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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: Army Motor Kitchen of Mrs. Hoare's [YMCA], 2 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Army Motor Kitchen of Mrs. Hoare's [YMCA], 2 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Army Motor Kitchen of Mrs. Hoare's [YMCA], 2 Oct 1918 (date created or published later). Soldiers and a woman standing outside a Y.M.C.A. motor kitchen in France during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Capt. J.A. Meissner, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Capt. J.A. Meissner, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. J.A. Meissner, between c1915 and c1920. James Armand Meissner (1896-1936), World War I flying ace

Background imageWartime Collection: Italy, 1st line trenches, 7July 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Italy, 1st line trenches, 7July 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Italy, 1st line trenches, 7July 1918 (date created or published later). Italian soldiers in a trench during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Gens. W.L. Wright, F.L. Winn & Todd, 11 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Gens. W.L. Wright, F.L. Winn & Todd, 11 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Gens. W.L. Wright, F.L. Winn & Todd, 6890. United States Army personnel during World War I including General William Mason Wright (1863-1943), Frank Long Winn (1864-1941) and Henry Davis Todd Jr

Background imageWartime Collection: Gen. Leroy S. Upton, 26 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Leroy S. Upton, 26 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Leroy S. Upton, 26 Nov 1918. U.S. Brigadier-General LeRoy Sunderland Upton (1869-1927), of the 57th Infantry Brigade, Twenty-ninth Division, First Army, at the end of World War I in Passavant

Background imageWartime Collection: Pershing decorating Americans, Feb 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Pershing decorating Americans, Feb 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Pershing decorating Americans, Feb 1919 (date created or published later). United States General John J. Pershing (1860-1948), head of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Gen. Geo. S. Simonds, 15 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Geo. S. Simonds, 15 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Geo. S. Simonds, 15 Nov 1918. Major General George Sherwin Simonds (1874-1938) who served in the U.S. Army at Bertangles, Somme, France, November 15, 1918

Background imageWartime Collection: Gen. Semenoff & Gen. Graves, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Semenoff & Gen. Graves, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Semenoff & Gen. Graves, between c1915 and c1920. General Semenoff, commander in chief of the Allied Forces in Siberia (left), and Major Gen. William S

Background imageWartime Collection: Capt. W.C. Schauffler Jr. [& Lt. F.A. Tillman], 18 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Capt. W.C. Schauffler Jr. [& Lt. F.A. Tillman], 18 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. W.C. Schauffler Jr. [& Lt. F.A. Tillman], 18 Nov 1918. Captain W.G. Schauffler, Jr. standing and Lieutenant Fred A. Tillman in the seat of a Ninetieth Aero Squadron (Pair-a-Dice" Squadron)

Background imageWartime Collection: Mrs. Mary P. Gardner, Anna A. Ryan, 14 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Mrs. Mary P. Gardner, Anna A. Ryan, 14 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Mary P. Gardner, Anna A. Ryan, 14 Oct 1918. Mrs. Mary Palmer Gardner and Anna A. Ryan working at the Souilly hospital canteen, Souilly, France, Oct. 14, 1918 during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Italian gun on Adriatic, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Italian gun on Adriatic, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Italian gun on Adriatic, 1918 or 1919. Journalists inspecting a 15 inch gun battery along the Adriatic coast in Albania after World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: [Red Cross] (Dining), between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

[Red Cross] (Dining), between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
[Red Cross] (Dining), between c1915 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. Frank E. Bamford & Col. D.K. Major, 25 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Brig. Gen. Frank E. Bamford & Col. D.K. Major, 25 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Brig. Gen. Frank E. Bamford & Col. D.K. Major, 25 Oct 1918. Frank Ellis Bamford (1865-1932) and Duncan Kennedy Major, Jr. (1876-1949) in front of a dugout in Bras, Meuse, France, Oct

Background imageWartime Collection: Capt. O.J. Golden, Lt. L.G. McConkie, Lt. M.J. Cross, between c1915 and c1920

Capt. O.J. Golden, Lt. L.G. McConkie, Lt. M.J. Cross, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. O.J. Golden, Lt. L.G. McConkie, Lt. M.J. Cross, between c1915 and c1920. Probably shows Oliver J. Golden (1882-1949), Michigan, Captain 49th Infantry

Background imageWartime Collection: An Austrian 'dud', 305 shell, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

An Austrian "dud", 305 shell, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
An Austrian "dud", 305 shell, 1918. An unexploded artillery shell probably fired from a 305 mm Skoda mortar during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Returning marines, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Returning marines, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Returning marines, 1918 or 1919. American Marines after their return to the United States after World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Edw. Vahey, Jos. A. Kearns, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Edw. Vahey, Jos. A. Kearns, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Edw. Vahey, Jos. A. Kearns, 1918 or 1919. American soldiers after their return to the United States after World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: In Michigan Hdqrs. New York, between 1917 and 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

In Michigan Hdqrs. New York, between 1917 and 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
In Michigan Hdqrs. New York, between 1917 and 1919. American soldiers seated around a table in New York City after returning from World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Geo. Maywood, between 1917 and 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Geo. Maywood, between 1917 and 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Geo. Maywood, between 1917 and 1919. An American soldier seated in a chair, probably after his return to the United States after World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Welcome to Lafayette House, between 1918 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Welcome to Lafayette House, between 1918 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Welcome to Lafayette House, 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: Gen. Pershing, 7 Sept 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Pershing, 7 Sept 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Pershing, 7 Sept 1918. General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing (1860-1948), who served as head of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Peronne retaken, 1918, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Peronne retaken, 1918, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Peronne retaken, 1918, 1918 (date created or published later). The ruins of the Grande Place of Pe´ronne, France which was damaged in World War I. The townhall is on the right

Background imageWartime Collection: War Correspondents, Langewaede, 22 Sept 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

War Correspondents, Langewaede, 22 Sept 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
War Correspondents, Langewaede, 22 Sept 1918 (date created or published later). War reporters in Langewaede, Belgium during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: A.H. Wiggin & J.P. Morgan, 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

A.H. Wiggin & J.P. Morgan, 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
A.H. Wiggin & J.P. Morgan, 25 Oct 1917. Shows (left to right) Albert H. Wiggin, president of Chase Manhattan Bank; financier J.P. Morgan, and Walter E

Background imageWartime Collection: Lafayette House, between 1918 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

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

Background imageWartime Collection: Kaiser's coffin, May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Kaiser's coffin, May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Kaiser's coffin, May 1918. Display of Kaiser's coffin with sign reading "The Kaiser's coffin come in and help bury the Beast of Berlin." Coffin is located in front of the New

Background imageWartime Collection: Refugees arrive at Antwerp, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Refugees arrive at Antwerp, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Refugees arrive at Antwerp, between c1915 and 1918. Refugees arriving at Antwerp, Belgium during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: W.J. Reilly, unknown date. Creator: Bain News Service

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

Background imageWartime Collection: Our boys in France, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Our boys in France, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Our boys in France, 1917 or 1918. American soldiers in France during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Field Mass, 30 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Field Mass, 30 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Field Mass, 30 May 1918. The military mass at the Battery, New York City, held in May 1918 during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Peace Hurrah, 11 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Peace Hurrah, 11 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Peace Hurrah, 11 Nov 1918 (date created or published later). Parade and crowds in streets in New York City after the Armistice of November 11, 1918 which ended World War I in western Europe

Background imageWartime Collection: Field Mass, 30 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Field Mass, 30 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Field Mass, 30 May 1918. Procession of soldiers, sailors and clergy at the military mass at the Battery, New York City, held in May 1918 during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Peace Hurrah, 11 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Peace Hurrah, 11 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Peace Hurrah, 11 Nov 1918 (date created or published later). Parade and crowds in the streets in New York City after the Armistice of November 11, 1918 which ended World War I in western Europe

Background imageWartime Collection: Officers, 130th Fld. Art. 24 April 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Officers, 130th Fld. Art. 24 April 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Officers, 130th Fld. Art. 24 April 1919 (date created or published later). U.S. Army officers on the U.S. S. Mobile which arrived in New York, April 23, 1919 with soldiers

Background imageWartime Collection: Peace Hurrah, 11 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Peace Hurrah, 11 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Peace Hurrah, 11 Nov 1918 (date created or published later). Parade and crowds in streets in New York City after the Armistice of November 11, 1918 which ended World War I in western Europe

Background imageWartime Collection: U.S. engineers, Audenarde, 10 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

U.S. engineers, Audenarde, 10 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S. engineers, Audenarde, 10 Nov 1918. American engineers from Company A of the 316th Engineer Regiment constructing a bridge abutment over a canal in Audenarde, Belgium during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Caring for Refugees, between 1919 and 1924. Creator: Bain News Service

Caring for Refugees, between 1919 and 1924. Creator: Bain News Service
Caring for Refugees, between 1919 and 1924. The World War I relief efforts of the "Comite´ Americain pour les Re´gions De´vaste´es de France" (American Committee for Devastated France)

Background imageWartime Collection: 77th Div. Band plays for Gen. R. Alexander, France, 27 Aug 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

77th Div. Band plays for Gen. R. Alexander, France, 27 Aug 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
77th Div. Band plays for Gen. R. Alexander, France, 27 Aug 1918. The 77th Division concert band, orchestra and players entertaining Major General Robert Alexander (1863-1941)

Background imageWartime Collection: Parade, 12 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Parade, 12 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Parade, 12 Oct 1918 (date created or published later). Women marching in a Liberty Loan parade during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: 52nd Brigade, 25th [i.e. 26th] Div. between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

52nd Brigade, 25th [i.e. 26th] Div. between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
52nd Brigade, 25th [i.e. 26th] Div. between 1917 and c1920. The warehouse of the Army Quartermaster's Effects Bureau which managed the personal effects of soldiers who died in World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Grace George sells bonds, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Grace George sells bonds, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Grace George sells bonds, between c1915 and 1918. Alice Fischer and Grace George selling bonds in the Liberty Theatre at the New York Public Library during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Storage, between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Storage, between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Storage, between 1917 and c1920. The warehouse of the Army Quartermaster's Effects Bureau which managed the personal effects of soldiers who died in World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: W.H. Edwards, Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

W.H. Edwards, Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
W.H. Edwards, Nov 1918. American football player William Hanford "Big Bill" Edwards (1877-1943) at at United War Drive in Wall Street, New York City, November 1918

Background imageWartime Collection: Col. Wm. Wallace & Gen. Guglielmotti, Apr 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Col. Wm. Wallace & Gen. Guglielmotti, Apr 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. Wm. Wallace & Gen. Guglielmotti, Apr 1919. William Arthur Wallace (1867-1945), commander of the 332nd U.S. Infantry Regiment which served on the Italian front during World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Dean Woodbridge, Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Dean Woodbridge, Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Dean Woodbridge, Oct 1918. Professor Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge (1867-1940) who was dean of Columbia University. Woodbridge is giving a speech at a gathering of the Student Army Training Corps

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

E. Root, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
E. Root, between c1915 and c1920. Former Secretary of War Elihu Root (1845-1937) giving a speech at a gathering of the Student Army Training Corps and others on the steps of the Low Memorial Library

Background imageWartime Collection: 27th Parade, Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

27th Parade, Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
27th Parade, Mar 1918. Parade for the soldiers of the U.S. Army 27th Division in New York City after World War I

Background imageWartime Collection: Col. J.P. Finley, Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Col. J.P. Finley, Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. J.P. Finley, Oct 1918. John Park Finley (1854-1943), meteorologist and Army Signal Service officer giving a speech at a gathering of the Student Army Training Corps



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