The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 1
Personal photographs of the Imperial German Army during the First World War show soldiers at ease in timber-lined dugouts and woodland billets, posing with horses, regimental dogs, and touring automobiles. Alongside them are horse-drawn field artillery teams, labor parties building timber barriers, and a railway depot shattered by bombardment, offering an intimate counterpoint to official war imagery.
U.S. Navy Postcard: Naval Training Ship "The Hartford" (USS Hartford)
Postcard: U.S. Battleship Kearsarge (Misspelled 'Kearsage'), Copyright William H. Rau, 1900
Group Portrait of German Army Personnel in a Dugout or Billet, World War I
Three German Army Officers Seated at Table, Officers' Quarters, WWI Era
German Soldiers at Field Camp with Cooking Pots and Stacked Rifles, WWI
Uniformed Man on Railway Guard's Van Platform, WWI-Era Germany
German Field Dressing Station with Red Cross Medical Officer Treating Soldier, World War I
German Officers in Horse-Drawn Carriage, World War I
German Town Street Scene with Church Spire and Monument, WWI-Era Negative Collection
German Army Officers and NCOs Beside a Railway Staff Car with Guard Dog, WWI
Snow-Covered River Valley with Industrial Works and Railway Viaduct, Germany, WWI Era
Town Square with Monument and Uniformed Figures, World War I Era (French-Language Shopfronts)
German Soldier with Small Animal Beside Military Supply Train and Improvised Coop, WWI
Derelict WWI-Era Tank (Likely British Mark-Series), Rear View with Steering Wheel Assembly
German Field Artillery Team with Horse-Drawn Limber and Gun Carriage, Early WWI
German Soldiers at a Log Dugout ('Unterstand') on the Western Front, World War I
German Soldiers Beside Motor Truck at Forest Encampment, WWI
German Soldiers at Woodland Bivouac Shelters, World War I
Bombarded Railway Depot and Shattered Woodland, Western Front, WWI
German WWI Heavy Siege Gun/Howitzer on Riveted Steel Carriage with Civilian Women for Scale, Ordnance Depot or Factory Yard
German Soldiers Presenting Horses in Formation, Garrison Courtyard, WWI
German Soldier at Timber Dugout Entrance, Camouflaged Forest Camp, WWI
German Military Workshop Unit in Camouflaged Forest Encampment, WWI
German Army Pack Train Loading Supplies in Open Field, WWI
German Work Detail Erecting Timber Obstacle Barrier Beside Rail Line, World War I
German Officers in Touring Automobile, WWI Era
Ruins of a Bombarded Chateau, Western Front, World War I
German Soldier with Horse in Stable Yard, World War I
German Soldiers Beside a Hand-Built Forest Shrine or Field Chapel, WWI
Group Portrait of Six German Imperial Army Soldiers, WWI
German Army Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun (Kraftwagen-Flak) and Crew, World War I
German Officer Standing in Earthen Communication Trench, WWI
German Soldiers at a Military Cemetery with Funeral Wreaths, World War I
Mounted German Army Officer in Profile Portrait, WWI
German Soldiers at a Military Canteen Counter, WWI
Two German Soldiers in a Trench or Dugout, World War I
German Infantry Column Marching Across Plowed Field, WWI
German Army Officers with Mascot Dog Outside Requisitioned Building No. 28, WWI
German Soldier at a Fallen Comrade's Grave, Military Cemetery, WWI
Three German Army Officers with Dog, Occupied Town, World War I
German Soldier with Pet Terrier in Wooded Setting, WWI
German Army Officers Taking Coffee at a Rear-Area Camp, World War I
Two German Army Soldiers in Field-Grey Uniform, Woodland Portrait, World War I
German Soldiers Atop Earthwork Fortification with Flag, World War I
German Soldier Driving a Horse-Drawn Cart at a Rural Farmhouse, World War I
Sandbagged Farmhouse Doorway Fortification, Western Front, World War I
German Officer at Rest in a Requisitioned Billet Interior, World War I, c. 1914-1918
German Soldier in Field Uniform Outside Billet, World War I
German Officer Beside Shattered Concrete Fortification, World War I