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World War I: Finding Images in the Library of Congress

Sample Images

See below for sample images relating to World War I from the collections in a variety of formats, including photographs, drawings, posters, and graphic artwork.

Sample Images

Bain News Service, publisher. Germans at Berry-Au-Bac.1914. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Lafayette Escadrille, Lt. Raoul Lufbury [i.e. Lufbery], World War 1914-1918. Copyrighted 1920. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Francisque Poulbot, artist. Exposition de tableaux de maîtres contemporains . . . vente au profit de l'oeuvre du soldat blessé ou malade. Galerie Georges Bernheim. 1916. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Joseph Pennell, artist. Submarines in dry dock. 1917. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Nell Brinkley, artist. Golden Eyes with Uncle Sam (dog). 1918. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

African American soldiers reading, playing cards, and relaxing in Y.W.C.A. Hostess House. 1918. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Underwood & Underwood, photographer. The war-bread wagon. 1918. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Lucien Jonas, artist. La lutte pour la liberte. 1918. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Keystone View Company. Inspecting a nearly completed pontoon bridge in the French sector of the west front. Between 1914 and 1918. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

J. C. Crosby, photographer. Officers and crew, U.S.S. Mount Vernon, October 30, 1918. 1918. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Rollin Kirby, artist. Now, where are reparations? 1918 or 1919. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Harris & Ewing, photographer. The Women's Radio Corps. Copyrighted 1919. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Brest. Red Cross workers ... giving Red Cross pajamas, underwear and comfort bags to American soldiers boarding the boat for home, 1919. American National Red Cross Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.