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EVB2943191: A WW1 Zeppelin with part of the covering removed to show the interior. 1914-18. The Aluminum skeleton housed chambers for lighter than air gas, and supported propellers, navigation planes and rudders. A gondolas hold passengers and munitions, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943197: World War 1 Polish Infantry of the German Army in East Prussia in 1914. They are on flat ground firing from individual rifle pits, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943204: Wreckage of a WW1 German Albatross fighter biplane. 1916-18. Its pilots were advised not to perform steep or prolonged dives because its wings had a tendency to develop wing cracks and fail, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943209: British WW1 transport Osterle camouflaged with Zebra stripes. Nov. 11, 1918. In New York Harbor, she was decked with flags to celebrate the armistice, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943215: RMS Lusitania torpedoed by a German submarine on May 7, 1915, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943311: Mourat, an Armenian soldier fought with Russians against the Turks in WW1. He fought in the 1916 Battle of Erzinjan and died in at the Battle of Baku in 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943386: Dead bodies of forty Armenians, mostly men with a few women. 1918-19. Photograph received by the American Red Cross in February 1919, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943399: Ferdinand Foch, Chief of the General Staff of the French armies in World War 1, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2944308: Peggy Hull, in military uniform in 1931. She was Americas first female war correspondent, officially recognized by the U.S. government when she reported from WW1 war zones, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943410: German soldiers worship at Mass before battle. 1914-18, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943569: Wendell Willkie addressing the National Press Club. June 12, 1940. Willkie, who never held a public office, was a rising dark horse candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination, Harris & Ewing (1905-45) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2948736: Eugene Debs (right) facing his brother Theodore upon his release from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. President Warren G. Harding commuted his sentence for opposing WW1 in December 1921, and invited him to visit the White House, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942662: U.S. Marine receiving first aid in the trenches before being sent to hospital in rear. World War I, Toulon Sector, France. March 22, 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942674: Belgian school children swimming at a beach near Dieppe, Belgium, during an American Red Cross outing. World War I. c. 1917-18, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942680: German prisoners taken by the Americans in the first day of the assault on the St. Mihiel salient. They are marching to prison pens at Ansauville, France. World War I. Sept. 25, 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942689: German sailors cling to the capsized and sinking of the Cruiser Bluecher. The British began recovering survivors when a German zeppelin began bombing, mistaking the sinking Bluecher for a British ship. Deaths were between 747 to 1000. Photo taken from the British Cruiser Arethusia, in the North Sea. World War I. Jan. 24, 1915, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942697: Ruins of the Cathedral of St. Quentin, France. The piers and pointed arches of the central nave were still standing after four years in the fighting zone of World War I. October 18, 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942702: Aerial view of ruins of Vaux, France, 1918. Vaux was a French fortress occupied by the Germans in the World War I Battle of Verdun, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942710: Peace celebration on the battlefield. An American flag was hoisted by the U.S. 105th Field Artillery, when the armistice went into effect. Etraye, France. World War I. Nov. 11, 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942535: Physical examination of an aviation recruit's muscle development at the Episcopal Hospital, Washington, D.C. World War I. April 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942731: Night attack with phosphorus bombs in maneuvers. First Corps School at Gondrecourt, France. World War I. August 15, 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942561: 'Food Will Win The War. Don't Waste It', exhorts the banner at a rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign during World War I. New Orleans, October 2, 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942736: U.S. Soldiers aboard Hancock about to sail for France. World War I. 1917, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942747: Officers of the Morristown, New Jersey, Infantry Battalion. World War I. July 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942756: Anti-aircraft gun practice on a converted yacht requisitioned for use in the Naval Reserve. World War I era Edwin Levick photo. c. 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942770: Helen Keller, the blind and deaf writer, christens a ship during World War I. The United States Emergency Fleet ship was the twelfth boat launched by the Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. c. 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942588: Pioneer aviator Joseph Eugene Carberry at Rockwell Field, San Diego. 1914. He won the Mackay Trophy in 1913 with Fred Seydel, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942590: Student transmitting a message to four of his classmates in a radio class at the Stuyvesant Evening High School, N.Y. The Federal Vocational Board trained young men for radio work. World War I. April 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942594: German World War I aviator dropping a bomb somewhere on the western front. 1914-1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942785: Miss Francis Fairchild, a 1918 debutante of New York, posing as the Statue of Liberty on behalf of the Fourth Liberty Loan to fund World War I government spending. August 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942790: Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign during World War I. Sailors with a model of the Liberty Bell and a sign 'Keep It Ringing'. Seattle, Washington. 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942803: Muscular riveter at work at Hog Island Shipyard during World War I. Philadelphia, Pa. 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942826: World War 1. Winter fighting on the Russian front. Austrian detachments holding trenches in Galicia dug, await an expected Russian attack. c. 1914-1917, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942830: World War 1. German transport column, miles in length, advancing over the Russian plains in early spring, with snow still clinging in patches to the ground. It's destination was the battle front near Suwalki. 1915, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942846: World War 1. German Bomb-proof shelter, five yards deep. On the Western Front, German trenches were the most developed and effective at protecting troops from enemy artillery. Western Front, c. 1915-18, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942863: World War 1. Istanbul crowds gathered at the Mosque of Faith when Sheikh Ul Islam, the highest ranking member of the Ulama, proclaimed the declaration of war against the allies. October 28, 1914, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images