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Extraordinary Pictures of the Chicago Race Riots of 1919

Extraordinary Pictures of the Chicago Race Riots of 1919

The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 began on a hot July day and thought to be the worst of around 25 riots during the so-called 'Red Summer'. ...
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For Every Fighter a Woman Worker! Photographs of Women Doing Their Bit in WW1 (1918)

For Every Fighter a Woman Worker! Photographs of Women Doing Their Bit in WW1 (1918)

Pictures of women on the Home Front ...
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Extraordinary Photographs of a Captured WW1 U-Boat Submarine (1918)

Extraordinary Photographs of a Captured WW1 U-Boat Submarine (1918)

Ever wanted to see inside a WW1 German U-Boat? Well now you can. These photographs, taken in 1918, show the interiors of a UB 110 submarine just prior to being scrapped. ...
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How WWI Propaganda Posters Sold the War to Americans and Helped Invent the Modern Ad Industry

How WWI Propaganda Posters Sold the War to Americans and Helped Invent the Modern Ad Industry

'The manipulators of patriotic opinion made use of the mental clichés and the emotional habits of the public to produce mass reactions against the alleged atrocities, the terror and the tyranny of the enemy' - Edward Bernays ...
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World War 1 In Color: Canada’s War

World War 1 In Color: Canada’s War

Coloring the old brings the past to life ...
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My Great-Uncle’s Extraordinary World War 1 Scrapbook

My Great-Uncle’s Extraordinary World War 1 Scrapbook

A reader shares his ancestor's poetry and views on the Great War ...
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Gorgeous, Color Photographs of Paris Between The Great War And La Belle Époque

Gorgeous, Color Photographs of Paris Between The Great War And La Belle Époque

These gorgeous color photographs of Paris in 1914, at the end of the La Belle Époque, were made using Autochrome Lumière technology, a technique developed in 1903 by the Lumière brothers. ...
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Danza Macabra Europea: Alberto Martini’s Depraved World War Postcards

Danza Macabra Europea: Alberto Martini’s Depraved World War Postcards

Pricked by the depravity of war and art's search for answers, Alberto Martini (November 24, 1876 - November ...
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Faceless Men Behind Copper Masks At The Tin Nose Shop (1918)

Faceless Men Behind Copper Masks At The Tin Nose Shop (1918)

Anna Coleman Ladd (1878–1939), an American sculptor, ran the Studio for Portrait Masks in Paris. There ...
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Mata Hari In Photos: The Ultimate Femme Fatale and Woman of Courage

Mata Hari In Photos: The Ultimate Femme Fatale and Woman of Courage

Before we get to the life of Mata Hari, the woman who epitomises spying and ...
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USS Recruit: The Unsinkable Battle Ship Marooned In New York (1917 – 1920)

USS Recruit: The Unsinkable Battle Ship Marooned In New York (1917 – 1920)

Between 1917 and 1920, visitors to New York could take in SS Recruit, aka Landship ...
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Belgian Refugees In Britain (1914-1918)

Belgian Refugees In Britain (1914-1918)

On August 1, 1914, the German Army invaded Belgium. The Germans wanted an easy passage ...
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