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The Iron Cross
This picture was already shown in a previous post, but I thought it was interesting to spend a few lines about the Iron Cross, as symbol of the German Army. The Iron Cross (German: Eisernes Kreuz) i… more →
Some WW1 Photographs...
The Live Bait Squadron.... HMS Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy... 22nd September 1914
wrote 13 hours ago: Recently I attended a family history fair, and on one of the stands, was a leaflet asking for inform … more →
95 years ago today, Pregnant Mary Turner was lynched. Seven years after that, on the exact same date, Malcolm X was born.
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wrote 4 days ago: Article from the Atlanta Constitution on the lynching of pregnant Mary Turner. This article is the f … more →
Elinor Field with "Keystone Teddy" the Wonder Dog!
wrote 4 days ago: Elinor Field with “Keystone Teddy”, Circa 1918 Elinor As A Sennett “Bathing Beauty … more →
1918
wrote 4 days ago: 1918 ****************** issued: 1918 – 18 XI circulation 1 2 filera ocher 1,888,600 2 3 filera … more →
#615 - Leonard Bernstein / Richard Greene - 25 August 1918
wrote 6 days ago: Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, c … more →
Willa Cather, "My Antonia"
wrote 1 week ago: 1918 Willa Cather’s novel explores immigrants and Americans settling in Black Hawk, Nebraska. … more →
Respect for a fallen enemy - French soldier's grave, 1915
wrote 1 week ago: Gravesite erected for a French soldier by men of the German Guard-Regiment No. 4. No more words need … more →
The Iron Cross
wrote 1 week ago: This picture was already shown in a previous post, but I thought it was interesting to spend a few l … more →
Tractor at work
wrote 1 week ago: After the several French artillery tractors shown during the last weeks, it was time to show one in … more →
6 fallen soldiers and a wooden cross
wrote 2 weeks ago: What a contrast with the impressive memorial shown in yesterday’s post… This wooden cros … more →
WWI Vermont Veteran Photo - John J. Corcoran, 101st Machine Gun Battalion Wounded in Action
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wrote 2 weeks ago: My continued obsession with WWI Vermont material has landed me a new WWI photo taken in France in Ju … more →
Barbed wire as a proof of love
wrote 2 weeks ago: This post has nothing to do with sadomasochism! It’s just a proof of love from my wife: she kn … more →
The monument of Vauquois
wrote 2 weeks ago: I had published about one year ago two posts about the destroyed village of Vauquois (France, Meuse) … more →
Siegfried Sassoon, Poems
wrote 3 weeks ago: “A WORKING PARTY,” 1917 Three hours ago he blundered up the trench, Sliding and poising, … more →
Wilfred Owen, Poems
wrote 3 weeks ago: Wilfred Owens was sent to Edinburgh to recover from shell shock after the Battle of the Somme in 191 … more →
The Renault FT 17 Tank
wrote 3 weeks ago: Even if this tank is displayed in the collection of the Fondation Berliet vehicles, this FT 17 Frenc … more →
"Thurs, Dec. 1918"
wrote 3 weeks ago: This evening we went over to see Grandma as it was her birthday. A whole crowd was there & I fe … more →
"Sunday, Dec. 1, 1918 (one of those dull days)"
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wrote 3 weeks ago: So this is Dec! The mo. certainly fly – and yet no sign of * – I do hate to give up hope … more →
"Saturday, Nov. 30, 1918"
wrote 3 weeks ago: Mother got tickets for Herbert, Aunt Alice and I for “She Walked in Her Sleep” but she h … more →
