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Charles H. Abbott photographs

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Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 1 Charles H. Abbott photographs

Collection number: MS 110

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Descriptive Summary Title: Charles H. Abbott photographs, Date (inclusive): ca. 1915-1935 Collection number: MS 110 Origination: Abbott, Charles H. (Charles Henry) Collection Size: 4 photograph boxes Repository: University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library. Special Collections and Archives Santa Cruz, California 95064 Abstract: This collection contains photographs taken by Abbott during his tour of duty as a member of the 23rd Engineers in Europe during and after WWI. Physical location: Stored in Special Collections & Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Language: English. Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives. Preferred Citation Charles H. Abbott photographs, MS 110, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz. Acquisition Information Gift of Charles Abbott. Biography Charles Henry Abbott was born in small lumber town of Cambro, Michigan in 1894. The family moved west to Portland, Oregon when he was young. He lived there until after high school when he followed his brother to Hawaii to work on a pineapple plantation. While in Hawaii, he served in the Hawaiian National Guard. Charles was drafted into the Army, 23d

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 2 Engineers on Nov. 16, 1917. The next four years were spent on the front lines of WWI in Europe. During and after the end of the WWI, Chuck photographed the war torn landscape. After the war he traveled throughout Europe and eventually ended up in New York, where he formed Chas. H. Abbott Photography and sold sets of his war photos. With money from the sale of the photographic sets he was able to open an exotic bird shop on Fifth Avenue with his German partner. The business prospered until the Depression in Germany destroyed the trade in exotic birds. While in New York, Charles met and married the daughter of a wealthy rug merchant and had a daughter. When the pet shop closed, the Abbotts moved to Florida and opened "Abott's Joint", a dance hall and casino on the coast. The hurricane of 1928 destroyed the dance hall and ended the first marriage. Mrs. Abbott and their baby daughter went back to New York, and Chuck, at the request of his sister, came west to Carmel, California. In Carmel, he opened a small coffee shop on Main Street. After approximately five years in business and with the realization that the coffee shop was a dead end, he was persuaded move to Palm Springs by Nellie Coffman, proprietor of the Desert Inn. There he became known as the "Cowboy Host". He would serve up breakfast rides and barbecues for the rich and famous patrons of the Desert Inn, regaling them with stories and cowboy songs. The breakfasts and dinners became such a hit that during the off-season, he traveled to the East Coast to host "Cowboy" dinners for the wealthy EAst Coast patrons. In the late 1939 or so, Chuck was hired by the Tucson Sunshine Club to be the "Cowboy Photographer", the handsome Stetson wearing photographer who specialized in taking pictures of important people visiting the Tucson resorts. The photos would be sent to their hometown papers, bringing publicity to Tucson. Local Tucson photographers were furious that the Sunshine Club didn't hire one of their own and formed a committee to protest the hiring of Chuck Abbott. Esther Henderson, co-owner of one of the town's most well-known photography studio was elected chairwoman. She protested Abbott's hiring but was told it was too late to do anything about it. Chuck was warned about the protest and went to see her to smooth the waters. Esther at first refused to see him, but later went for drinks. The next weekend they went on a picnic, taking their cameras to shoot pictures together and within two months, they were married. They remained in Tucson, raising two sons, Carl and Mark, and working as free-lance photographers and for " Arizona Highways". On vacations they would travel around the country documenting the rise of "the mall" in America and "Downtown Ecology". In 1962 the Abbotts retired to Santa Cruz, California. There they fought to revitalize the downtown, advocating for a pedestrian mall and saving the Victorian houses that remained. In 1965, when their son Mark was drowned while body surfing in the waters off Lighthouse Point, the Abbotts decided to donate a lighthouse to the city in honor of their son. Five years earlier, the city had purchased all of the lighthouse property except for the area immediately around the still active wooden Coast Guard tower. In 1967, the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse was built adjacent to the wooden tower that it would replace. The lantern room from the decommissioned Oakland Harbor Lighthouse was used atop the new lighthouse, and Mark's ashes were buried at the base of the tower. Chuck known as the "Father of the Mall", died in 1973. Esther lived on in their original home, alongside her son, daughter-in-law and grandsons until her death in 2003. Scope and Content of Collection This collection contains photographs taken by Charles H. Abbott during his tour of duty in the 23rd Engineers during World War I. These photographs constitute the "Overseas War Views", photograph sets produced and sold by Abbott after the war. Also included are two sets of "war views" collected by Abbott, one for the French public and one for the German public, documenting the German Revolution, ca. 1918-1919. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Abbott, C. H.--Archives World War, 1914-1918--Pictorial source Photographs, black and white

Series 1 Overseas War Views, ca. 1914-1921 Physical Description: 3 boxes, 275 gelatin silver photographs Series Scope and Content Summary This series contains Chuck Abbott's photographs of World War I Europe. Orignally published in three sets, these photographs were taken by Abbott during and after his tour of duty and sold as sets to the American public upon his return to New York after the war. Arrangement The photographs are arranged by set.

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 3 Series 1Overseas War Views, ca. 1914-1921 Set 1 ca. 1914-1921

Box 1-2 Set 1 ca. 1914-1921 Physical Description: # 1-100 Gelatin silver photographs approx. 2" x 3" with some 3" x 4" Series Scope and Content Summary Set 1 contains 100 views of Toul Sector, St. Mihiel, Woevre Plains and famous Front. The captions are donor provided. Occasionally there will be two different images with the same number and only one view wil be described in the Overseas War Views list. The photographs are arranged by box number: photograph number

Box-Photo 1:1 Joan of Arc church seen thru shell hole in wall, Pont-à-Mousson ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:2 Bridge at Pont-à-Mousson blown up by French to stop German advance ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:3 German prisoners carrying timbers to repair Pont-à-Mousson bridge ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:4 Camouflaged road near Seicheprey ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:5 Camouflaged concrete tree stump used as lookout, Regnieville ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:6 Church at Limey and old French woman first to come back ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:7 Bridge let down by French to stop Germans, Flirey ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:8 Camouflaged road between Limey and Montauville ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:9 Church at Beaumont after Battle of 1914 ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:10 Church at Beaumont after American offensive in 1918 ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:11 Shell torn farm, St. Mihiel sector ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:11 French Soldiers on front of their dugout, Toul Sector ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:12 French battle plane brought down near Thiaucourt ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:13 Amex rolling kitchen at the Front ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:14 Montsec and German 1.55 captured by 168 Infantry ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:15 French dugout city on road between Marbotte and St. Agnant ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:16 Entrance to Hindenburg tunnel thru Montsec ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:17 Shell hole in path around Montsec ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:18 Steel covered trench around Montsec ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:19 Concrete trench in the famous Hindenburg line, Apremont ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:20 Trench after American bombardment, Apremont ca. 1914-1921

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 4 Series 1Overseas War Views, ca. 1914-1921 Set 1 ca. 1914-1921

Box-Photo 1:21 Dugouts on road between Macrin and Marbotte ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:22 Ruined village of Apremont ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:23 French soldiers cemetery, Marbotte ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:24 Sea-sick Yanks homeward bound ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:25 Observation balloon (Sausage) at the Front ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:26 "Poppies in No Mans Land", 14 inch and 3 inch duds ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:27 Bosche dummy tank at Billy ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:28 Church hit by bomb, Jonville ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:29 German prison camp at Jonville ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:30 President Poincairé's Chateau shelled by Germans, ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:31 Shell hole in a hole at Lerouville ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:32 Anti-aircraft shell in tree, Buxières ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:33 English tank captured by Germans ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:33 French soldiers on watch, Front line trench, ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:34 American plane that fell near ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:35 The ex Kaiser handing out Iron Crosses ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:36 Fort du Camp des Romains near St. Mihiel ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:37 Church shelled by Germans in 1914, St. Agnant ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:37 French 75 in St. Mihiel Sector ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:38 Scene on one of St. Mihiel's streets ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:39 Bridge over blown up to stop German advance. Barbed wire at approach to temporary bridge, built by American soldiers ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:40 St. Mihiel, held four years by Germans ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:41 Shell holes in church at Marbotte ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:42 Trench filled with water, Woevre Plains ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:43 Barrier on main Verdun-Metz road blown out by Yanks ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:44 Ruined church at ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:45 Communication trench in ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:46 French front line outpost, near Vaux ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:47 German narrow gauge railroad ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:48 Mine field for tanks, 10 inch shells in boxes Ville-en-Woevre ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:49 German ammunition dump, Villers ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:50 Church in ruins at Le ca. 1914-1921

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 5 Series 1Overseas War Views, ca. 1914-1921 Set 1 ca. 1914-1921

Box-Photo 1:51 German gun emplacement near Deuxnouds ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:52 Communication trench near , ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:53 Part of The famous "Hindenburg Line", Apremont Forest ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:54 German lookout and M.G. [machine gun] nest in tree near St. Remy ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:55 Long range rifle pit used by Germans to shell Verdun, near Vaux ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:56 Dead German soldiers, Suezy ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:57 Shell hole filled with water large enough for swimming pool, near Deuxnouds ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:58 German narrow gauge and observation post on hill back of Deuxnouds ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:59 Ludendorf's quarters in St. Mihiel salient, Deuxnoud ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:60 Church used as M.G. [machine gun] nest, Lacroix ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:61 Tomb hit by shell, Fesnes ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:62 Reinforced concrete pill-box near Mars-la-Tour ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:63 Concrete M.G.[machine gun] nest in trench back of Vigneulles ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:64 Concrete entrance to dugout near Essey ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:65 French tanks crossing trench ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:66 Reinforced concrete pill-box, Fresnes ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:67 German automobile, springs used in place of pneumatic tires ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:68 French battle plane forced to land in Meuse, propeller broken ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:69 Submarine drill aboard American transport ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:70 French heavy artillery mounted on railroad trucks ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:71 Direct hit on German tank, and captured Germans going by, St. Mihiel drive ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:72 German battle plane ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:72 French soldier in trench throwing something, ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:73 French soldiers training trench dogs ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:74 Gun pits in walls around Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:75 Walls around city of Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:76 Ruins of Fort Douaumont, held six months by Germans ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:77 Fort Douaumont, continuously shelled for eight months by Germans ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:78 Fort Tavennes successfully held by French against Crown Prince's army ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:79 Dead Man's Hill, near Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:80 German ammunition for long range gun, Vaux ca. 1914-1921

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 6 Series 1Overseas War Views, ca. 1914-1921 Set 1 ca. 1914-1921

Box-Photo 1:81 German caisson on Dead Man's Hill ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:82 Crown Prince's tunnel thru Dead Man's Hill ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:83 Bones of dead Germans near Fort Douaumont ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:84 Walls of forts around Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:85 Outer forts of Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:86 German anti-tank defense concrete posts and 2 inch cable ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:86 Tank defense between Verdun & Etain, ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:87 American troop train on way to Brest ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:88 Steps leading up to Belleville Cathedral, Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:89 Chatel Gate, Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 1:90 Scene showing ruins in Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:91 Looking over ruined houses in Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:92 Truck convoy, Sampigny ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:92 Meuse River thru Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:93 The town crier in a French village ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:94 German prisoners cleaning up museum in Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:95 French barracks in ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:96 Ruins on main street of Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:97 Galavaudes bridge, blown up by German shell fire many times, Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:98 German prisoners, Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:99 Entrance to underground city in Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:100 Chause Gate, Verdun ca. 1914-1921

box 1-2 Set 2 ca. 1914-1921 Physical Description: # 101-200 Gelatin silver photographs approx. 2" x 3" with some 3" x 4" Series Scope and Content Summary Set 2 contains 100 views of Étain, Argonne Forest, Reims, Soissons, Château Thierry and French Fronts. The captions are donor provided. Occasionally there will be two different images with the same number and only one view wil be described in the Overseas War Views list. The photographs are arranged by box number: photograph number.

Box-Photo 2:101 Damage done by Allied bomb in railroad yards at Conflans ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:102 Ammunition dump and salvage pile at Rarecourt ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:103 Trench and M.G. [machine gun] nest near Lancon ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:104 Barn hit by shell at ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:105 Machine gun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:106 German battle plane ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:107 Machine gun nest in woods near Montfaucon ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:108 German soldier asleep, rat eating bread ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:108 Lighter carrying troops to transport, Brest ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:109 German wire entanglements in house at Fleville ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:110 French house bit by shell, Clermont ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:111 Shell hole in church at Neuvilly ca. 1914-1921

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 7 Series 1Overseas War Views, ca. 1914-1921 Set 2 ca. 1914-1921

Box-Photo 2:112 Bridge over Aire river blown up by retreating Germans, Varennes ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:113 Varennes in ruins ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:114 Rotary motor of English plane that fell near Champigneulles ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:115 Ruins of Varennes cathedral ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:116 Road sign as you enter Varennes ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:117 Bridge over mine crater on main road to Argonne ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:118 Aire river and ruins of Varennes ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:119 A direct hit on German caisson, near ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:120 German ammunition house on narrow gauge near Buzancy ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:121 American wagon convoy headed for the front ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:122 Remains of French battle plane near Villers ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:123 American long range naval gun mounted on railroad trucks ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:124 Pontanenzen barracks built and used by Napoleon ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:125 Dugout and machine gun nest in Hindenburg's famous concrete "Line" Apremont ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:126 No Man's Land near Dun-s-Meuse ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:127 Four American graves in a shell hole near St. George ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:128 "Cootie inspection" at Le Mans forwarding camp ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:129 How the Yanks dug in back of St. Juvin ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:130 Six-inch long range rifle going through Charpentry, October drive ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:131 Scene showing destruction as you enter Grand Pré ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:132 Ruined church in St. Juvin ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:133 German heavy artillery - missing image ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:133 Inner harbor, Brest ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:134 Main street of Grand Pré after American bombardment ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:135 Military bridge over Aisne river at Vousiers ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:136 Camouflaged concrete dugouts in Argonne Forest near Autry ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:137 Direct hit on German field kitchen at St. Juvin ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:138 Ruined church at Champigneulles ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:139 Monument to honor First Division near Fleville ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:140 American plane that fell between St. George and St. Juvin ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:141 French peasants first to return to Grand Pre ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:142 Concrete gun pit near ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:143 Camouflage over fresh dirt, Argonne forest ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:144 Heroes of the Argonne near Aubreville ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:145 Three French graves near Bourcq ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:146 Pack inspection, Le Mans ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:147 French armored motor car ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:148 Airplane in searchlight, Toul ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:149 Scene in a trench near Fort Douaumont ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:150 "Done my bit" in the Argonne ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:151 Graves of fourteen American boys that fell near St. George ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:152 An American plane brought down in the Argonne ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:153 Trench scene near ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:154 French mosquito tank ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:155 "War is Hell" ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:156 Four American doughboys in a shell hole ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:157 Trench in no Man's Land near Viery ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:158 Ruins in center of Étain ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:159 Gasoline motor locomotive used in front line trenches - image missing ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:159 German entanglements in River at Etain, ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:160 Church at Étain after bombardment ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:161 Scene at the bridge in Étain ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:162 Ruins on the main street of Étain ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:163 French Shosho gunners grave near Vousiers ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:164 Mined trees on main road, Verdun to Étain ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:165 Ruins at Dun-s-Meuse ca. 1914-1921

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 8 Series 1Overseas War Views, ca. 1914-1921 Set 2 ca. 1914-1921

Box-Photo 2:166 Famous American aviator is buried here near Charney ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:167 German observation balloon - image missing ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:168 French patrol going under barbed wire ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:169 Shell hole in house at Stenay ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:170 Camouflage on bridge near Château Thierry ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:171 Direct hit on two German tanks ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:172 Mine exploding, Château Thierry ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:173 Tanks going forward for an attack near Soissons ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:174 French soldiers near Reims ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:175 French machine gun nests near Reims ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:176 Concrete pill-box near Mézières ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:177 The Marne below Château Thierry ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:178 Rails dynamited by Germans when they retreated across Vesle ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:179 Camouflaged road near Château Thierry ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:180 Remains of an airplane that fell near Château Thierry ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:181 Dead German machine gunner near Belleu Woods ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:182 German observation post and machine gun nest, Belleu Woods ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:183 German reinforced concrete pill-box, Belleu Woods ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:184 Bridge over Marne at Château Thierry, blown up by American engineers ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:185 Camouflaged concrete machine gun nest near Soissons ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:186 French soldiers in Front Line trench near St. Quentin ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:187 Gassed German ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:188 Crown Prince reviewing his troops ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:189 French troops making attack, Château Thierry ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:190 "Nine Good Germans" ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:191 Generals Foch and Pershing ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:192 An English Red Cross worker in the Argonne ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:193 Scene aboard American transport ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:194 Dirigible that meets all convoys, Brest ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:195 Yanks, searching German prisoners, Château Thierry drive ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:195 Chausse Gate, Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:196 Yanks bringing in German Colonel, Château Thierry drive ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:196 Ruins of Fort Douaumont near Verdum ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:197 French general pinning citations on soldiers ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:198 German Big Bertha, used in shelling Paris, Crepy-en-Vallais ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:199 The ruined cathedral at Soissons ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:200 Rheims under bombardment ca. 1914-1921

box 2-3 Set 3 ca. 1914-1921 Physical Description: # 201-275, Gelatin silver photographs, approx. 2" x 3" with some 3" x 4" Series Scope and Content Summary Set 3 contains 75 views of French Cities, Picturesque , Leave Areas, Forwarding Camps and Transports. The captions are donor provided. Occasionally there will be two different images with the same number and only one view wil be described in the Overseas War Views list. The photographs are arranged by box number: photograph number.

Box-Photo 2:201 Quaint old lady of Britanny - image missing ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:201 Inner Brest harbor - swinging bridge ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:202 Torpedoed transport in drydock at Brest ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:203 Pontenazen barracks, built and used by Napoleon ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:204 Channel fishing boats, Brest ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:205 Street scene in Brest ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:206 Girls costume in Britanny ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:207 A gentleman of old Britanny ca. 1914-1921

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 9 Series 1Overseas War Views, ca. 1914-1921 Set 3 ca. 1914-1921

Box-Photo 2:208 Parisienne beauty ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:209 "Cootie" inspection, Le Mans ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:210 [there is no #210 on Oversears War Views list] Box-Photo 2:210 Pack inspection for homebound Yanks Box-Photo 2:211 Tent city, Le Mans ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:212 Harbor scene, Monte Carlo ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:213 The old wash hole, Brest ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:214 Statue of King Chevert, Verdun ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:215 A column of home bound Yanks, Pontenazen Camp ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:216 German bombing plane used in Paris raids ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:216 Dirigible that met all transports, Brest ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:217 Marines quarters in tent city, Pontenazen barracks ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:218 Barracks in large American Cantonment, Camp Devens ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:219 A Sunday joy ride in Britanny ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:220 The Casino, Monte Carlo ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:221 American flag in foreign waters, Brest ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:222 Street scene in Bordeaux ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:223 Troop train bound for Brest ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:224 L'Arc de Triumphe, Paris ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 2:225 Art Museum and statuary at entrance to zoological gardens, Marseille ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:226 Chateau d'ef, the island where Monte Cristo was imprisoned ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:227 Marguerite barracks near Commercy ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:228 Scene abroad British transport carrying American troops home ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:229 President Poincaré making victory speech ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:230 Home bound Yanks boarding ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:231 Ox drawn plow in vineyard near Bordeaux ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:232 Scars on wall where Napoleon shot prisoners, Pontenazen barracks ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:233 Cells where Napoleon kept his prisoners before executing them, Pontenazen barracks ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:234 Lighter carrying home bound Yanks to transport, Brest ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:235 Ruins of St. Matheu Cathedral, destroyed by English in 1200 ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:236 Brest harbor ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:237 Harvest scene near Brest ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:238 Typical farm scene in old Britanny ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:239 French soldiers in Toul ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:240 Interior of twelve million franc cathedral, Marseille ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:241 Old Roman watch tower, Nimes ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:242 Church where Joan of Arc first worshiped ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:243 Joan of Arc's home, Domremy ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:244 Statue of Joan of Arc in room where she was born, Domremy ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:245 Scene on Paris-Strausburg canal near Commercy ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:245 [Stone arches] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:246 Church at Vertuzey-Meuse, built in 1100 A.D. ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:247 Temple Diana, Nimes, 14 B.C. ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:248 The old Roman baths, Nimes built in 14 B.C ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:249 Maisen Care and Roman Theatre built by Augustus Caesar, Nimes ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:250 Bridge over Paris-Strausburg canal, Commercy ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:251 Arena of old Roman amphitheatre, started in 14 B.C., Nimes ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:252 Two long range Krupp rifles on transport ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:253 Setting up exercises on transport ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:254 President Wilson bridge at Lyon ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:255 German prisoner at Lerouville, Meuse ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:256 American prison camp, Varennes ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:257 The cathedral at Toul ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:258 At the base of Gironde Monument, Bordeaux ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:259 Cranking a spad, Pagney ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:260 Nancy Gate, Toul ca. 1914-1921

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 10 Series 1Overseas War Views, ca. 1914-1921 Set 3 ca. 1914-1921

Box-Photo 3:261 Winter scene in an American camp, Camp Meade ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:262 Old Roman amphitheatre, Nimes - started in 14 B.C. ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:263 American engineers working German prisoners on Verdun road ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:264 Scene aboard transport "At Ease" ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:265 Statue at Metz in honor of French soldiers in War of 1871 ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:266 Casino at Nice ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:267 Depot at Bordeaux - said to be the largest in the world ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:268 Old Roman aqueduct near Metz ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:269 Prison camp for German prisoners, Sampigny ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:270 Palace of Bath, Aix-le-Bains ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:271 Cathedral in Bordeaux ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:272 A modern chateau, Aix-le-Bains ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:273 Casino at Aix-le-Bains, second to casino in Monte Carlo in size ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:274 Room in casino in Aix-le-Bains, where Harry Thaw first shot at White ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:275 Cascade and mill in Aix-le-Bains ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:275 [Altar/Shrine] ca. 1914-1921

box 3 Unidentified photographs ca. 1914-1921 Physical Description: 200, Gelatin silver photographs, approx. 2" x 3" with some 3" x 4" Series Scope and Content Summary This group of photographs are not part of the published sets although they were taken during the same time period. They document the activities of the troops, the troop ships and journey home and the damage and life in Europe after World War I. The photographs are generally of poor quality and in poor condition. They have been given a consecutive number for identity purposes only.

Box-Photo 3:276 [Pavilion and ship] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:277 [Bridge, harbor, ships, brick tower] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:278 [Road, soldiers marching, Camp Headquarters sign] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:279 [Dock, ship's bow, flags] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:280 [Sailboat, steam ship] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:281 [Steamship - troop ship?] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:282 [Fishing boats, fisherman] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:283 [Sailboat, seaside town] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:284 [Soldiers playing baseball] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:285 [Soldiers walking, American Red Cross, home station] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:286 [Army camp, raised sidewalks] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:287 [Army camp, soldiers, raised sidewalks] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:288 [Army camp, soldiers, road, raised sidewalks] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:289 Camp buildings, dirigibles] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:290 [Dirigible, tree tops] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:291 [Fence, tree top, dirigible in sky] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:292 [Side of ship, tug boat] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:293 [Castle tower bridge, green house] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:294 [Ship at Sea] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:295 [Soldiers strolling, woman & 2 girls, barracks, raised sidewalks] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:296 [Soldiers' duffle bags & rifles awaiting departure] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:297 [Soldier, tents] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:298 [Soldier, loading big gun, ammunition] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:299 [Soldiers posing for photographer] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:300 [Seaside town, steamship, submarine] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:301 [Harbor, ships, castle] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:302 [Dock buildings] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:303 [Dock buildings, harbor, boat] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:304 [Buildings, bridge, crane] ca. 1914-1921

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 11 Series 1Overseas War Views, ca. 1914-1921 Unidentified photographs ca. 1914-1921

Box-Photo 3:305 [Destroyed building, fields] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:306 "Soldatenheim" - Soldiers Home ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:307 [Crane] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:308 [Destroyed train cars] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:309 [Destroyed buildings - church?] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:310 [Observation blind] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:311 [Biplane] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:312 [Bombed building] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:313 [Harbor view of ships] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:314 [View of valley, buildings, fields] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:315 [Troop ship - steamship] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:316 [Buildings, road, barracks] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:317 [Dock, buildings, boats] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:318 [Turrett, town hall] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:319 [Bomb shelter entrance] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:320 [Harbor, dock buildings, boats] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:321 [Harbor property, buildings] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:322 [Ruined house] ca. 1914-1921

box 3 Postcards ca. 1914-1921 Physical Description: 50, Black and white photographic postcards, approx. 3.5" x 5.5" Series Scope and Content Summary This sub-series contains photographic postcards made from various Abbott photographs, both from the sets and unidentified views.

Box-Photo 3:323 "28,000 Heroes of the Argonne are buried here - Romagne" [144] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:324 "Camouflage road near Chateau Thierry" [170] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:325 "Bridge over Marne at Chateau Thierry, blown up by American engineers" [184] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:326 "Nine Good Germans" [190] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:327 "German Big Bertha, used in shelling Paris, Crepy-en-Vallais" [198] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:328 "Heroes of the Argonne near Aubreville" [144] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:329 "Ruined church at Champigneulles" [138] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:330 "Chause Gate, Verdun" [100] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:331 "German prisoners cleaning up museum in Verdun" [94] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:332 "Communication trench near Maizeray" [52] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:333 "Ruined church at Haudiomont" [44] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:334 "Dugouts on road between Macrin and Marbotte, Apremont" [21] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:335 "Concrete trench in famous Hindenburg line, Apremont"[19] ca. 1919 Box-Photo 3:336 "German Observation balloon" [167] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:337 "Farewell by French band" ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:338 Detail from "Farewell by French Band" ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:339 "Frogs scrambling for pennies" ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:340 "Soissons Cathedral" [199] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:341 [Eiffel Tower] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:342 [View from Eiffel Tower] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:343 [Paris street scene] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:344 [Paris street cafe] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:345 St. Nazaire Harbor ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:346 [French soldiers marching] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:347 Reinforced concrete pill box near Mars-la-tour ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:348 [Pharmacie] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:349 [Aerial view of the Orangiere in the gardens at Versailles] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:350 [Formal gardens at Versailles] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:351 [Walkway in the topiary gardens at Versailles] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:352 [Topiary shrubs in gardens at Versailles] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:353 [Ship entering harbor] ca. 1914-1921

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 12 Series 1Overseas War Views, ca. 1914-1921 Postcards ca. 1914-1921

Box-Photo 3:354 Inspection in camps, Bassens, France ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:355 [Troop ship in dock] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:356 [Steamship City of Wilmington, before April 13, 1918 fire] ca. 1914-1918 Box-Photo 3:357 [View from port side of troop ship] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:358 [Soldiers passing time on board the Troop ship] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:359 [Ship's Captain?] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:360 "U.S.S. Ohioan" - In port in 1919, while serving as a troop transport. ca. 1919 Box-Photo 3:361 [Loading the Troop Ship] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:362 [2 smokestacks, 4 masted steamer - Troop Ship] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:363 [Soldiers on deck of Troop Ship] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:364 [Soldiers feeding 3 dogs on deck of Troop Ship] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:365 [Sailors on the deck] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:366 [Soldiers on deck returning home] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:367 [Group portrait on ship deck] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:368 [Soldiers singing for comrades] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:369 [Soldiers and sailors sitting on the gun barrel] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:370 [Soldiers boarding ship from No.1 train] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:371 [2 Tug boats and Troop Ships in background] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:372 [Quay - ship loading] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:373 [3 masted ship w/stripped sails] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:374 [U.S. Army Transport Service] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:375 [Ship's captain?] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:376 [2 ships and a boat] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:377 [Sponge bath on deck] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:378 [Truck being loaded on board] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:379 [Detail of quay] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:380 [Soldiers on deck mugging for camera] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:381 [Soldiers in formation on deck] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:382 "Good-bye Hobbs" ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:383 [Birdseye view of troop ship deck] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:384 [Soldiers posing in life boat and on deck of troop ship] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:385 [Soldiers relaxing on deck under guns] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:386 [Topside quay with ships and train tracks] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:387 [Red Cross Nurses, WW1] ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 3:388 [Soldiers on deck - "CPp" on uniforms] ca. 1914-1921

box 4:554-560 Overseas War Views & biographical items ca. 1914-1921 Physical Description: 7 items Scope and Content Summary This series contains five 5x7 "Overseas War Views" and two biographical items of Charles Abbott. The photos are black and white, 5" x 7". Arrangement The items are arranged by consecutive number. There are no captions. Descriptions for #554-558 provided by donor, #559-560 provided by archivist.

Box-Photo 4:554 #24 Seasick Yanks - homeward bound, ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 4:555 #150 "Done my Bit" in the Argone, ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 4:556 #61 "Tomb hit by shell - Fresnes", ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 4:557 #180 "Remains of a German plane that fell near Chateau Thierry", ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 4:558 #21 "Dugouts on road between Macrin and Marbotte", ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 4:559 [Leave pass for Charles Abbott], ca. 1914-1921 Box-Photo 4:560 Library of Congress Gift letter & receipt, 8/25/1919, 9/6/1919

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 13 Series 2Commercial Postcard sets of World War I ca. 1914-1921 German photographic views of World War I and the German Revolution ca. 1914-1921

box 4 Series 2 Commercial Postcard sets of World War I ca. 1914-1921 Physical Description: 75 photographs Scope and Content Summary This series contains commercial sets of World War I photographs taken for French public & the German public. The photos are black and white, 5" x 7".

box 4:389-553 German photographic views of World War I and the German Revolution ca. 1914-1921 Physical Description: 75 photographs Scope and Content Summary This series contains a commercial set of World War I photographs taken for the German public. They document World War I as well as the turbulent time after WW1 in Germany. The photos are black and white, 5" x 7". Arrangement The photographs are arranged by consecutive number. There are no captions. Descriptions provided by archivist.

Box-Photo 4:389 [German Revolution - Karl Liebknecht Rally in Park] ca. 1917-1918 Box-Photo 4:390 [German Revolution - Rally in rain] ca. 1917-1921 Box-Photo 4:391 [German Revolution - Herm.Baum Sohn store front - troops with loaded horse-drawn carts] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:392 [Spartacist rally? In front of Reichstag, Bismarck Memorial ca. 1919 Box-Photo 4:393 [German revolution - Freikorps - soldiers in street] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:394 [German revolution - Freikorps - soldiers parading] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:395 [German revolution - Freikorps - Soldiers on horseback, parading] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:396 [German revolution - Freikorps - soldiers in horse-drawn wagons, and on sideline] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:397 [German Revolution - Funeral cortege - three canons in street - same as #399] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:398 [German Revolution - Funeral cortege - same as #398] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:399 [German Revolution - Funeral cortege?] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:400 [Two ladies, possibly Rosa Luxembourg? in the snow] c.a 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:401 [WW1 German field command surveying damage] ca. 1916-1919 Box-Photo 4:402 [German Revolution - 4 gentlemen on snowy street] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:403 [Three officers, one civilian talking] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:404 [German Revolution - Two gentlemen on sidewalk - possibly Liebknecht] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:405 [German Revolution - Gentleman in overcoat, bowler and cane] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:406 [Three German officiers - one possibly Kaiser Wilhelm] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:407 [Ferdinand Foch] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:408 [General Field Marshall Friedrich von MacKensen] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo [German Revolution - Karl Liebkneckt?] ca. 1918-1919 4:409-410 Box-Photo 4:411 [German Revolution - Philipp Scheidemann? Speaking at rally] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:412 [German Revolution - Karl Liebkneckt speaking at rally] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:413 [German Revolution - Karl Liebknecht ? And others in car] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:414 [German Revolution - rally at Reichstag?] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:415 [German Revolution - Rally at Reichstag, Bismarck Memorial] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:416 [German parliment in session in Reichstag?] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:417 [German parliment in session ?] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:418 [German Revolution - Funeral cortege, masses marching] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:419 [German Revolution] - "Einengeroehrstand im Palais des Prinzen Leopold"] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:420 [German Revolution] - "Stope Shapenkampte im Berlin wahrend des Generalstreiks - Tank" ca. 1917-1919

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 14 Series 2Commercial Postcard sets of World War I ca. 1914-1921 German photographic views of World War I and the German Revolution ca. 1914-1921

Box-Photo 4:421 [German Revolution] "Grasse Strassenkampfe in Berlin wahrend Generalstreiks" [Street battles] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:422 [German revolution - protest signs] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:423 [German revolution - protest march] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:424 [German revolution - protest at Brandenburg Gate] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:425 [German Revolution - soldiers (Freikorps) marching through crowd ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:426 [German Revolution - Freikorps, Brandenburg Gate] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:427 [German Revolution - Achtung! In den Häusern bleiben! . . . Caution! Remain in your houses! . . . ] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:428 [German revolution - people standig in line outside building entrance, boy selling something?] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:429 [German Revolution - Liebknecht? speaking at rally] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:430 [German Revolution - Freikorps in horse-drawn wagon] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:431 [German Revolution] "Halt! Wer Weitergeht wird erschossen!" ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:432 [German Revolution - Freikorps setting up cannon in street] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:433 [German Revolution - 1919 Berlin Strassenkampf Freikorps - heavy mortar launcher] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:434 [German Revolution - machine guns, mortar launchers, shells] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:435 [German Revolution - Propaganda filled barrels, ammunition belts on box] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:436 [German Revolution - Freikorps, propaganda filled barrels, ammunition belts on box] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:437 [German Revolution - Freikorps carrying protest signs] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:438 [German Revolution - Armed Freikorps marching on sidewalk] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:439 [German Revolution - 1919 Berlin Strassenkampf Freikorps - armed street barricade] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:440 [German Revolution - Freikorps parading in rain] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:441 [German revolution - observaton balloonist] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:442 [German revolution - observation balloonist holding telescope] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:443 [Aviatrixes - German?] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:444 [Mechanics working on German biplane] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:445 [German biplane - R69 Zepplin Staaken] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:446 [German biplane - Luftoerkehr-Sablatnig] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:447 [Low flying planes] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:448 [Aerial photo of Estrees] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:449 [Aerial photo - unknown] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo [Aerial photo - city, rail yards, bridge over river] ca. 1914-1919 4:450-452 Box-Photo [Aerial photo w/clouds - unknown] ca. 1914-1919 4:453-454 Box-Photo 4:455 [Aerial photo - unknown] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo [Aerial photo - bomb craters] ca. 1914-1919 4:456-457 Box-Photo 4:458 [Aerial photo - bomb craters, roads] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:459 [Aerial photo - 2 bomb craters] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:460 [Aerial photo - bombed farm buildings] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:461 [Oblique aerial photo - city, river, clouds] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:462 [Aerial photo - city, coastline] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:463 [Aerial photo - 6 sided defensive wall surrounding village or chateau?] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:464 [Aerial photo - city] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:465 [German Revolution - Freikorps outside of bombed building] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:466 [Bomb crater - close-up] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:467 [Water canal, leaves in water, fence] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:468 [Destroyed church, soldier, guard] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:469 [Looking through archway at bombed building, red cross worker] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:470 [Soldiers in trench] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:471 [Soldier in trench] ca. 1914-1919

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 15 Series 2Commercial Postcard sets of World War I ca. 1914-1921 German photographic views of World War I and the German Revolution ca. 1914-1921

Box-Photo 4:472 [Bombed town] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:473 [Camouflaged cannon in trench] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:474 [Soldiers behind barricades - one seated wearing backpack] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:475 [German soldiers raising tent? - wagon w/supplies] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:476 [Field commander surveying destroyed tank] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo [Destroyed church interior] ca. 1914-1919 4:477-478 Box-Photo 4:479 [Destroyed church - 3 soldiers standing in rubble] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:480 [Officer surveying destruction] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:481 [Destroyed church, grave yard, crosses] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:482 [Bombed houses, street rubble] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:483 [Soldiers burning rubble?] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:484 [Troops moving along road, horse, trucks, dead trees] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:485 [Soldiers in trench] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:486 [German Revolution - Freikorps barricade in front of Vorwarts newspaper building] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:487 [German soldiers in "No Man's Land", horse drawn wagon] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:488 [German cannon on rails] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:489 [German Revolution - artillery yard, small cannons] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:490 [German Revolution - artillery yard, cannons] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:491 [No Man's Land] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:492 [Bomb rubble, city, columns, soldiers] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:493 [Destroyed church, exterior] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:494 [Officer surveying destruction] - same as #480 ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:495 [No Man's Land] - straight road ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:496 [City strteet, destroyed buildings, street rubble, female onlookers] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:497 [Destroyed church, church grave yard, grave stones] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:498 [Destroyed buildings, street rubble, wagon wheel] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:499 [German Revolution - soldiers in street, destroyed building, street rubble] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:500 [German Revolution - 1919 Berlin, damaged Schloss Strassenkampf, Freikorps] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:501 [Fuel depot exploding?] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:502 [Depot, explosions, smoke, fire, train tracks] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:503 [Harbor, ships, explosion, smoke, fire] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:504 [Explosion up close] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:505 [German Revolution - 1919 Berlin Polizel Praesidium, Police HQ, damage, Freikorps] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:506 [Destroyed church interior, arches, rubble] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:507 [Destroyed church, large crucifix, brick walls] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:508 [Destroyed church interior] ca. 1914-1918 Box-Photo 4:509 [Altar - destroyed church interior] ca. 1914-1918 Box-Photo 4:510 [Destroyed interior of church] ca. 1914-1918 Box-Photo 4:511 [Destroyed bridge - close-up] ca. 1914-1918 Box-Photo 4:512 [Blown-up bridge] ca. 1914-1918 Box-Photo 4:513 [Destroyed bridge] ca. 1914-1918 Box-Photo 4:514 [Men standing on gun barrel on train car] ca. 1914-1918 Box-Photo 4:515 [Firemen dousing bombing rubble - 1] ca. 1914-1918 Box-Photo 4:516 [Firemen dousing bombing rubble - 2] ca. 1914-1918 Box-Photo 4:517 [Tank close-up] ca. 1914-1918 Box-Photo 4:518 "10 of the first 20 American in Berlin, Feb. 13, 1919" ca. 1914-1918 Box-Photo 4:519 [Fasionable crowd] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:520 [Wedding - decorated wagon & horse] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:521 [Wedding party - decorated wagon & horse] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:522 [Climbing into a hole] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:523 [Decorated car] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:524 [Last Greetings - decorated hearse] ca. 1917-1919 Box-Photo 4:525 [Jockey on horse with handlers] ca. 1918-1919

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 16 Series 2Commercial Postcard sets of World War I ca. 1914-1921 German photographic views of World War I and the German Revolution ca. 1914-1921

Box-Photo 4:526 [Harnass racing at track] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:527 [Bicycle racing, starting line] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:528 [German Revolution - "Grust der Revolutions öpter. Särge Dr. Liebknecht und Rosa Luxembourg]] ca. 1919-1920 Box-Photo 4:529 [German Revolution - Funeral cortege waiting at train station] ca. 1919-1920 Box-Photo 4:530 [German Revolution - Barrels ofpapers, books, propaganda - Vorwürts] ca. 1919-1920 Box-Photo 4:531 [German Revolution - Destruction at National Memorial in Berlin - Strassenkampf Freikorps] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:532 [German Revolution - Casket on train platform being decorated by soldiers as dignitaries wait] ca. 1918-1919 Box-Photo 4:533 [Destroyed buildings, street rubble, wagon wheel] - same as #498 ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:534 [No Man's Land - barbed wire belts before trenches], ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:535 {No Man's Land - bodies caught on barbed wire] ca. 1914-1919 Box-Photo 4:536 {German Revolution - Soldiers preparing casket, dignitaries waiting, train platform] ca. 1918-1920 Box-Photo 4:537 [Viewing art] ca. 1918-1920 Box-Photo 4:538 [Art Gallery] ca. 1918-1920 Box-Photo 4:539 [Art gallery - triptych flanked by Greek statues] ca. 1918-1920 Box-Photo 4:540 [Art galery - statues] ca. 1918-1920 Box-Photo 4:541 [WW1 Monument - "Sacred in the Glorious memory of British and Colonial troops who died at Lamsdorf 1914-1919. Erected by their Comrades in Captivity. "Peace Perfect Peace" ca. 1914-1920 Box-Photo 4:542 [Monument to British and colonial troops who died in captivity at Lamsdorf during WW1] ca. 1914-1920 Box-Photo 4:543 [Soldiers on steps viewing statue of Napoleon?] ca. 1914-1920 Box-Photo 4:544 [Birdseye view of beach and boulevard - probably in France] ca. 1914-1920 Box-Photo 4:545 [Soldiers and civilians watching parade/procession] ca. 1914-1920 Box-Photo 4:546 [Sculptor with his sculpture] ca. 1914-1920 Box-Photo 4:547 [Russian POWs pulling plow] ca. 1914-1920 Box-Photo 4:548 [Soldier offering two bathing beauties cigarettes] ca. 1914-1920 Box-Photo 4:549 [Compass memorial] ca. 1914-1920 Box-Photo 4:550 {Viewing art in museum] ca. 1914-1920 Box-Photo 4:551 [Sundial monument] ca. 1914-1920 Box-Photo 4:552 [Fountain] ca. 1914-1920 Box-Photo 4:553 "Inside the station, German prisoners on the platform. Saint Quentin (Aisne)" ca. 1914-1920

box 4:561-590 French photographic views of World War I ca. 1914-1921 Physical Description: 30 black and white photographs, 5 x 7 Scope and Content Summary This series contains a set of 30 World War I photographs taken for the French public. The captions are taken from the back of the photographs.

box 4:561 "Verdun. View of Verdun showing some of the ruins caused in the shelling of the city." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:562 "Verdun. This beautiful city was practically destroyed druring the war. The French lost 60,000 men in one battle defending the city. Next to Metz, Verdun is the most strongly fortified city of France. One of the features of this noted place is a large "underground" city. The wonderful cathedral of this place was completely destroyed." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:563 "Soissons, Vue General - General view of Soisson. This beautiful city was greatly damaged from April to July of 1918. It was the night of July 14th that the Germans started this attack but a counter attack of the Yanks finally drove the Germans back. Part of this sector was taken and retaken as many oas seven times." ca. 1914-1921

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 17 Series 2Commercial Postcard sets of World War I ca. 1914-1921 French photographic views of World War I ca. 1914-1921

box 4:564 "Verdun - La Meuse. A view of Verdun along the Meuse River. Above, one gets a good view of the damage done to this city by the shells." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:565 "Saucisse Boche en Flamme - Verdun. The destruction of a German Saucisse, which had been used in observation purposes and to direct the fire of artillery fire and attack of the Infantry." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:566 "Verdun - View of the Cathedral taken from the baks of the canal. One gets a splendid view of the great damage done to the city. Not a window remains in Verdun after the shelling of the city." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:567 "Clermont-en-Argonne - Showing more ruins of Clermont, a city in the Argonne section." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:568 "Reims, 1916 - La Cathedrale. The Reims cathedral taken in 1916 before it was damaged by shells from the Boche." 1916 box 4:569 "Sermaize, Meuse - More ruins of a village along the Meuse river." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:570 "Une Rue de Ham - This is a street in Ham, a village in the Louvre sector. You see nothing but ruins here." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:571 "Canons Pris Aux Boches - This picture shows a number of German canons captured from Boche, being brought into a French village." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:572 "Clermont en Argonne. Here one gets a view of the ruins of Clermont, a village in the Argonne sector. This is another city practically destroyed by the shelling which caused fires." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:573 "Rethel - The Ruins of Rethel. Every building in this town was destroyed except the cathedral which was not damaged at all." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:574 "Batterie contre Avion - Tirde Nuit. A French anti-aircraft gun and its crew. The gun shoots pound shells. By the time the ball explodes, eleven more have been shot from the gun." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:575 "Un F6 de Lens - Lens was almost entirely destroyed during the shelling of this sector. The battle of Lens was the cause of very heavy losses on both sides." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:576 "Sermaise, Meuse - Ruins of the village, Sermaise on the Meuse River." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:577 "Batterie Allemande - Here one gets a splendid view of the German heavy artillery as it appeared in a portion of one of the battle fronts. One gets a splendid view of the communicating trenches, shell holes, camouflage, etc." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:578 "Le Moat, Homme - Deadman's Hill near Verdun situated between Cermmers and Forges. The village at the foot of this hill was completely destroyed. This hill marks the furthest place of advancement of the Germans in the Verdun sector during the war." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:579 "Dirigible Francais - One of the large French dirigibles. They proved most successful in their assistance along the coast." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:580 "Debris de Zeppelin - The wreck of a Boche Zeppelin. This shows the mass of aluminium debris." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:581 "Gotha sur Paris - A Gotha German aeroplane, caught in the paths of three search lights which the plane was taking part in a raid on Paris. The last raid in Paris took place on the night of Sunday, Sept. 15, 1918. 1918 box 4:582 "Canon de Marine - One of the large French Naval Marine Guns. This is one of the largest types of guns used in the war. It is mounted on a Twelve wheel truck. The ammunition cars are placed to the rear and in loading the guns, the shells are brought forward on an endess carrier, in the form of a belt. Gun - 380 centimeters; Shell - 15 inches, Distance of range - 20 miles." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:583 "Y.M.C.A. Fete des Meres - A YMCA party held for the 15th and 20th Company Air Service Mech. at the large French Aviation Field at Le Burget." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:584 "La Messe a L'Escadrille - A mass being held in front of one of the large French bombing planes." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:585 "L'Auteur involontaire de la Guerre 5' Avant son Assessinant - The Duke and Duchess of Austria taken a short time before their assassination. It was this assassination that indirectly caused the war." ca. 1914-1921 box 4:586 "Le Kaiser et le Kromprinz - 1917" 1917 box 4:587 "Ml. Hindenberg [General Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg]" ca. 1914-1921

Charles H. Abbott photographs MS 110 18 Series 2Commercial Postcard sets of World War I ca. 1914-1921 French photographic views of World War I ca. 1914-1921

box 4:588 "Ml. Mackensen [General Field Marshall Eberhard von Mackensen]" ca. 1914-1921 box 4:589 "Lt. Fonck - Lt. Fonck, the greatest living French pilot. He is officially credited with about sixty planes of the enemy destroyed and unofficially has credit for about forty marking a total of 97 planes." ca. 1914-1921 box 4590 "Torpillage d'une Saucisse Boche - Here one gets a view of a plane as it descends to shoot down a German Soucisse. This is a French plane." ca. 1914-1921

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