The Great War in Illustrations
1915
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Superb World War I - Photographic history.
This exceptional original 1915 photographic portfolio offers collectors a rare, multilingual window into the global scale of the Great War, moving far beyond the trenches of France to document the logistics, industry, and exotic fronts of the conflict.
Military historians will be immediately drawn to the scarce imagery from the Sinai Peninsula, featuring a German officer on a dispatch camel alongside Turkish troops, a subject rarely seen in standard albums.
The portfolio provides a fascinating look at the Eastern Front and the Carpathians, documenting an Austro-Hungarian commissary column with oxen, a fortified rifle pit in a farmhouse on the Vistula, and the dramatic engineering feat of the Lubicnia Viaduct in Galicia, rebuilt by railway troops after being blown up.
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Softcover
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48 pages
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dozens of photos and illustrations
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Multilingual captions (German, French, English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese)
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In fair/good condition.
Binding detached due to rusty staples, however pictures and illustrations are clean.
Approx/Measurements: 7-1/2" x 11-1/4" ~0.45 lbs.
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| French Edition |
Published by Transocean, Berlin, Germany
in 1915
The industrial and logistical side of the war is captured with remarkable detail, showcasing the "Home Front" in the German Hanseatic cities. This includes impressive interior views of a flour warehouse and herring barrel storage in Hamburg, as well as a massive cold storage meat warehouse in Lübeck. Firepower and weaponry are a central theme, with a striking image from the Krupp Works in Essen displaying hundreds of captured Russian field cannons and French fortress guns. On the Western Front, the collection highlights a Jäger (sharpshooter) battalion advancing in the Argonne and a controversial heavy English cannon captured by German troops at Ypres, the loss of which was officially denied by the British at the time.
The human element of the war is not forgotten, offering poignant contrasts between the violence of battle and civilian life. Images include severely wounded soldiers being bandaged behind rifle pits, convalescent soldiers passing time with painting and crafts in a hospital, and a moving scene of young peasant women in gala dress standing before a ruined church in Andrejeff, Russian Poland, during Easter. Further plates depict German railway pioneers laying track and ballast, as well as protected horse stalls in the French forests. This portfolio is a comprehensive historical document that connects the industrial power of the Ruhr and Hamburg to the deserts of Sinai and the mountains of Galicia, making it a must-have for serious collectors of WWI photography and history.
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