Sebastobol from the 26 gun battery on the extreme right of French atta...
Print shows soldiers digging trenches in the snow, and distant view of Sevastopolʹ, during winter. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / Willi... More
Russian rifle pit - now part of the British advanced trenches, on the ...
Print shows soldiers filling sand bags and firing over a barrier of sand bags and gabions. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simps... More
Point Isabel, Texas / from a sketch by our special artist, C.E.H. Bonw...
Soldiers digging trench in foreground; buildings and steamboats in background. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1864 Feb. 13, p. 321.
[Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, ...
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[Soldier standing in a rifle pit covered by a canopy]
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[Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, ...
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Interior view of the Rebel works in front of Petersburgh [sic], Virgin...
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A dead rebel soldier, as he lay in the trenches of "Fort Hell"
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Caption continues: This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.... More
Dead confederate soldier, Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate States of ...
Dead Confederate soldier lying in trench. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington :... More
Desolated Berry au Bac after four years of fighting, France
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"Down in a shell crater we fought" - Battle of Cambrai
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Through sickly shrapnel sown meadows reaped by death alone
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French soldiers resting in the trenches
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Trenches of the Allies on the coast of Flanders
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Camouflaged trenches in Chemin des Dames sector
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German dead in the La Basse area
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German dead in the La Basse area
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Berry au Bac, after four years of fighting
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Without stereoscopic effect, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Pu...
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Scots entrenched and cheerily awaiting a counter-attack
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In the Sap of 1861 near Te Arei, Taranaki. New Zealand Wars period.
The New Zealand Wars took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one side and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other. Public domain vintage photo from New... More
"Prince Lieven inspecting a dynamite gun"
Prince Lieven inspecting a dynamite gun. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center
Gatling gun in trenches. Distant view of Santiago, 1 mile
Gatling gun in trenches. Distant view of Santiago, 1 mile. View of field with sandbagged trenches, large American flag on pole near Gatling gun. Siboney, Cuba. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives... More
Dynamite gun and crew. H. A. Borrowe commanding
Dynamite gun and crew. H. A. Borrowe commanding. Troops and commander standing next to artillery gun in sandbagged trench, single palm tree in distance. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Rese... More
Sandbagged trench with American flag flying
Sandbagged trench with American flag flying. Near Santiago de Cuba. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center
"Dynamite gun and crew" - Public domain portrait print
Dynamite gun and crew. Soldiers in trenches with artillery dynamite gun. Santiago de Cuba. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center
"Trenches before Santiago" - Stevens Coolidge travel collection
Trenches before Santiago. Soldiers in trenches in barren landscape near Santiago de Cuba. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center
In the American trenches before Santiago during a truce, 1898
Photograph showing soldiers seated atop trenches topped with sandbags and rifles ready for firing; one man standing in the center is waving his hat. Copyright 1898 by William Dinwiddie.
Trenches - Stevens Coolidge travel collection
Trenches. Soldiers in trenches with sandbags. American flag flying. Near Santiago de Cuba. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center
"Till my regiment is mustered out" - Funston's reply when asked how lo...
U.S. soldiers in trench during the Spanish-American War. 83923 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood.
"Till my regiment is mustered out" - Funston's reply when asked how lo...
U.S. soldiers in trench during the Philippine War. Copyright 1899 by Underwood & Underwood.
Capture of trenches at Candaba /
"The Filipinos execute a flank movement and re-occupy the trenches, cutting off the advance guard of Americans. The rebel flag waves over the ditch and they defend their position bravely. A fierce charge by our... More
Cubans in their trenches - Awaiting the Spaniards - Pinar del Rio, Cub...
28370 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Sold only by Underwood & Underwood.
Trenches near Manila - A black and white photo of a man on a horse
No. 744. Copyright by Perley Fremont Rockett, San Francisco.
Filipinos retreat from trenches /
"An incident of the Battle of the Trenches at Candabar [sic]. The enemy threw up a high earth embankment during the night, and are defending it with great stubbornness. The pits are crowded with Filipinos, who ... More
U.S. troops and Red Cross in the trenches before Caloocan /
"Our troops have driven the Filipinos out of the trenches, and, after firing one or two volleys, press on in pursuit. The enemy returns the fire and the forward rush is marked by a trail of dead and wounded. Fo... More
In the Orange River trenches holding back the Boers--South Africa
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Firing a volley from shelter of bank - Chinese soldiers at Tien-Tsin, ...
D24262 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 12038. Copyright by B.L. Singley. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Behind the Orange River intrenchments holding back the bravely advanci...
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Looking south over the Russian trenches and magazine - from the centra...
Copyright 1904 by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Digging to victory - Japanese "siege parallel" nearing the Russian for...
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In the trenches at the Sha-ho - firing on the enemy from bomb-proof re...
H62238 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 14523. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Japanese troops in the front parallel
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Japanese troops in the front parallel
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Japanese troops in a "siege parallel," near Russians - Port Arthur
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In the front parallel of the Japanese trenches
Photograph shows Japanese soldiers in large trench during the Russo-Japanese war. H57843 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed description on verso of mount. No. 1035V. Copyright 1905 by T.W. Ingersoll.
[Bursting Japanese shell 200 ft. away, seen from Russian trench near W...
H63429 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7735.
In the front parallel before Port Arthur
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Scene in the Japanese trenches, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library
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Keeping below the dead line--in Japanese trenches near the Russian for...
H59920 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. No. 7596. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Scene in the Japanese trenches, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library
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In the front parallel before Port Arthur
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The Mikado's soldiers behind entrenchments, Manchuria
H86974 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Standard Scenic Company. No. 542.
South-west trenches Major Francisco S. Peralta standing back to shack,...
Photograph shows soldiers aiming rifles over trenches. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Front trench, showing the Lewis gun ready to deal with Boche
In this photograph, a machine-gun crew are standing in a front-line trench with a Lewis gun. The outer edge of the trench, to the left, is sandbagged to head height. The Lewis gun is lying across the back of th... More
Tommies eating in a trench, Flanders
Soldiers is gathered in a small section of trench. In the foreground, one man slices a loaf of bread and another holds a container, possibly filled with soup or stew. Invariably, food arrived in the trenches da... More
[Artillery position showing guns, ammunition shells, sandbags, and lea...
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Railway trucks under which a communication trench is dug, Flanders
Communications trench, Western Front, during World War I. A well-constructed communications trench. It has been dug to a depth of around two metres and the sides lined with horizontal poles, which are held in p... More
Clearing away mud on the Somme, Flanders
Two soldiers standing knee deep in liquid mud in a trench on the Somme. They have bowl-shaped shovels with long handles, which they are using to try and scoop away some of the mud. It must have been backbreaki... More
Distant view of Mametz showing battered German trenches in foreground
German trenches near Mametz, France, during World War I. The picture is dominated by a snaking trench and its surrounding barricades. The trench is a scene of chaos. In the distance the rest of the battlefield ... More
German dead in a captured trench
Dead German soldier, during World War I. The trench is vividly portrayed in the front of this photograph with no-man's land in the distance. The trench is a scene of chaos and debris. In the middle of the pictu... More
Trench warfare. Camp Upton. L.I., N.Y.
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Dead German outside dug-out during World War I
Dead German soldier, near Arras, France, during World War I. A dead German soldier lying outside the entrance to a dugout. Abandoned rifles and stick grenades lie in the trench beside him. This photograph was p... More
[Swiss soldiers entranched on the frontier]
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Scots entrenched and cheerily awaiting a counter-attack
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Camouflaged trenches in Chemin des Dames Sector
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Reading the news in the trenches 1000 yards from the Bosch present pos...
Soldiers in a trench, all wearing steel helmets. Four of them crowd round a newspaper. Their rifles and kit have been put to the left side of the trench, and are hanging from the walls of the trench. The ground... More
[German military personnal in a trench]
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The advance guard in the trenches
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Trenches of the Allies on the coast of Flanders
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[Abandoned British trench which was captured by the Germans; in backgr...
No. 7981 appears on photograph. Caption on back: Die Grosse Schlacht im Westen. Der Stab einer Infanterie-Division ... ueberscreiten einer genommenen engl. Stellung (176). Stamped: BUFA. Forms part of the Rehs... More
Time's up - over you go! during World War I
Photograph of a Canadian battalion going 'over the top during World War I. Ten or so soldiers scramble out of their trench. All are wearing protective hats (except one wearing a flat hat, who is perhaps their c... More
Building a new dug-out as they advance, Flanders
This photograph highlights the sort of surroundings which soldiers lived amongst for four years. The background landscape has been bombed flat and is in the main, featureless. There are small humps in the groun... More
[German soldiers in a trench; in background, a town]
Photograph shows German soldiers in a trench during World War I. (Source: similar photograph at the National Archives) On mount of similar photograph at the National Archives: "German Official Photograph."
Fowl house in the trenches just behind the front line
British soldiers collecting eggs from hens in a rear line trench, in France, during World War I. With their 'Dixie's (cooking pots) full of eggs, three British soldiers are shown handling a hen and rabbit outsi... More
A French departure trench just before zero hour
French soldiers in trenches during World War I. J13934 U.S. Copyright Office. No. W116.
Italian trenches on the Austro-Italian Front
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Captured German dug-out Headquarters, France, probably 1918
This photograph shows how well-engineered some of the German trenches were. The caption notes that there was10 feet of concrete on top and the image shows a great depth of concrete and sod below the corrugated ... More
Frying his bacon in a reserve trench, Flanders
Frying breakfast in the reserve trenches, Western Front, during World War I. A soldier frying food in a large frying pan over a brazier made of a tin drum with holes cut in it. A few other men are watching. Whe... More
[German machine gunners in a trench]
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[German soldiers in a trench] during World War I
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Artillery position showing guns, ammunition shells, sandbags, and lean...
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The long, long trail (sap) by the beach. From the album: Photograph a...
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A quiet moment in German trenches
Small group of German soldiers relaxing, reading, etc. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption car... More
The patrol, 'Apex'. Trenches dug in hard rock here. From the album: ...
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New Zealanders and Aussys in the trenches. From the album: Photograph ...
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I wonder what the folks in New Zealand are doing just now? From the a...
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A quiet time in the trenches at 'Quinn's Post'. From the album: Photo...
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The long sap by the beach. From the album: Photograph album of Major J...
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Theophile Alexandre Steinlen - Dans la tranchée, 1915
During the second half of 1915, Steinlen focused on the soldiers of the war. He considered them the "workers" of the war and of victory. He often depicted them with helmet, baton, and smoking a pipe or cigarett... More
The daily round. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose,...
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A bit of the trenches. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M....
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[Three British soldiers in trench under fire during World War I]
J217850 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Realistic Travels. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Map, France. Sheet 36A N.E. - Public domain map
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Map, Trench Map Ficheux. Sheet 51c S.E. & 51b S.W.
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A formidable weapon in trench warfare photo by Central News Photo Serv...
Photograph shows a French trench mortar in position for firing with two French soldiers nearby, one on a wooden walkway over the mud, the other is using a shovel in a hole or trench, on the Somme front in Franc... More
Second line coming up amid shell fire to win the trench
British soldiers in World War I. J217084 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Realistic Travels.
Map, Trench Map - Neuville Vitasse. Sheet 51B S.W. 1
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American 155 mm artillery cooperating with the 29th Div. in position o...
Photograph shows American soldiers from the 324th Field Artillery Regiment or the 158th Field Artillery Brigade around a camouflaged 155 mm howitzer with shells nearby, one soldier stands in front of the cannon... More
Colleges and Universities - Texas Agricultural and Mechanic College - ...
Original Caption: Military training for students of Agricultural and Mechanical College, College Station, Texas. Instructions to students on trench warfare by a wounded Canadian officer. Colleges and Universit... More