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Collection Photo, Print, Drawing The Central Powers in World War I, 1914-18

About this Item

Title

  • The Central Powers in World War I, 1914-18

Summary

  • Reproductions of German news photographs, paintings, drawings, and engravings of first World war scenes concerning the Germans and their allies. Prints show destroyed buildings and forts; combat scenes; naval actions; royalty and officers reviewing troops; refugees and war damage. Includes portraits of political and military leaders and royalty. Photographs originally supplied by Bild- und Film-Amt; Richard Sperlin, Berlin; J.J. Weber Aktueller Bilderdienst, Leipzig; Kliophot, Wien; Gebr. Haeckel, Berlin; M.I. Film & Fotostelle; Atlantic-Photo Co., Berlin; R. Sennecke; Max Wipperling, Eberfeld; Bufa; Verlag Hanns Eder, München; Internationaler Illustrationsverlag, Berlin; Leipziger Presse-Büro and Lichtbildstelle Wien, among others as well as individually supplied photographs.

Names

  • Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner

Created / Published

  • 1914-1918.

Headings

  • -  World War, 1914-1918--Military personnel--German
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare
  • -  Military personnel--German--1910-1920
  • -  Soldiers--German--1910-1920
  • -  Forts & fortifications--German--1910-1920
  • -  War damage--1910-1918

Format Headings

  • Art reproductions--1910-1920.
  • Photographic prints--Reproductions--1910-1920.
  • Photomechanical prints--1910-1920.

Genre

  • Art reproductions--1910-1920
  • Photomechanical prints--1910-1920
  • Photographic prints--Reproductions--1910-1920

Notes

  • -  Captioned photos in German, parts of various series.
  • -  Title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Includes reproductions of works by Berthold Adolph, Kurt Albrecht, Richard Assmann, Josef Correggio, M. Zeno Diemer, Eduard Adrian Dussek, Engelhardt-Kyffhäuser, François Flameng, Martin Frost, Fritz Grotemeyer, Walther Hammer, Hans von Hayek, Leo Heeger, Erich Heermann, Paul Henschel, Rudolf Hentschel, Paul Hey, Franz Kienmayer, Alex Kircher, Georg Kretzschmar, A. Krüger, Georg Lebrecht, Robert Lénárd, Alfred Liebling, Rudolf Lipus, Willy Loeper, Theo Matejko, Karl Mohr, Willy Müller-Gera, Max Pörschmann, Adolf Reich, Hans W. Schmidt, Georg Schöbel, Victor Schramm, Felix Schwormstädt, Alfred Seckelmann, W. Starcke, Willy Stöwer, L.K. Strauch, Hans Treiber, Ladislaus Tuszynski, Hugo Ungewitter, I.M. Wendrich and Stefan Zádor.
  • -  Listed in Weinberg, Gerhard. Supplement to the Guide to captured German documents, p. 24.
  • -  Items have ink stamp: "F.J.M. Rehse Archiv f. Zeitgeschichte u. Publizistik, München".
  • -  Some prints show Turkish troops during World War I in Gallipoli, Bulgaria, Palestine, Damascus, the Sinai, and Anatolia. Also portrayed is the Kaiser speaking with German nurses in Istanbul, Sultan Mohammed VI, a caravan in Taurus, and a supply train in the mountains of Anatolia.
  • -  Transfer; 1957.
  • -  Formerly counted: ca. 660 items; 573 counted 2008-04-29 vj23

Medium

  • ca. 600 reproductions of photos, paintings, and drawings ; 18 x 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 7676 (F) [P&P]

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2005682412

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Rehse Archiv Für Zeitgeschichte Und Publizistik, Dlc, Former Owner. The Central Powers in World War I, -18. , 1914. to 1918. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005682412/.

APA citation style:

Rehse Archiv Für Zeitgeschichte Und Publizistik, D. (1914) The Central Powers in World War I, -18. , 1914. to 1918. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005682412/.

MLA citation style:

Rehse Archiv Für Zeitgeschichte Und Publizistik, Dlc, Former Owner. The Central Powers in World War I, -18. to 1918. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2005682412/>.