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WWI posters by James Flagg, 1914-1918

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Tanks, WWI

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Gosport Tube Helmet, WWI

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Colour photographs of the German Front, WWI

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The Electrical Experimenter, WWI

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Colour photographs, WWI

Three soldiers and a truck . (Soissons. Aisne. France.  1917)

French Postcards, WWI

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March of the Queen’s Own Regiment, 1915

Queen's

U.S. Navy, 1915

U.S. Navy, 1915

The Landship ‘Recruit’, 1917

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Colour photographs of ‘The Grenata Street Army’, 1915

The Boche is captured: 'The Boche … on his head, an old bowler hat embellished with a two-headed paper eagle and topped with a carrot in lieu of a tip. For him to accept to play this role, we had to proceed by surprise and put on his head this fancy pointed helmet quite unexpectedly … after each session the tip of the helmet was devoured with enthusiasm.'

Aerial Photograph of the Trenches at Ypres, 29th July 1915

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Studio Portraits of German Soldiers, WWI

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WWI Map from Japan

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Living Insignia, WWI

Eleventh Division

Massed troops, WWI

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The Dazzle-Ships of WWI

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Cross-dressing, WWI

Cross dressing in World War One

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