Photograph of three military officers in uniform surveying maps on a large table in an open room with arched ceilings. There are deer antlers on either side of the visible doorway, and a low-hanging lamp on the right of the photo. The officer on the left is pointing at a location on the map while the other two officers watch on.
"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.
"Breaking Point/Isolationist at the start, the United States moved step by step to participation in World War I. President Woodrow Wilson, reluctant to abandon neutrality, here addresses Congress in Washington to advise the legislators of the break in diplomatic relations with Germany, in February, 1917. The break came after the Germans resumed unrestricted submarine warfare."
This photo is a group portrait of 29 soldiers holding their rifles and one child seated on the ground in the front of the photo. On either side of the group, there are two flags.
Photograph of a parade of soldiers down a wide street flanked by trees and large buildings on the right and left respectively. A crowd of people wearing hats is on either side of the road, watching as the soldiers move uniformly down the road.
This photo shows thirteen soldiers and officers seated or standing portrait-style. They are not all looking at the camera, and one on the left is wearing a battle helmet.
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."
This scene of battle aftermath shows a lineup of deceased soldiers, and in the distance behind them are coffins as the time nears for the soldiers to be buried. Snow covers the ground around the casualties, and a soldier walks toward the dead wearing a coat and hat.
"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."
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.
"Transport Crook Arrives Safely./The disabled transport Crook, bearing 30 German war brides and nearly 1,000 officers and men of the American Army of Occupation on the Rhine has arrived safely in port. The ship sprung a leak while of the Newfoundland Banks and then ran into a severe storm but it crept into port distaining the aid that was sent as soon as advices of its predicament were received
Photograph of a soldier carrying luggage next to a large ship. A woman carrying a baby is standing next to him, and behind the family is a group of people stood at the exit of the boat.
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.
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.
"First and Exclusive Photos of Last of American Troops Leaving Rhine!/This first and exclusive photo the first to arrive from abroad shows the U.S. Flag passing the French Flag and the Guard of Honor as last of American troops prepare to embark for States at Antwerp."
In this photo is a large crowd of young men and a headline reading "Youths of France Rally to Her Call!/Mere youths, the French class of '17 enthusiastically departs from Paris to take its place on the fighting lines." Many of the men are smiling or holding up signs.