First World War 'Official Photographs'
'First World War 'Official Photographs'' contains the following 9 items:
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Photographs of Haig
Photographs showing Field Marshall Earl Haig. -
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British Western Front
Photographs, all taken on the British Western Front, that are not attributed to a particular photographer. -
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Cavalry
Photographs depicting cavalry. -
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Royal visits
Photographs of royal visits to the Western Front. Royal visits were seen as an important way of boosting morale. -
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Other visitors
Photographs showing visits by non-Royal dignitaries. -
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Allies
Photographs of various nationalities allied to the British. -
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Germans
Photographs taken in Germany, by Germans or of Germans. -
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Photographers
Photographs by named photographers. -
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After the War
Photographs taken after November 1918.
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| Description: | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig�s diaries. |
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