St. Louis Globe-Democrat Photographs: General Subjects

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: President Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference; "Beginning of Peace/President Woodrow Wilson himself traveled to Europe to attend the Paris peace conference at the end of World War I. Here, he addresses and reviews troops of the American Expeditionary Force at Chaumont, in France, on Christmas Day 1918." Next to President Wilson is General John J. Pershing.

: Presidential Resolution of War; This photo of a man in a long coat and top hat next to a signed presidential resolution. This "Joint Resolution" indicates that war exists between Imperial Germany, Japan, and the United States."

: Press Machine; A press machine used to make the newspapers., Full description is provided, but part of it was cut off.

: Print of Harvest Being Loaded onto a Wagon; "This farm scene, with Thanksgiving fare being loaded into wagons was sketched by Winslow Homer in 1858."

: Print of Squanto Teaching Pilgrims; Print of the Native American Squanto teaching the Pilgrims how to fertilize corn mounds with fish. Squanto is squatting among the settlers as they watch him, holding shovels.

: R. V. Slaton; R.V. Slaton, 2329 Virginia avenue, is shown being congratulated by City Judge George G. Vest after Slaton had shown his interest in the crusade against accidents by driving his automobile through the Globe-Democrat Safety Lane , and receiving the sticker of approval. Judge vest is pointing to the sticker of approval given all cars that pass the safety tests.

: Ready for the Celebrity Cake Baking Contest; Ready for the Celebrity Cake Baking Contest, Ed Wilson, Wew's popular morning record spinner, demonstrates the form he hopes will enable him to take him to take first place Tuesday evening at Kiel Auditorium.

: Red Cross Assisting with Casualties; Photograph of a partially destroyed house, Red Cross members, and blanket-covered casualties lined up in front of the building. There are a cluster of people at the edge of the building, and a Red Cross member walking through the deceased peoples.

: Red Cross Sight-Seeing Tour; "Red Cross Takes Convalescent U.S. Soldiers on London Sight-Seeing Tour./The American Red Cross is here shown taking convalescent soldiers, from London Hospitals along with prisoners, just back from Germany, and Yanks on leave from France on a sight-seeing tour of London. The Red Cross takes large numbers of men on such trips daily, showing them all the worth-while sights of London. The men are shown in omnibusses [SIC], ready to leave from the Red Cross Headquarters."

: Reservists to be Honored; Members of the Naval and Coast Guard Reserve who will be honored Sunday for outstanding performance, from left, are M.CPO Bernard M. LaBlance, CPO Virgil R. Scott, S.CPO Charles Edgar, CPO James Stromske, S.CPO John A. Galyon, CPO William L. Giessman (Coast Guard), PO Dennis L. Bacon (Coast Guard) and CPO James G. Asch. Scott will receive the Richard H. Amebreg Award and the others will be presented with the Globe-Democrat Achievement Award in the ceremonies at the Naval Reserve Training Center at Lambert Field.

: Richard Amberg Award Winners; Amberg Award recipients, from left, BMC William L. Giessman, BMI Dennis L. Bacon, Master Chief Bernard M. LaBlance, Cmdr. Donald Retting, Sr. Boatswain's Mate Virgil R. Scott, Chief Radioman James S. Stromske, Sr Chief John Galyon, Sr Chief Gunners' Mate Charles J. Edgar and Chief Machinist Mate James G. Asch.

: Ring Fortress of Przemysl; The Fort of Przemysl shown in this photograph is partially destroyed, and there are soldiers in the trenches leading up to the fort.

: Robert L. Coe; Robert L. Coe, sales manager of Union Electric Company, congratulated the price winners in the table-setting contest. From the left are Mrs. W. F. McLean, Mrs. James F. Williams, Mrs. Eugene F. Williams, who presented the awards; Mrs. Eugene A. Erker and Mrs. J. Edward Sommers.

: Robert Mullins and Carolyn Kelley; Robert Mullins, Roadometer operator, give Carolyn Kelley her score card - she made 94 which in average

: Role in the Great War; This photo shows a small display on a brick wall acknowledging "Our Roll of Honour in the Great War". Around this small sign are flags and many pots of flowers. There are also some small signs recognizing military flight. There's a woman in a dress and long apron holding a small child who is pointing at the flowers, and another woman walks by with a woven bag.

: Russian Expedionary Forces; "Yanks of the Russian Expedionary [SIC] Forces./Major General V. Ironsides (British Army) Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expedionary Forces in Northern Russia is above shown inspecting a detachment of United States Regulars under his command. This remarkable photograph, one of the first to be published, where the troops were enjoying a 10-day rest period, after intense campaigning along the Vologda Railway. The company is the "M" of the 339th U.S. Infantry."

: Russian Troops in Poland; "Moving Toward Revolution/Russia, one of the first countries into World War I, was one of four empires destroyed at its end. Defeated by the Germans, Russia erupted in revolution in the fall of 1918. After Lenin took over, Russia surrendered. A new world power had come into being. Here, during the war, Russian troops move through a snowy street in a town in Poland. Exact location and date of photo unknown."

: Sailly-sur-la-Lys Soldatenfriedhof; Photograph of a German Military Cemetery in Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Pas-de-Calais, France. The cemetery was created for German casualties of the war during occupation in France, and spans as far as the photo will reach.

: Sarah Josepha Buell Hale Print; "Mrs. Sarah Josepha Buell Hale has her place in history as the "Mother of Thanksgiving Day." Novelist and editor of several women's magazines she campaigned for more than 30 years urging the adoption of her native New England festival as a national public holiday. President Lincoln agreed, proclaimed the first official Thanksgiving Day in 1864. Mrs. Hale died in Philadelphia in 1879."

: School Teachers Take a Look; School teachers take a look at business and industrial operations in the St. Louis area. On a visit to the Globe-Democrat, they watch Stephen C. Tammany, compositor, assemble a page of type. The occasion was the second Business-Education day sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce,with 79 firms playing host to more than 1600 teachers from 53 public, parochial and private high school in St. Louis and St. Louis County.

: Searchlights Trained on Planes; "U.S. Flyers Winners in Night Battle at Fortress Monroe./Airmen are claiming a decisive victory in the "Battle in the Air" arranged by Secretary of War Weeks at Fortress Monroe, Va. day and night of March 6th. Three Martin bombers dodged range finders, evaded searchlights and successfully attacked fortress Monroe. More than 500 persons witnessed the demonstration. In the night tests, the flyers won, the shafts of light groping vainly for the motors that the listening devices revealed./This photo shows searchlights at Fortress Monroe being trained on planes."

: Shoppers Cash In on Globe's Food Lists; Mrs. Lawrence Dupree. Madison, Ill.

: Shoppers Cash In on Globe's Food Lists; Mrs. Roland Burke

: Shoppers Cash In on Globe's Food Lists; Mrs. Robert McGinnis

: Shoppers Cash In on Globe's Food Lists; Mr. Charles Turner

: Sinking Ship; This photograph shows a sinking ship as it tips to the left of the photo in a blur; there's a flag on the front of the ship, but it is not easily identified. The photo is taken from a distance in the water.

: Smoke-Filled Battlefield; Photograph of a battlefield filled with smoke as people run wildly around it. There are a group of people in the foreground, and a house in the middle-ground with smoke around it. There is a tree-line at the background of the photo.

: Smoking Warships; Photograph from a ship on choppy water that is facing an open ocean with roughly ten smoking warships in the distance.

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