Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs Guide to Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs C0502 Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
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Amanda Brent
Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0502
Title
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs 1917-1918
Quantity
0.5 Linear Feet, 1 box, 101 photographs
Creator
Underwood and Underwood
Location
R 72, C 3, S 5
Language
English
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Abstract
Over one hundred photographs from the Underwood & Underwood photography agency of scenes from World War I in Europe, Asia,
the Middle East, and the United States, taken from 1917 - 1918. The majority of the photographs depict soldiers of various
nationalities during and training for combat, as well as the war effort and civilian life in the United States.
Underwood and Underwood (also written as Underwood & Underwood) was a large American photography agency founded by brothers
Elmer and Bert Underwood in 1882. Originally based in Ottawa, Kansas, they relocated the business first to Baltimore, Maryland,
and eventually to New York City, New York in 1891. Known for their massively popular stereograph photography, the company
eventually took up photojournalism and entertainment photography to great success.
World War I, or the Great War as it was known at the time, was an international conflict that lasted from 1914 - 1918. The
war affected nearly all European countries, as well as the United States and many others across the globe. According to Encyclopaedia
Britannica, "[t]he war was virtually unprecedented in the slaughter, carnage, and destruction it caused." At its essence a
conflict between the "Allies" (France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the "Central Powers"
(Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey), World War I ended on November 11, 1918 when the armistice between Germany and the
Allies took place. Over 40 million people died as casualties of the war.
Content Warning: Some of the photographic descriptions include racist language.
Over one hundred photographs from the Underwood & Underwood photography agency of scenes from World War I in Europe, the United
States, Asia, and the Middle East. All photographs were taken between 1917 - 1918. The majority of the photographs depict
soldiers of various nationalities during and training for combat. Other photographs depict the war effort and recruitment
of soldiers. Notably, there are a few photographs of soldiers of color, including Seminole soldiers training under the United
States army and Indian soldiers training under Great Britain. A handful of photographs depict civilian life in the United
States during the time period.
The photographs in this collection are attached to small paper descriptions with adhesive. These paper descriptions are brittle
and acidic, and are folded from the verso of the photograph to the recto.
"Biographical/Historical[.]" Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American
History. https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAH.AC.0143.
Royde-Smith, J. Graham and Showalter, Dennis E. "World War I." Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 27, 2022. https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I.
"Underwood and Underwood[.]" Broadway Photographs, accessed May 27, 2022. https://broadway.cas.sc.edu/content/underwood-and-underwood
"French cavalry on road flooded by the Germans to protect their retreat"
May 7, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 2
King George V and General Sir Newton Moore watching the Australian artillery brigade march past
May 7, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 3
French sappers, or civilian miners, at work underground
May 18, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 4
"Artillery pieces marching by during the review and inspection by Col. Wolf"
August 9, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 5
Gun explosion
August 31, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 6
Russian women from the "Battalion of Death" recovering in a hospital
September 18, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 7
Wounded Italian soldiers sitting on a road, waiting for medical attention
September 18, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 8
French officers teaching American soldiers how to use gun grenades
October 22, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 9
"Captain David Fallen of British army aids Liberty Loan"
October 22, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 10
"U-BUY-A-BOND" event in Central Park, New York
October 23, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 11
British soldiers standing in front of a tank on an American tour
October 24, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 12
Soldiers ducking during a trench attack
October 24, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 13
British soldiers assessing damage to the Western Front
October 24, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 14
British soldiers standing in front of tank sent for Liberty Loan exhibition
October 29, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 15
Tank "Britannia" going up Fifth Avenue in New York City during the Liberty Loan Parade
October 25, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 16
American officer making appeals to recruits on top of a tank in Madison Square, New York
October 25, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 17
Kingdon Gould and Sergeant Hinkley at Camp Dix, New Jersey
October 29, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 18
American soldiers during bayonet practice on a dummy of Kaiser Wilhelm
October 30, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 19
Soldiers holding onto a kite balloon
October 31, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 20
"Great captive dirigibles used by French for observation"
October 31, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 21
Volunteer Ambulance Division - two women drivers named Hilda S. Ambler and Phyllis K. Martin
November 1, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 22
British Naval Air Force kite balloons
November 1, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 23
View of Camp Kearney barracks in San Diego County, California
November 1, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 24
American soldiers in France using "liquid fire apparatus"
November 12, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 25
"German prisoners captured by British pass through wrecked Ypres"
November 18, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 26
Indian soldiers training with bayonets in France
November 19, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 27
American soldiers fencing on horseback
November 19, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 28
View of No man's land
November 20, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 29
Lieutenant C.F. Parks modeling the new American trench helmet
November 20, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 30
Doctor helping wounded soldier write a letter after the Battle of Menin Road Ridge
November 21, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 31
Transport ship Medie sinking in the Mediterranean [partially sunk]
November 21, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 32
Transport ship Medie sinking in the Mediterranean [fully sunk]
November 21, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 33
Transport ship Medie sinking in the Mediterranean [partially sunk]
November 21, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 34
View from British warship on rough seas
November 21, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 35
"Sixteenth Annual Championship Cat Show opens"
November 21, 1917
Photographs box: 1 folder: 36
Italian outposts along the Brenta River
January 9, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 37
Soldiers helping a fellow wounded soldier cross a duckboard track
January 15, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 38
General Allenby reading proclamation at the Tower of David in Jerusalem, Israel
January 18, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 39
Portuguese soldiers stoking mortar gun
February 3, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 40
"General Pershing meets King Albert of the Belgians"
February 5, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 41
Older and younger marines doing the manual of arms
February 5, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 42
British soldiers climbing out of a trench for a daylight patrol
February 6, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 43
British soldiers eating food in a trench
February 6, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 44
"Italian hydroaeroplane held by crane prior to flight over enemy territory"
February 8, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 45
Swimmers Ruth and Eleanor Smith
February 8, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 46
Dogfight between French and German planes
February 12, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 47
Pilots testing a plane before a flight
February 13, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 48
Downed plane, known as a "Grass Cutter," in France
February 12, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 49
Portrait of swimmer Ellsworth Elderkin
February 12, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 50
American soldiers throwing trench bombs and grenades
February 12, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 51
British soldier on the front line in Flanders, Belgium during winter
February 13, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 52
British soldiers on the front line signalling artillery to start
February 13, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 53
Disabled tank being used as observation post
February 13, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 54
Crashed German plane on the Flanders front
February 13, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 55
French shepherd with their dog and sheep
February 14, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 56
Soldier standing in a charred French forest
February 14, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 57
"Most advanced French line on the Belgian front"
February 15, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 58
"ANZACs [Australian and New Zealand Army Corps] capture Boche anti-tank gun"
February 15, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 59
British soldiers bringing food to the front line
February 15, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 60
British soldiers on the Western Front waiting for coffee
February 15, 2018
Photographs box: 1 folder: 61
British and Italian soldiers preparing for a football (soccer) game
February 15, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 62
British soldiers in a trench
February 15, 1918
Scope and Contents
A derogatory term against Germans is used in the official description of this photograph.
Photographs box: 1 folder: 63
British soldier putting up barbed wire entanglements
February 15, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 64
American soldier standing next to Senegalese troopers
February 16, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 65
British soldiers marching Iraqi prisoners of war through Baghdad
February 17, 1918
Scope and Contents
Content Warning: Offensive language towards Middle Eastern people.
Photographs box: 1 folder: 66
"British prisoners of war have papers examined by German officers in Holland"
February 18, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 67
Vietnamese soldiers fighting for France training for combat
February 18, 1918
Scope and Contents
Content warning: The provided description of this photograph includes a racial slur. Please contact SCRC if you wish to access
the full description.
Photographs box: 1 folder: 68
Y.M.C.A. workers distributing letters to soldiers
February 18, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 69
The christening party of the American steam fishing ship "Kingfisher"
February 18, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 70
"Heavy British gun in action on open Mesopotamia desert"
February 20, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 71
British soldiers handling an 18-pounder field gun in the Mesopotamian Desert
February 20, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 72
Three photographs of actor Douglas Fairbanks touring the Grand Canyon and visiting a Native American family
February 20, 1918
Scope and Content
Content warning: The provided description of this photograph includes a racial slur. Please contact SCRC if you wish to access
the full description.
Photographs box: 1 folder: 73
"Telephone girl" M.E. Clarke working a telephone exchange
February 21, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 74
"French Military Police in Salonika [Thessaloniki, Greece] on review before General Fourasse"
February 21, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 75
Royal Flying Corps pilot preparing for a bombing flight
February 25, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 76
Soldiers from the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma at Camp Travis, Texas
February 26, 1918
Scope and Content
Content warning: The provided description of this photograph includes racially insensitive language towards Native Americans.
Please contact SCRC if you wish to access the full description.
Photographs box: 1 folder: 77
Soldiers learning to man a U.S. Navy dirigible
February 26, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 78
Tank driving through barbed wire
February 26, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 79
"Tanks mow down barbed wire entanglements"
February 26, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 80
Post-air raid damage to Paris buildings
February 26, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 81
British soldiers bunking in an overturned concrete tank
February 26, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 82
British soldiers making camp in an overturned concrete tank
February 26, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 83
Baseball players "Nig" Clarke and Jack Miller at the Marine Corps' Recruiting Depot at Paris Island, South Carolina
February 28, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 84
British soldiers camp out in an overturned concrete tank
February 28, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 85
"German aviatik in raid over Paris downed by French"
February 28, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 86
Red Cross workers in the home of John D. Rockefeller
March 1, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 87
"Cavalry goes into action on the Western Front"
March 1, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 88
Balloon being prepared to be sent over enemy lines with a message from President Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 89
American soldiers, also called the "Rainbow Division," marching in France
March 4, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 90
Concert for American soldiers
March 5, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 91
"British scout plane ready for a flight before dusk"
March 5, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 92
British officer on a submarine affixing a message to a carrier pigeon
March 5, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 93
"First photo of General Guillaumat, new commander of allied forces on Eastern Front reviewing Greek troops"
March 6, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 94
"Italian troopers strengthening the wire entanglements in front of the trenches on the Piave River"
March 6, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 95
French marine guns and gunners
March 6, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 96
British officer on submarine releasing a carrier pigeon
May 3, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 97
Men putting fuses on Stokes' mortar shells
August 1, 1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 98
British soldiers sitting in building wreckage on the Western Front
1918
Photographs box: 1 folder: 99
Italian infantry "Florence" resting after an attack
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