Vintage Photographs - Home Front
This section of the website contains archive photographs taken during, before and after the war. Specifically this sub-section contains photos of service on the various home fronts of the war.
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 Bolshevist
demonstration against the Kerenski government
(CNP) |
 German
artillery passing through the Brandenburg Gate, Summer 1914
(CNP) |
 Ruins
of Petrograd police barracks, wrecked by Bolshevik forces
(WW) |
 Clearing
away wrecked Belgian trains
(CNP) |
 Pontoon
bridge from Antwerp over the Scheldt, 1914
(CNP) |
 Mining
the American coast
(CNP) |
 Canadian
regimental flags over the tomb of Wolfe at Westm. Abbey
(CNP) |
 Piles
of Russian Imperial Eagles and royal arms being burned
(WW) |
 Portable
searchlight used by U.S. Marines
(CNP) |
 Train
of motor trucks on the way to the Atlantic coast
(CNP) |
 U-C-5
exhibited in Central Park to aid the Liberty Loan
(CNP) |
 American
troops in London reviewed by King George V
(CNP) |
 British
tank on Fifth Avenue
(CNP) |
 Untrained
U.S. National Army men on Fifth Avenue, 5 Sept 1917
(CNP) |
 Parade
of U.S. Army men, Washington's birthday, 22 Feb 1918
(CNP) |
 Krupp
gun works at Essen
(CPE) |
 French
munition works at Creusot
(CPE) |
 Reading
the death list in Petrograd
(CPE) |
 Wreckage
from an air raid in Malden, London
(CPE) |
 A
Zeppelin caught by searchlight over London, October 1915
(CPE) |
 Canadian
soldiers convalescing in Maidenhead, England
(CPE) |
 Watching
the guns fire from the Hohenzollern Bridge, 28 June 1919
(SR) |
 Homeless
Belgian war victims
(WW) |
 Belgian
retreat from Antwerp
(WW) |
 Belgian
retreat from Bruges
(WW) |
 Wounded
receiving attention at Dublin Castle following Easter Rising
(WW) |
 Interior
of General Post Office in Dublin following the Easter Rising
(WW) |
 Buildings
in Dublin wrecked
(WW) |
 Homeless
children following the Easter Rising in Dublin
(WW) |
 Londoners
fleeing German air raids
(WW) |
 Clearing
away the aftermath of a German air raid in London
(WW) |
 London
dugout filled with families hiding from German air raid
(WW) |
 Mother
and son inspecting ruins of their London home
(WW) |
 Suburban
London homes destroyed during a German air raid
(WW) |
 Photo
taken 13 miles from the Halifax Explosion 15 seconds afterwards
(WW) |
 Houses
wrecked as part of the Halifax Disaster
(WW) |
 Bodies
of victims of the Halifax Disaster
(WW) |
 Machine
guns mows down people on Nevsky Prospect
(WW) |
 The
Kremlin in Moscow wrecked by Bolshevik forces
(WW) |
 Litovski
Prison, Petrograd, wrecked by Bolshevik forces
(WW) |
 Allied
soldiers and civilians congregating in Paris
(WW) |
 U.S.
flag at St. Paul's Cathedral, London
(WW) |
 Captured
Russian, Belgian and French guns being paraded in Berlin
(NW) |
 Children
saluting passing British troops
(NW) |
 British
soldier saying farewell to his wife and child
(NW) |
 British
troops passing through London en route for the Front
(NW) |
 Scots
Guards leaving Southampton for the Western Front
(NW) |
 Women
in France mourning for their lost relatives
(NW) |
 British
boys play-acting at trench warfare
(NW) |
 Training
English schoolboys for future officers
(NW) |
 Searchlights
over London
(NW) |
 King
George and the Queen pay tribute to Lord Kitchener
(NW) |
 Burial
of Paris Zeppelin victims, January 1916
(NW) |
 The
Hall of Mechanics in the Grand Palace, Paris
(NW) |
 American
volunteers off to join the French Army
(NW) |
 Hospital
rest for wounded soldiers at Paris' Grand Palais
(NW) |
 Boy
points through Whitby Abbey to sea where German raiders struck
(NW) |
 King
George V's homage to the Unknown Soldier, 11 November 1920
(MF) |
 South
African troop trains
(NW) |
 Peace
Day parade in France, 14 July 1919
(NW) |
 Observation
post in Paris to measure height and speed of aircraft
(HW) |
 Observation
post in Paris with listening equipment
(HW) |
 Giant
searchlight in Paris
(HW) |
 French
75 gun on the outskirts of Paris to counter enemy aircraft
(HW) |
 The
Bolshevik Red Guard in Moscow
(HW) |
 Victorious
American troops arriving at New York after the armistice
(HW) |
 Decorated
French artillery battery leaving Versailles for the Front
(GW) |
 Reservists
joining the Colours in Paris
(GW) |
 Belgian
Civic Guards who helped to slow the German advance
(GW) |
 City
of London recruits cheering Lord Roberts at the Tower of London
(GW) |
 Belgians
obliterating sign-post directions to confuse the enemy
(GW) |
 Grenadier
Guards for the Front marching past Buckingham Palace
(GW) |
 Farewell
scenes at Johannesburg
(GW) |
 Transvaal
Scottish leaving Johannesburg for German South-West Africa
(GW) |
 First
contingent of Canadian forces leaving Toronto for England
(GW) |
 Johannesburg
volunteers leaving for the Front
(GW) |
 Funeral
of Lord Roberts at St Paul's Cathedral, 19 Nov 1914
(GW) |
 A
boy among the remains of Whitby Abbey, 16 Dec 1914
(GW) |
 Damage
to Scarborough lighthouse, 16 Dec 1914
(GW) |
 Montenegro's
infantry marching past the royal palace
(GW) |
 Houses
in Hartlepool, England, after German bombardment
(GW) |
 Remains
of Whitby coastguard station after German bombardment
(GW) |
 An
Italian ammunition factory
(GW) |
 Declaring
the Holy War in Constantinople
(GW) |
 Turkish
reserves marching in Constantinople
(GW) |
 Canadian
contingent's farewell: a scene at Victoria, British Columbia
(GW) |
 Russian
reinforcements entraining for the Front
(GW) |
 Australian
troops marching through the streets of Melbourne
(GW) |
 British
farmer sowing while a woman works the team
(GW) |
 Chief
of the Women's Police Force in London
(GW) |
 Wartime
booking office clerk at a railway station
(GW) |
 Basket-making
for shells at Bisbridge, near Godalming
(GW) |
 Harrow
school-boys making munitions under direction of a schoolmaster
(GW) |
 Women
carting hay in the Forage Reserve Depot, Richmond, Surrey
(GW) |
 Soldiers'
wives waiting for news from the Front
(GW) |
 Stamboul
and the Golden Horn
(GW) |
 View
of Constantinople
(GW) |
 Greek
reservists arriving at Salonika
(GW) |
 General
Cousin conferring war decorations to fallen relations
(GW) |
 French
anti-aircraft gun defending Paris from above
(GW) |
 House
damaged by shellfire at Lowestoft
(GW) |
 French
crowds welcome decorated Anzac troops at Marseille
(GW) |
 Wrecked
convalescent home at Lowestoft - the Matron's Room
(GW) |
 5,000
women waiting for bread at the Hotel de Ville at Malines
(FF) |
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