of World War I, especially the Isonzo front

map_case 

Oversize prints and lithographs depicting miscellaneous aspects of World War I, especially the Isonzo front (continued)

box 37

Photographs and postcards, relating to World War I 1914-1918

box 38

Album of the 21st Czechoslovak Rifle Regiment in France, 38 photographs 1914-1918

Scope and Contents note

The 21st Czechoslovak Rifle Regiment was the first autonomous Czech army unit created in France, formed on January 12, 1918. Shown are Raymond Poincar, president of France from 1913-1920; Edward Benes, leader of the Czech independence movement and the second president of Czechoslovakia; as well as other notable Czech and French military and civilian leaders. It also includes images of the soldiers taking an oath of allegiance on June 30, 1917 and photographs of the very first volunteers into the French Foreign Legion in 1914.
box 38

Small prints of military artillery

box 46

Album of photographs of German troops on the Eastern front 1915-1918

box 46

Photographs taken by Thomas Harvey McClure in France 1918-1919

envelope mA, B-C

Postcards depicting scenes from World War I, including flags and national emblems of belligerents, religious scenes, and drawings by Louis Raemekers

box OCM1

Mounted photograph

Scope and Contents

Box OCM1 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
envelope mD, E-L

Photographs from World War I, depicting airplanes, aviators, aerial views of military positions, dirigibles, tanks, artillery war damage, battleships, infantry, training camps, civilian population and significant individuals, among them Kaiser Wilhelm II, the German Crown Prince, Paul von Hindenburg, Erich von Ludendorff, John J. Pershing, Victor Emmanuel III, Georges Clemenceau, and Peter I of Serbia

envelope M

28 photographs of Quaker relief work in France during World War I

Scope and Contents note

Also includes scenes of battlefields and war damage.
envelope N

16 photographs depicting activities of the French army in France during World War I

envelope m*O, map_case 

18 oversize photographs depicting activities of the A.E.F in France during World War I

envelope P-Q

Stereo photos of Belgian, Turkish, British, and French soldiers, and of scenes of battle damage on the Western front, during World War I

box 39

Album (fR) of scenes in France during World War I

envelope S

2 photographs of a U.S. sailor and a British pilot during World War I

envelope T

45 photographs, taken from the air, of the war front in France 1918

box 40

Album (fU) of photographs depicting war damage in France and Belgium during World War I, together with scenes of the results of post-war reconstruction

envelope V

66 photographs depicting activities of the A.E.F. in France during World War I, including photographs of General John J. Pershing

album fW

Album of photographs depicting activities of the A.E.F in France

envelope mX

Photographs mainly depicting activities of the A.E.F. in France

envelope Y-Z

Photographs mainly depicting activities of the A.E.F. in France

envelope AA

Photographs of war scenes in France and Algeria 1918-1919

envelope AB

Photographs of war scenes in France and of unidentified aerial scenes

envelope AC

3 prints of French soldiers interned in Switzerland

envelope AD

Photographs and postcards of Italian soldiers and scenes on the Italo-Austrian front

envelope AE

Postcards and pictorial booklets of war damage in Louvain, Ypres, Dixmude and other Belgian cities

envelope AF

Photographs and postcards of French soldiers' scenes on the Western Front and war damage in France

envelope AG

Drawings and postcard caricatures of French soldiers and conditions in France during World War I

envelope AH-AI

Pictorial booklets of war damage in France and scenes on the Western Front

box 50

Photographs of German troops in Poland and of scenes on the Polish front

envelope AK

Photographs of German troops in France and scenes on the Western Front

envelope AL

Photographs of German and Bulgarian troops in the Balkans, principally in Serbia

envelope AM

Photographs of German troops on the Russian front

envelope AN

Photographs of Austrian and Italian troops on the Italo-Austrian front

envelope AO

6 prints of Allied soldiers in German prison camps

envelope AP

German aerial photographs of sections of the Western Front

envelope AQ

Pictorial booklets of German troops on the Eastern and Western Fronts

envelope AR

Postcards of members of royal families of the Central Powers

envelope AS

Postcards depicting German airplanes and scenes of aerial warfare

envelope AT

Postcards of German troops and war scenes on the Eastern and Western Fronts

envelope AU

Postcard caricatures and drawings of German soldiers and conditions in Germany during World War I

envelope AV

Postcard drawings and caricatures of Austrian soldiers

envelope AW

Photographs of British and other Allied war leaders

envelope AX

Photographs of the visits of King George V and Queen Mary of Great Britain to the Western Front and to the Clyde shipyards in Scotland

envelope AY

Photographs of British seamen and ships

envelope AZ

6 prints of British troops in the Middle East

envelope BA-BB

Photographs of British troops and war scenes on the Western Front

envelope BC-BL

American aerial photographs of German lines in France 1918

envelope BM

Photographs of American soldiers on the Western Front, including 3 prints of American soldiers captured by Germans

envelope BN

Photographs of American patriotic posters

envelope BO

Photograph of General Paul von Hindenburg

envelope BP

10 panoramic views of sections of the Western Front, constructed from composite photographs

envelope BQ

15 prints of the funeral of Colonel Johann Chadzopulos, commander of the 4th Greek Army Corps

envelope mBR-mBS

Photographs of American soldiers in France

envelope m*BT, map_case 

Panoramic aerial view of the Moselle River, constructed from composite photographs

envelope mBU

Reproductions of four paintings by Guy Arnoux entitled "Quatre Canons Français," depicting the evolution of French artillery from the Middle Ages to World War I

envelope BV

1 print of the Finnish General Karl Mannerheim with the German General Ruediger von der Goltz 1917

envelope BW-BX

Prints of disabled French soldiers undergoing vocational rehabilitation training

envelope BY

Printed drawings of German troops, uniforms, and scenes in German colonies

envelope mBZ

23 photographs of scenes in Germany, prisoners and prison camps during World War I

envelope CA

49 aerial photographs 1918

envelope CB

55 prints of scenes of World War I, including bombardment, troops, tanks, aerial photographs, etc.; 1 souvenir album of postcards, "Les Americains en France"

envelope CC

1 print of Paris Caucus (American soldiers); 2 miscellaneous pictorial pages (1 leaflet requesting aid for French forces, 1 humorous leaflet entitled "The Kaiser's Despair")

album fCD-fCE

2 prints of Salvation Army women feeding U.S. troops in France; 4 prints of front line U.S. troops with radio equipment, and at work in field post; 1 print of Major General Edward M. Lewis, U.S. Army; 1 print of unidentified Italian officer; 1 print of various foreign orders and decorations won by U.S. troops; 10 prints of front line and rear areas with U.S. armoured vehicles, and motor transport

box 41

1 print of 13 U.S. Army soldiers of 12 nationalities, 4 prints of Allied troops at Vladivostock, Russia, 2 prints of U.S. Navy officers in Washington D.C., 3 prints of Italian troops on the Brenta front, northern Italy

album fCG-fCI

8 various prints of camp life in the front line and rear areas defended by the U.S. Army, in France; 2 prints of General J. J. Pershing inspecting units of the 1st Division in France; 10 prints of U.S. Army troops on the Western Front while employed in field post, bridge and road construction, and other service activities; 9 prints of U.S. troops in battle in the St. Mihiel and Argonne sectors; 1 print of Secretary of War Newton D. Baker as he visits wounded in hospital

album fCJ-fCL

6 various photographs of U.S. troops fighting in France; 1 photograph of Major General George W. Read; 1 print of Archangel, Russia from the air; 1 print of Lieutenant General Robert W. Bullard; 7 prints of U.S. troops engaged in fighting, France, 1917; 3 prints of U.S. troops in camp, France, 1917-1818; 3 prints of U.S. troops together with French peasants; 1 photograph of U.S. troops repairing a damaged bridge; 3 prints of U.S. troops engaged in repair of roads

envelope m*CM, map_case 

6 panoramic prints of U.S. troops, cemeteries and battle sites in France 1919

envelope mCN

1 print of 25,000 American soldiers in formation in the shape of the Liberty Bell, Camp Dix, N. J., 1918; 22 prints of an unidentified American mission visiting France during World War I

envelope mCO

4 drawings on the backs of menus from a Paris restaurant, celebrating the end of the war 1918

envelope CP

7 prints of British soldiers and pilots in France during World War I

envelope mCQ

27 prints of Woodrow Wilson and the U.S. delegation to the Paris Peace Conference 1919

envelope CR-CW

430 prints depicting activities of the Austro-Hungarian army on the Eastern Front 1917-1919

envelope mCX

2 prints of King Albert I of Belgium, one taken in 1914, and the other depicting him with his consort, Queen Elisabeth, in a parade in Brussels, marking the end of World War I, 1918

envelope CY

1 print depicting the destruction of a building during World War I, from The National Magazine, p. 205 (caption: "After the Bombardment") 1914 November

envelope CZ

61 prints depicting military activities during World War I in France, including prints of Georges Clemenceau, General Pershing, and Field Marshal Foch

envelope DA

15 prints depicting German soldiers (one with Belgian prisoners) in France and Belgium

Scope and Contents note

Includes one of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
envelope DB

6 prints depicting German soldiers with war equipment, supplies, etc., and German women working in Berlin, and battlefields

envelope DC

18 prints depicting German and Russian soldiers in Poland, including one print depicting Austrian soldiers on their way to the Italian front

envelope DD

1 print depicting Crown Prince Wilhlem reviewing troops circa 1914

envelope DE

27 prints depicting British Army and Calvary units on parade circa 1915

envelope DF

49 prints and 47 postcards depicting conditions, war damage and military forces in Italy 1917-1919

envelope DG

4 prints of the Russian Military Cemetery at Mourmelon le Grand, France

envelope DH

1 postcard of the 316th supply train of the A.E.F., at Nogent, France 1918

album fDI

1 photograph album of the American Expeditionary Forces

envelope DJ

1 print of a painting by G. L. Jaulmes, entitled "Le Départ des Américains pour la Guerre" (the departure of the Americans for war)

envelope DK

6 negatives of posters issued by the U.S.

 

Photographs of posters issued by the U.S. and a number of other countries, relating to the war effort during World War I 1914-1919

album fDL

Album A

box 48

Album B

album fDL

Album C

album fDM

Album D

album fDM

Album E

album fDM

Album F

album fDN

Album G

album fDN

Album H

album fDO

Album I

album fDO

Album J

album fDP

Album K

album fDP

Album L

album fDP

Album M

album fDQ

Album N

album fDQ

Album O

album fDR

Album P

album fDR

Album Q

album fDS

Album R

album fDS

Album S

album fDT

Album T

box 47

Album U

box 47

Photographs of posters (20 albums in 11 boxes) issued by the U.S. and a number of other countries, relating to the war effort during World War I (continued)

Scope and Contents

Album fDT
box 48

Photographs of posters (20 albums in 11 boxes) issued by the U.S. and a number of other countries, relating to the war effort during World War I (continued)

Scope and Contents

Album fDL
envelope DU

3 prints depicting unidentified award ceremonies

envelope mDV

12 prints depicting aerial views of France taken by German pilots for reconnaissance, 1918; printed map of Iran, 1918, in German; 12 panoramic prints of French countryside taken by German pilots for reconnaissance, undated

envelope mDW

29 prints, on five pages from a scrapbook, depicting aerial views of France, maps and scenes of war 1916-1918

envelope m*DX, map_case 

11 prints depicting trenches and military camps on the Western Front, as well as cities such as Verdun, Sedan and Coblenz

envelope DY

Photo album depicting prints of Austro-Hungarian troops, automobiles, and armament during World War I

Scope and Contents note

Includes 1 print of Archduke Franz Salvator, representative of Francis Joseph.
envelope DZ

1 print depicting a class of young boys and girls from the Belgian town of Uladsloo holding up a placard expressing their gratitude to the Commission for Relief in Belgium 1918

album fEA

Album of postcards describing the German war effort and depicting German troops in Galicia and on the Western Front, naval battle scenes, and cities and towns in France, Poland, Germany, and Belgium (some destroyed) 1914-1916

envelope EB

21 postcards depicting members of the German imperial family at the time of World War I

envelope EC

22 postcards and prints depicting Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Crown Prince Wilhem, General Paul von Hindenburg and other German military leaders; German soldiers (dead and alive) and prisoners, captured German artillery and tank displayed on the Place de la Concorde in Paris, a German observation balloon, the American cemetery of Belleau Wood and other grave sites, and unidentified barracks and submarine 1914-1919

envelope ED

1 print depicting both sides of a medal commemorating Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin and a German aerial attack over London 1915 August 17-18

envelope EE

1 print depicting C. B. Kelland in uniform undated

envelope EF

3 prints depicting the U.S.A.T Mount Vernon transporting German prisoners of war from Vladivostok

envelope EG

1 print of Kaiser Wilhelm II with Marshals Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorfff; and 1 tin type of Field Marshal Sir John French

envelope EH

40 postcard portraits of various American, British and other Allied military leaders

envelope EI

63 postcards of assorted World War I scenes

envelope mEJ

48 prints depicting the U.S.A.T Logan transporting Czechoslovak prisoners of war from Vladivostok 1920

envelope EK

1 sketch of General Erich von Falkenhayn German Chief of Staff, by O. Henspel 1917

envelope EL

3 postcards including depictions of Marshals Ferdinand Foch and Joseph Joffre

envelope EM

10 prints of tanks in World War I

box 49

World War I Austrian postcards

Scope and Contents

33 Austrian postcards reproducing paintings by various artists depicting World War I battle scenes and the military, civilian life, and landscapes. Some are official cards of the Kriegs Hilfsburos in support of the Red Cross or war invalids.
box 51

Military photo album from the Italian theatre

Scope and Contents

Military photo album from the Italian theatre depicting the aftermath of a battle along the Piave River
box 52

Photo album belonging to a Major Forgiero

Scope and Contents

Photo album belonging to a Major Forgiero depicting scenes from Italy during World War I and his imprisonment in Germany
box 53

Tobolski album 1916

Scope and Contents

Photographs, drawings and text related to Hungarian POWs in Tobolski Siberia) in 1916
box 54, folder 3

German humor postcards, "Schlammbad in Polen"

box 54, folder 2

Postcards of French and Russian POWs

box 54, folder 4

Italian propaganda postcards with artwork by Malus

box 54, folder 1

Spanish confectionary cards on the war in Poland and Ukraine

box 54, folder 5-7

Austrian postcards with artwork by Rud Kristen

Scope and Contents

Some with correspondence