The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: WWII CINC OHIO
Photographs from Cincinnati and other Ohio venues record the war expositions of 1918 and 1919, where captured German field guns, trench mortars, and a naval gun marked "From the Emden" traveled by rail for public display. Alongside the trophies stand home-front booths on food conservation and infant health, showing how civic campaigns brought the First World War into American communities.
Salvation Army 'Doughnuts Free to Soldiers and Sailors' Exhibit Booth, WWI-Era War Relief Exposition, Ohio, c. 1917-1918
Salvation Army Volunteers Serving Doughnuts to a Soldier and Sailor, WWI-Era Exposition Booth, Ohio, c. 1917-1918
Decorated Allied (Likely French) Army Officer on Building Steps, WWI-Era Ohio War-Relief Tour, c. 1917-1918
Girl Scout 'Third Liberty Loan' Exhibit Booth, Cincinnati/Miami Valley Council, WWI-Era Ohio Exposition, Spring 1918
European Folk Handicrafts and Weaving Demonstration Booth, WWI-Era War Relief Exposition, Ohio, c. 1917-1918
"Devastated France and Fatherless Children of France" Relief Exhibit Diorama, Cincinnati, Ohio, c. 1918-1919
Officer with Captured German War Trophies, Cincinnati, Ohio, c. 1918-1919
National League for Woman's Service Exhibit Booth, WWI War-Work Exposition, Cincinnati, Ohio, c. 1918
Camp Fire Girls War Service Exhibit, WWI War-Work Exposition, Cincinnati, Ohio, c. 1918
National League for Woman's Service, Cincinnati Motor Corps Exhibit, WWI War-Work Exposition, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1918
Council of National Defense 'Children's Car' Exhibit Truck, Cincinnati Baby-Saving Year Campaign, 1918
Children's Year Baby Health Clinic Exhibit Booth, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1918
War Gardens Exhibit, Woman's Committee Council of National Defense, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1918
Food Conservation Exhibit Booth, Cincinnati Exposition, 1918
American Soldier with Field Artillery Piece, Patriotic Display, Cincinnati, Ohio, WWI Era
French War Art Gallery, Allied War Exposition, Cincinnati Music Hall, 1918
American Red Cross Exhibit, Allied War Exposition, Cincinnati Music Hall, 1918
Wall of Local Servicemen and Servicewomen Portraits, Allied War Exposition, Cincinnati Music Hall, 1918
Group Portrait of Allied War Exposition Committee and Military Officers, Cincinnati, 1918
War Trophies Exhibit Hall, Allied War Exposition, Cincinnati Music Hall, 1918-1919
General View of War Trophies Exhibition Hall with Captured Ordnance and Allied Portraits, Ohio, c. 1918-1919
Wrecked Biplane and Field Artillery Displayed as War Trophies, Ohio Exhibition Hall, c. 1918-1919
Row of Field Artillery Pieces along Exhibition Aisle, Ohio War Trophies Hall, c. 1918-1919
Civic and Fraternal Organization Booths within War Exposition Hall, Ohio, c. 1918-1919
Armored Machine-Gun Car and Anti-Tuberculosis League Exhibit at 'Avenue Cambrai,' Ohio War Exposition, c. 1918-1919
Stripped Motor Chassis and Captured German Gun Carriage, WWI War-Trophy Display, Cincinnati, Ohio, c. 1919
WWI Trench Catapult (Grenade-Throwing Device), War-Relic Collection Photograph, c. 1919
Woman in Military-Style Uniform with Vickers Machine Gun, WWI War-Trophy Exhibition, c. 1918-1919
Captured German 77mm Field Gun on City Street, WWI War-Trophy Display, Cincinnati, Ohio, c. 1919
Row of Captured German Field Guns Staged on City Street, WWI War-Trophy Display, Cincinnati, Ohio, c. 1919
Heavy Field Gun on Railroad Flatcar — WWI War Trophy Shipment, Cincinnati, Ohio
Twin-Barrel Heavy Trench Mortar on Railroad Flatcar — WWI War Trophy, Cincinnati, Ohio
Rail Yard Assembly of Captured WWI Ordnance — Multiple Flatcars, Cincinnati, Ohio
Renault FT Light Tank on Railroad Flatcar, Cincinnati, Ohio — WWI-Era Armor
Naval Deck Gun from SMS Emden on Railroad Flatcar — WWI War Trophy, Cincinnati, Ohio
Captured German Naval Gun 'From the Emden' on Railcar Display, WWI War Exposition, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1918
'U.S. Government War Exposition and Allied' Touring Car with Officer, Committee on Public Information Tour Stop, Cincinnati, Ohio, December 14 [1918]
Uniformed Man and Woman Posing Before Trophy Field Gun, WWI War Exposition Grounds, [Cincinnati, Ohio], 1918
Uniformed Man and Woman in Close Portrait Before Trophy Gun, WWI War Exposition, [Cincinnati, Ohio], 1918 (Companion to Image No. 11)
Officer in Kepi Beside Trophy Field Gun at Civic Building Entrance, WWI War Exposition Tour, [Cincinnati, Ohio], 1918
Two Women in Fur-Trimmed Coats at a Waterfront Pavilion, WWI-Era Ohio Event
Civilian Official Posing with Captured Field Gun at WWI War Trophy Display
AEF Soldier Examining Wickerwork Aircraft Component at WWI Trophy Exhibit
Soldier Beside Wrecked Aircraft Wreckage Pile at WWI Trophy Exhibition Hall