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World War I Scenes

Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with notes printed on them in French. The top picture is of the Port of Ferriere in Martigues with the canal and boats on the right, and a road and buildings on the left. The bottom picture is of the ruins of a structure in a field after the Battle of the Ourcq, part of the First Battle of the Marne.
Date: 1914~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

World War I Scenes

Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with captions in French under them. The top picture is of the ruins of the town of Bapaume with destroyed buildings. The bottom picture is of a bridge over a river with mountains at a park.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

World War I Scenes

Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with notes printed on them in French. The top picture is of the ruins of Berzieux with a person standing in the middle of the rubble. The bottom picture is of English soldiers in trenches awaiting battle.
Date: 1914~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of War Monument in France]

Postcard of the War Monument for the Dead at Nancy, France.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

L'Emprunt de la Libération.

A white-mustached man resembling Kaiser Wilhelm II, wearing a white helmet and cape, and holding a broken sword, kneels dejectedly with his head down. Above and behind him is held a large group of flags of the Allied states.
Date: unknown
Creator: Faivre, Abel, 1867-1945.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Le Cardinal Mercier protège la Belgique.

Illustration of Cardinal Mercier in a gold cape and mitre (headdress). He holds a staff in his left hand. A fallen man is slumped over at his feet and there is a crowd of people behind him, most of whom appear to be women. The Cardinal is depicted in color and the other people are depicted in black & white.
Date: 1916
Creator: Fouqueray, Charles, 1869-1956.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Marne, Yser, Somme, Verdun : l'aurore.

At right, a French soldier in uniform and helmet holds a French flag. To the left and slightly behind him are two women, one wearing a traditional dress and bonnet of the Lorraine region and the other wearing the traditional dress and headdress of Alsace. The woman from Lorraine brings the flag to her lips as if to kiss it. The top section of the poster contains a portion of the title printed in red, which is partly obscured by laurel branches and a portion of the flag from the lower section.
Date: unknown
Creator: Royer, Henri, 1869-1938.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pour la France, versez votre or : l'or combat pour la victoire.

A frightened German soldier holding a rifle in both hands is forced down onto one knee by the weight of a giant French coin which has landed on his arm. On the coin is a bas-relief of a rooster which appears to be escaping the surface of the coin to attack the soldier. Imprinted on the coin is the text: "LIBERTE - EGALITE - FRATERNITE" and "1915".
Date: 1915
Creator: Faivre, Abel, 1867-1945.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Strasbourg]

Blank postcard with a photograph of a military gathering in Strasbourg, France.
Date: 1917/1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Marianne and soldier collect for the Red Cross]

A female figure representing Marianne is accompanied by a wounded soldier. They collect for the Red Cross. Marianne is dressed in a style to suggest the French Revolution, wearing a blue, white, and red skirt, a uniform jacket worn as a cape, and a long blue and red cap. She holds a Red Cross collecting tin in one hand and a small blue, white, and red keg under her other arm. She guides a wounded soldier, his head bandaged. He has one arm on Marianne’s shoulder, and the other holds a cane. The soldier wears a medal pinned to his coat, a cap with an inscribed band, and is smoking.
Date: 1916
Creator: Willette, Adolphe Léon, 1857-1926.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Monsieur and Madame Forrestre in a Garden]

Photograph of the elderly Monsieur and Madame Forrestre standing together in their garden on Rue Sauvage in Auffay, France. Monsieur Forrestre wears a flat cap, waistcoat, and pants while his wife wears a dark dress. Nathan Levine and Dan Melli billeted with the couple.
Date: November 19, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Souscrivez pour la victoire : Banque Nationale de Crédit.

A winged female figure holding the flag of France flies over a field of fallen German soldiers and canons. Riding on the clouds behind her are armies of soldiers, many of whom are holding flags of various countries.
Date: 1916
Creator: Richard-Gutz, M.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard of Iron Gate at Place Stanislas]

Postcard of the ornamental wrought-iron gate of the Place Stanislas in Nancy, France.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Place Stanislas]

Postcard of the town square called the Place Stanislas in Nancy, France.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Nancy, France]

Postcard of the buildings and landscape of Nancy, France, showing the Hôtel de Ville.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pour le triomphe, souscrivez à l'emprunt national : les souscriptions sont reçues à Paris et en province à la Banque Nationale de Crédit.

French soldiers of World War I march on the ground through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. From the clouds, a crowd of soldiers from past wars descend to join them. The figure of Bellona (the Roman goddess of war) of the "Marseillaise" sculpture on the arch appears to urge the soldiers on to battle.
Date: 1918
Creator: SEM
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard of Ruins in Arras, France]

Postcard of a photograph of a line of multistory buildings that have suffered major damage, with piles of wreckage below them. French text at the top of the postcard locates the ruins in Arras, France. The other side of the postcard is blank except for postcard markings.
Date: [1914..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Ruins in Chauny]

Postcard of a photograph of ruined buildings, with stone, wood, and metal wreckage on either side of a small cobblestone street. French text at the bottom of the postcard locates the ruins in Chauny, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France. The other side of the postcard is blank except for postcard markings.
Date: [1917-03..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Soldiers at Vermandovillers]

Postcard of a photograph of three soldiers in uniforms and boots sitting on a large cement mound with metal bars in it. French text at the bottom of the postcard identifies the cement mound as a blockhaus built by Germans in Vermandovillers in Somme, France. The other side of the postcard is blank except for postcard markings.
Date: [1914..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Soldiers at Ruins of Maurepas Station]

Postcard of a photograph of small group of soldiers in uniforms, helmets, hats, and capes sitting on a dirt hill of wreckage, with other soldiers and military trucks in the background. French text at the bottom of the postcard identifies the area as the ruins of a station in Maurepas, Somme, Hauts-de-Region. The other side of the postcard is blank except for postcard markings.
Date: [1914..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Remains of Roye Ruins]

Postcard of a photograph of a group of stone, wood, and brick buildings that have suffered heavy damage. Many of the buildings have been almost completely leveled, creating piles of wreckage, through which a few men in uniforms walk with shovels. French text at the bottom of the postcard identifies the town as Roye, Somme, Hauts-de-France. The other side of the postcard is blank except for postcard markings.
Date: [1917-03..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Senegalian Sharpshooters in Marcourt]

Postcard of a photograph of a group of three men in dark uniforms holding bundles of sticks above their heads while facing a larger group of men in lighter uniforms. The two groups of men are standing in a wooded area, in front of a long, one-story metal building. French text at the bottom of the postcard identifies the men in darker uniforms as Senegalian soldiers in Morcourt, Somme. The other side of the postcard is blank except for postcard markings.
Date: [1914..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Crédit Lyonnais : souscrivez au 4e Emprunt National.

Naked man wearing sword belt and helmet lunges to the right with sword extended against an eagle and pulling a French flag from its beak.
Date: 1918
Creator: Faivre, Abel, 1867-1945.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

2me Emprunt de la Défense Nationale : en avant, armée de l'épargne, c'est pour la patrie.

A crowd of people hands money to a woman draped in a blue, white, and red French flag and wearing a helmet. The woman stands in front of a winged statue of liberty ("La Marseillaise"). The stairs around her are littered with bills, coins, and money bags. A small cherub figure in a helmet sits near the woman's feet.
Date: 1916
Creator: Robaudi, Alcide Théophile, 1850-1928.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library