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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: Italians taking possession of Tripoli, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Italians taking possession of Tripoli, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Italians taking possession of Tripoli, 1911. Shows Italian troops entering Tripoli, Libya during the Turco-Italian War (Italo-Turkish War) which took place between September 1911 and October 1912

Background imageWartime Collection: Geo. Clemenceau, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Geo. Clemenceau, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Geo. Clemenceau, 1917

Background imageWartime Collection: Gen. Machado of Portugal, in uniform, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Machado of Portugal, in uniform, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Machado of Portugal, in uniform, 1915

Background imageWartime Collection: Gen. D'Amade, three-quarters standing, in uniform, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. D'Amade, three-quarters standing, in uniform, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. D'Amade, three-quarters standing, in uniform, 1915

Background imageWartime Collection: Milyukof, on ship, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Milyukof, on ship, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Milyukof, on ship, 1915

Background imageWartime Collection: H.M.S. Shannon Vickers Sons & Maxims Gun Works, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

H.M.S. Shannon Vickers Sons & Maxims Gun Works, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
H.M.S. Shannon Vickers Sons & Maxims Gun Works, 1915. The Vickers, Sons and Maxim ordnance and ammunition factory at Barrow-in-Furness, England

Background imageWartime Collection: Armstrong gun works, Newcastle [docks], 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Armstrong gun works, Newcastle [docks], 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Armstrong gun works, Newcastle [docks], 1915

Background imageWartime Collection: Japanese Red Cross delegation en route to Europe, 1/12/15, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Japanese Red Cross delegation en route to Europe, 1/12/15, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Japanese Red Cross delegation en route to Europe, 1/12/15, 1915

Background imageWartime Collection: Persian troops - camel artillery, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Persian troops - camel artillery, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Persian troops - camel artillery, 1918

Background imageWartime Collection: Armored auto, Turkey, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Armored auto, Turkey, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Armored auto, Turkey, 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Piccadilly Circus, 1915. Creator: David Muirhead Bone

Piccadilly Circus, 1915. Creator: David Muirhead Bone
Piccadilly Circus, 1915. A dramatic scene of crowds as they move through Piccadilly Circus, a circular road junction and major public space bordered by stately buildings in London's West End

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

knitting bee, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
knitting bee, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageWartime Collection: Austrians leaving front, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Austrians leaving front, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Austrians leaving front, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageWartime Collection: Kate Richards O'Hare, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Kate Richards O'Hare, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Kate Richards O'Hare, between c1915 and c1920

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

London canteen, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
London canteen, between c1915 and c1920. Shows soldiers at a Red Cross canteen in London, England during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Grand Duke George Michaelowich & Prince Kanin, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Grand Duke George Michaelowich & Prince Kanin, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Grand Duke George Michaelowich & Prince Kanin, 1916. Shows Prince Kan'in Kotohito (1865-1945), a member of the Japanese Imperial family riding in a carriage with Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of

Background imageWartime Collection: Gen. Sir C.C. Monro, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Sir C.C. Monro, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Sir C.C. Monro, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, 1st Baronet of Bearcrofts (1860-1929), who served as a British Army General during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: 155 cm [i.e. mm] gun in France, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

155 cm [i.e. mm] gun in France, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
155 cm [i.e. mm] gun in France, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageWartime Collection: Joffre in Br'klyn [i.e. Brooklyn], no date. Creator: Bain News Service

Joffre in Br'klyn [i.e. Brooklyn], no date. Creator: Bain News Service
Joffre in Br'klyn [i.e. Brooklyn], no date. Shows the unveiling of the Lafayette Monument in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York, which took place on May 10, 1917

Background imageWartime Collection: Recruiting address -- 23d & Broadway, N.Y. between 1917 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Recruiting address -- 23d & Broadway, N.Y. between 1917 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruiting address -- 23d & Broadway, N.Y. between 1917 and 1918. Shows the Flatiron Building, New York City, with recruiting signage for World War I: "Your Country Needs You."

Background imageWartime Collection: Gov. Smith reviews 27th, Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Gov. Smith reviews 27th, Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Gov. Smith reviews 27th, Mar 1918. Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944) of New York, reviewing a parade for the soldiers of the U.S. Army 27th Division in New York City after World War I

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

Farmerettes, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farmerettes, between c1915 and 1918. Probably shows "farmerette" members of the Woman's Land Army of America (later Women's Land Army)

Background imageWartime Collection: U.S. troops on camouflaged road, 11 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

U.S. troops on camouflaged road, 11 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S. troops on camouflaged road, 11 May 1918. The Fifth Regiment U.S. Marines returning from the trenches passing through Sommedieue, France, May 11, 1918 during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Lt. Thurston E. Wood, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Lt. Thurston E. Wood, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Lt. Thurston E. Wood, 1918. Lieutenant Thurston E. Wood, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who was killed in action, April 24, 1918 during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. William J. Reilly, a sergeant in the Navy and a vaudeville performer, who recorded patriotic songs as "Sailor Reilly"

Background imageWartime Collection: W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. William J. Reilly, sergeant in the Navy and vaudeville performer, who recorded patriotic songs as "Sailor Reilly". Reilly is on the U.S.S

Background imageWartime Collection: Maj. Gens. J.T. Dickman & C.T. Bailey, 11 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Maj. Gens. J.T. Dickman & C.T. Bailey, 11 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Maj. Gens. J.T. Dickman & C.T. Bailey, 11 Nov 1918. Major General Joseph Theodore Dickman (1857-1927) of the Third Army and Major General Charles Justin Bailey (1859-1946)

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

Sally Hamlin, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Sally Hamlin, between c1915 and c1920. Sally Hamlin (1902-1987) in a War Saving Stamps booth which is decorated with World War I posters. A soldier stands next to the booth

Background imageWartime Collection: Theater, Times Sq. being painted, 20 Aug 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Theater, Times Sq. being painted, 20 Aug 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Theater, Times Sq. being painted, 20 Aug 1918. Women of the Woman's Reserve Camouflage Corps of the National League for Woman's Service painting the Times Square War Savings Stamp theater

Background imageWartime Collection: Lt. W.C. Peterson, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Lt. W.C. Peterson, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Lt. W.C. Peterson, 1918. Lieutenant William Chandler Peterson (1894-1918), North Crystal Lake, Illinois, who was killed in action, April 24, 1918 during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. William J. Reilly, sergeant in the Navy and vaudeville performer, who recorded patriotic songs as "Sailor Reilly"

Background imageWartime Collection: W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. William J. Reilly, sergeant in the Navy and vaudeville performer, who recorded patriotic songs as "Sailor Reilly"

Background imageWartime Collection: Gen. J.F. O'Ryan, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. J.F. O'Ryan, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. J.F. O'Ryan, between c1915 and c1920. John Francis O'Ryan (1874-1961), Commanding General of the 27th Division (National Guard of New York) during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: King Geo. decorates American, 5 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

King Geo. decorates American, 5 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
King Geo. decorates American, 5 Oct 1918 (date created or published later). King George V of Great Britain (1865-1936) giving a medal to an American soldier in France during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: U.S. soldiers reviewed by King Geo. between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

U.S. soldiers reviewed by King Geo. between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S. soldiers reviewed by King Geo. between c1915 and c1920. American soldiers being reviewed by George V (1865- 1936) during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Corp. W.O. Gorner, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Corp. W.O. Gorner, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Corp. W.O. Gorner, 1917 or 1918. William O. Gorner of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, who died in battle during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. William J. Reilly, sergeant in the Navy and vaudeville performer, who recorded patriotic songs as "Sailor Reilly"

Background imageWartime Collection: L.I.R.R. Food Train, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

L.I.R.R. Food Train, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
L.I.R.R. Food Train, 1918. The Long Island Railroad "Victory Special" demonstration car, organized by the women of the Long Island Food Reserve Battalion during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Officers of 27th, 6 Mar 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Officers of 27th, 6 Mar 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Officers of 27th, 6 Mar 1919. Officers of 27th Division (New York National Guard) arriving in New York City from France after World War I on the ocean liner Leviathan on March 6, 1919

Background imageWartime Collection: Enlisting 'Marinettes', between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Enlisting "Marinettes", between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Enlisting "Marinettes", between c1915 and c1920. Women called the "Marinettes" who performed clerical work usually done by male Marines starting in 1918 during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. William J. Reilly, sergeant in the Navy and vaudeville performer, who recorded patriotic songs as "Sailor Reilly"

Background imageWartime Collection: Jos. R. Smith, 1917 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Jos. R. Smith, 1917 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Jos. R. Smith, 1917 and 1918. Joseph Russell Smith of Weiser, Idaho who was killed in action on May 29, 1918 at the Battle of Cantigny during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: 27th Arriving, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

27th Arriving, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
27th Arriving, 1919. Soldiers of the U.S. Army 27th Division which arrived in New York City from France after World War I on the ocean liner Leviathan on March 6, 1919

Background imageWartime Collection: Big. Gen. D.S. Rockenback [i.e. Rockenbach], 5 Sept 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Big. Gen. D.S. Rockenback [i.e. Rockenbach], 5 Sept 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Big. Gen. D.S. Rockenback [i.e. Rockenbach], 5 Sept 1918. Brigadier General Samuel Dickerson Rockenbach (1869-1952), Chief of Tank Corps, General Headquarters, Chaumont, France, September 5

Background imageWartime Collection: [Red Cross], between 1918 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

[Red Cross], between 1918 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
[Red Cross], between 1918 and c1920. Lafayette House, a convalescent home for veteran soldiers and sailors at 112 West 59th Street (Central Park South), New York City

Background imageWartime Collection: Brig. Gen. E.T. Donnelly, 12 Feb 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Brig. Gen. E.T. Donnelly, 12 Feb 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Brig. Gen. E.T. Donnelly, 12 Feb 1919 (date created or published later). General Edward Terence Donnelly (1871-1929), 164th Brigade, Field Artillery (4th Army Corps, 89th Division), during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Window of Mass. Hdqrs. between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Window of Mass. Hdqrs. between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Window of Mass. Hdqrs. between 1917 and c1920. Soldiers and sailors sitting in front of a window reading "Massachusetts Club for Soldiers, Sailor, and Marines."

Background imageWartime Collection: L. Jacubowski, H.E. Anchors, Ezra E. Jones, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

L. Jacubowski, H.E. Anchors, Ezra E. Jones, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
L. Jacubowski, H.E. Anchors, Ezra E. Jones, 1918 or 1919. American soldiers next to ship after their return to the United States after World War I



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