Rare Books and Manuscripts Committee on Public Information Photographs World War I Accession Number: SC U:62 Location: RB-M Photo Dates: 1914-1918 Size: 13 regular Hollingers; 4.29 cubic feet Creator/Collector: Committee on Public Information Acquisition info: Received from the Federal Government Accruals: No accruals expected Custodial history: Received from the Committee on Public Information Language: English Processed by: Melissa Miller, April 2018 Conservation notes: Photos placed in acid-free folders Scope and Content: The collection contains black and white propaganda photographs obtained from the Committee on Public Information during World War I. Issued as various numbered sets, the photographs include staged and non-staged subjects about various aspects of the war. Arrangement: Boxes 1-6: numerically, CPI photos Boxes 7-9: alphabetically, studios Box 10: alphabetically, St. Louis-related Boxes 11-13: numerically, French Official Photographs Restrictions: SLPL does not own copyright Remarks: Collection maintained in original folder-order April 2018 Rare Books and Special Collections Series: RB-M Photo Acc. # SC U:62 Committee on Public Information Photographs World War I 1914-1918 13 regular Hollingers; 4.29 cubic feet Box/Folder Description 1/1 Finding Aid 1/2 Numbers 43-268 -43: Different Methods of Saluting -229: Americans in London -230: Americans in London -231: Americans in London -258: Airplane View -259: Airplane View -262: German Destruction (3) -268: Zeppelin 1/3 Numbers 366-560 -366: With Our Marines in France -393: Weeding out the Units by Means of Psychological Tests -437: Camp Upton, NY -442: Camp Upton, NY -447: Aviation Training -448: Aviation Training -449: Radio Training -450: Aviation Training -453: Aviation Training -454: Aviation Training -457: Aviation Training -463: Aviation Training (3) -447: Aviation Training -460: Aviation Training 1/4 Numbers 501-536 -501: Airplane Construction -502: Airplane Construction -503: Airplane Construction -506: Berlin Crowds Protest Peace Terms -531: Airplane -534: Airplane Construction 1 -535: Aviation -536: Aviation Page \\profiles-svr\RedirectedFolders\aevola\Documents\findaid\graphics\photos\cpi.doc.mm April 2018 Rare Books and Special Collections Series: RB-M Photo Acc. # SC U:62 1/5 Numbers 418-498 -418: Record Card -435: Camp Upton, NY -438: Camp Upton, NY -460: Aviation Training -466: Airplane Construction -471: Airplane Construction -477: Aviation Training -484: Airplane Empennage -492: Airplane Construction -494: Building Speed into Airplanes (2) -498: Aviation Training 1/6 Numbers 476-598 -476: Airplane Construction -542: Airplane Construction -543: Airplane Construction -545: Airplane Construction -551: Aviation -555: Airplane Construction -557: Airplane Construction -564: Airplane Construction -565: Airplane Construction -566: Aviation Training -567: Aviation Training -576: Balloon -577: Balloon -584: Airplane Construction (2) -598: Airplane Construction -597: Aviation Training -598: Airplane Construction 1/7 Numbers 602-629 -602: Airplane Construction -604: Aviation Training -607: Assembling the Control Gear of an Airplane -610: Airplane Construction (2) -611: Airplane Construction -621: Aviation Training -622: Aviation Training -627: Aviation Training -628: Aviation Training -629: Aviation Training 1/8 Numbers 632-672 2 -632: Airplane Construction -633: Airplane Construction (2) Page \\profiles-svr\RedirectedFolders\aevola\Documents\findaid\graphics\photos\cpi.doc.mm April 2018 Rare Books and Special Collections Series: RB-M Photo Acc. # SC U:62 -634: The Eyes of Our Army -636: Aviation Training -637: Aviation Training -644: Horn operated by means of compressed air… -647: [soldier in uniform carrying messenger bag] -651: American soldiers using gas flappers… -655: American gas mask… -656: Another view of the adjustment drill. -657: Type of rattle used to give the alarm… -659: American gas mask… -672: Close up view of American gas mask. 1/9 Numbers 684-688 -684: Americans in France -685: Americans in France -686: Camouflage -687: Americans in France -688: Americans in France 1/10 Numbers 691-718 -691: Cooking -693: Cooking -706: American gas mask adjusted… -709: Gas mask knapsack at “alert position” -715: American soldier being drilled in a rapid adjustment… -716: One of the early types of gas mask… -718: Adjustment drill showing knapsack at “alert position”… 1/11 Numbers 720-723 -720: Cooking -721: Cooking -722: Cooking -723: Cooking (6) 1/12 Numbers 755-758 -755: Recreation -756: Recreation -757: Recreation -758: Recreation 1/13 Numbers 784-814 -784: In Training -786: Trenches -788: In Training -789: First Aid 3 -790: In Training -791: Trench Page \\profiles-svr\RedirectedFolders\aevola\Documents\findaid\graphics\photos\cpi.doc.mm April 2018 Rare Books and Special Collections Series: RB-M Photo Acc. # SC U:62 -792: Equipment -794: Dugouts -795: In Training -796: In Training -798: In Training -799: A Dugout -800: On Duty -801: Trenches -802: Trenches -803: Dugouts -804: In Training -805: In Training -806: In Training -807: Fort Sheridan, IL -809: Fort Sheridan, IL -810: Fort Sheridan, IL -812: Dugouts -813: Dugouts -814: Fort Sheridan, IL 1/14 Numbers 818-832 -818: Americans in France -819: Americans in France -826: Cooking -827: Cooking -828: Cooking -829: Cooking -830: Cooking -831: Cooking -832: Camp Washington DC 1/15 Numbers 900-905 -900: Hospital -905: Aisne: A soldier laudering… 1/16 Numbers 1000-1008 -1000: Damaged German Ships -1001: Damaged German Ships -1002: Damaged German Ships -1003: Damaged German Ships -1004: Damaged German Ships -1005: Damaged German Ships -1006: Damaged German Ships -1007: Damaged German Ships -1008: Damaged German Ships 1/17 Numbers 1027-1056 4 Page \\profiles-svr\RedirectedFolders\aevola\Documents\findaid\graphics\photos\cpi.doc.mm April 2018 Rare Books and Special Collections Series: RB-M Photo Acc. # SC U:62 -1027: The Water Carrier in the Trenches Occupied by the US Marines -1048: More Ships and Victory -1049: More Ships and Victory -1054: Damaged German Ships -1055: Damaged German Ships -1056: Damaged German Ships 1/18 Numbers 1078-1079 -1078: Lieut. Commander Bagley -1079: America’s First Naval Loss 1/19 Numbers 1081-1099 -1081: Auto Trucks -1083: Auto Trucks -1084: Auto Trucks -1089: Auto Trucks -1094: Auto Trucks -1095: Auto Trucks -1096: Auto Trucks -1098: Auto Truck -1099: Auto Truck 1/20 Numbers 1100-1157 -1100: Auto Truck -1101: Auto Truck -1106: Auto Truck -1108: Auto Truck -1116: Trenches -1121: In Training -1122: Camp Lee, VA -1123: Camp Lee, VA -1129: Camp Lee, VA -1130: In Training -1131: Camp Lee, VA -1134: In Training -1141: Allied Officers -1142: In Training -1143: Salute -1146: Camp Lee, VA -1157: Officers 1/21 Numbers 1230-1349 -1230: The Man at the Wheel -1234: A Cloudscape from a Caproni -1236: Posing above the Clouds 5 -1253: The Sentinel of the Air -1260: A Hasty Descent Page \\profiles-svr\RedirectedFolders\aevola\Documents\findaid\graphics\photos\cpi.doc.mm April 2018 Rare Books and Special Collections Series: RB-M Photo Acc. # SC U:62 -1261: Banked for a Turn -1264: Student Fliers Take a Morning Spin -1347: The Vast Emptiness Below (2) -1348: Out of Sight of Land -1349: The Caproni Bears the Stars and Stripes 1/22 Numbers 1342-1377 -1342: Camouflage -1364: First Aid -1365: In Training -1366: First Aid -1367: In Training -1368: First Aid -1370: In Training -1371: In Training -1373: First Aid -1376: First Aid -1377: In Training 1/23 Numbers 1380-1396 -1380: Aviation Training -1382: Aviation Training -1383: Airplane Construction -1384: American Airplane -1387: American Airplanes -1389: American Airplanes -1391: American Airplane -1392: American Airplanes -1396: American Airplane 2/1 Numbers 1431-1727 -1431: Recreation Hours -1433: “Over There” Over Here -1446: Machine Gun (2) -1495: [gentlemen in front of an airplane] -1560: Charles Wellman Parks -1565: German Submarine -1566: German Submarine -1567: German Submarine -1568: German Submarine -1663: Transportation -1679: United States Navy -1680: United States Navy -1681: United States Navy 6 -1682: United States Navy -1683: USS Fanning Page \\profiles-svr\RedirectedFolders\aevola\Documents\findaid\graphics\photos\cpi.doc.mm April 2018 Rare Books and Special Collections Series: RB-M Photo Acc. # SC U:62 -1707: Admiral Benson -1708: Admiral Benson -1709: Admiral Benson -1710: Admiral Benson -1711: Admiral Benson -1727: Marne District 2/2 Numbers 1730-1748 -1730: More Ships and Victory -1733: More Ships and Victory -1737: Dugout -1740: Hospital Corps (3) -1742: Hospital Corps -1746: Hospital Corps (2) -1748: Hospital Corps (2) 2/3 Numbers 1756-1846 -1756: More Ships and Victory (2); negative also included; number 1816 also included (Another Ship to Beat the U Boats) -1768: More Ships and Victory -1771: More Ships and Victory -1773: More Ships and Victory -1787: More Ships and Victory -1790: More Ships and Victory -1791: More Ships and Victory -1792: More Ships and Victory -1799: More Ships and Victory -1800: More Ships and Victory -1804: More Ships and Victory -1809: More Ships and Victory -1816: More Ships and Victory (2) -1819: More Ships and Victory (2) -1820: More Ships and Victory -1828: More Ships and Victory (2) -1830: More Ships and Victory -1835: More Ships and Victory -1846: More Ships and Victory 2/4 Numbers 1851-1880 -1851: More Ships and Victory -1852: More Ships and Victory -1867: More Ships and Victory -1873: More Ships and Victory -1880: More Ships and Victory (2) 2/5 Numbers 1944-1966 7 -1944: Recreation Page \\profiles-svr\RedirectedFolders\aevola\Documents\findaid\graphics\photos\cpi.doc.mm