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1914 Collection (#6)

"1914: A Glimpse into a Transformative Year" In the midst of a world on the brink of change, 1914 brought forth an array of captivating moments that would shape history

Background image1914 Collection: Telegraph messenger, Berlin, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Telegraph messenger, Berlin, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Telegraph messenger, Berlin, between 1914 and c1915. A woman telegraph messenger on a bicycle in Berlin, Germany during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Kaiser & Gen. Von Hotzendorf, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Kaiser & Gen

Kaiser & Gen. Von Hotzendorf, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Kaiser & Gen
Kaiser & Gen. Von Hotzendorf, between 1914 and c1915. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941) with Count Franz Xaver Joseph Conrad von Ho¨tzendorf (1852-1925), an Austro-Hungarian Army officer

Background image1914 Collection: Training German boys for army, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Training German boys for army, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Training German boys for army, between 1914 and c1915. German boys in a field, being trained to be soldiers in world War I

Background image1914 Collection: A red cross moving 'Fort'. For rescuing between trenches, between 1914 and c1915

A red cross moving "Fort". For rescuing between trenches, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
A red cross moving "Fort". For rescuing between trenches, between 1914 and c1915. A Red Cross vehicle used for gathering wounded from trenches during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: (l to r) Archdukes Friedrich and Peter Ferdinand, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

(l to r) Archdukes Friedrich and Peter Ferdinand, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
(l to r) Archdukes Friedrich and Peter Ferdinand, between 1914 and c1915. Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856-1936) who served as Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War

Background image1914 Collection: Vaccinating Germans for Cholera, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Vaccinating Germans for Cholera, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Vaccinating Germans for Cholera, between 1914 and c1915

Background image1914 Collection: Reviving wounded German with Pulmotor, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Reviving wounded German with Pulmotor, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Reviving wounded German with Pulmotor, between 1914 and c1915. A German being revived with a Pulmotor, an artificial respiration device, during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Loading German Red Cross supplies, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Loading German Red Cross supplies, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Loading German Red Cross supplies, between 1914 and c1915. People putting Red Cross supplies into automobiles during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Belgian orphans leaving Paris for country homes, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Belgian orphans leaving Paris for country homes, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Belgian orphans leaving Paris for country homes, between 1914 and c1915. Belgian children in Paris during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Boy Scout, Paris, Selling 'Journee Francaise' Medals, between 1914 and c1915

Boy Scout, Paris, Selling "Journee Francaise" Medals, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Boy Scout, Paris, Selling "Journee Francaise" Medals, between 1914 and c1915. A French boy scout selling medals during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: American Nurse, American ambulance, Paris, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

American Nurse, American ambulance, Paris, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
American Nurse, American ambulance, Paris, between 1914 and c1915. An American nurse with a patient in Paris, France during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Aviator officer of Germany, Dec 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Aviator officer of Germany, Dec 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Aviator officer of Germany, Dec 1914 (date created or published later). German officers with aviator and airplane during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Hans von Minning, 15 years, mascot of German Reg't, between c1914 and c1915

Hans von Minning, 15 years, mascot of German Reg't, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Hans von Minning, 15 years, mascot of German Reg't, between c1914 and c1915. Possibly shows Hans von Mining, a mascot with the German Army during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Italian Motor Cycle Squad, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Italian Motor Cycle Squad, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Italian Motor Cycle Squad, between 1914 and c1915. Italian men on motorcycles during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: German artillerists on firing line, Verdun, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German artillerists on firing line, Verdun, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German artillerists on firing line, Verdun, between c1914 and c1915. German soldiers eating during World War I, Verdun, France

Background image1914 Collection: Training women for street R.R. [i.e. railroad] service - Berlin, between 1914 and c1915

Training women for street R.R. [i.e. railroad] service - Berlin, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Training women for street R.R. [i.e. railroad] service - Berlin, between 1914 and c1915. German women training to become street car drivers in Berlin during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: German Battery in Galicia, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German Battery in Galicia, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Battery in Galicia, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers with gun battery in Galicia (Eastern Europe) during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Germans in Belgium, on the way to the front, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Germans in Belgium, on the way to the front, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans in Belgium, on the way to the front, between c1914 and c1915. German soldiers in road in Belgium during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Poor in North France fed from German field kitchen, between c1914 and c1915

Poor in North France fed from German field kitchen, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Poor in North France fed from German field kitchen, between c1914 and c1915. Crowd of mostly women and children outside a brick building in northern France during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Maj. Richardson & British Red Cross dogs, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Maj

Maj. Richardson & British Red Cross dogs, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Maj
Maj. Richardson & British Red Cross dogs, between 1914 and c1915. Lieutenant Colonel Edwin H. Richardson with Red Cross war dogs during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: German Commandant's Hdqtrs. Antwerp, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

German Commandant's Hdqtrs. Antwerp, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
German Commandant's Hdqtrs. Antwerp, 1914. German headquarters in Antwerp City Hall, Antwerp, Belgium during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Bandages from kit of British Dog, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Bandages from kit of British Dog, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bandages from kit of British Dog, between 1914 and c1915. Man getting bandages from a dog, during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: German Hussars in Antwerp, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German Hussars in Antwerp, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Hussars in Antwerp, between c1914 and c1915. German Hussars on horses in the street in Antwerp, Belgium during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: A quiet moment in German trenches, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

A quiet moment in German trenches, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
A quiet moment in German trenches, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers smoking and reading in a trench in Flanders, Belgium, during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Kaiser, Crown Prince, & P'ce [i.e. Prince] Oscar at Crown Prince's Hdqrts. between 1914 and c1915

Kaiser, Crown Prince, & P'ce [i.e. Prince] Oscar at Crown Prince's Hdqrts. between 1914 and c1915. Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941)

Background image1914 Collection: German Army field Hdqrs. near Ostend, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German Army field Hdqrs. near Ostend, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Army field Hdqrs. near Ostend, between c1914 and c1915. German soldiers seated and standing outside of a sod building near Ostend, Belgium, during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: A Landsturm Duet, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

A Landsturm Duet, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
A Landsturm Duet, 1914. Men playing stringed instruments by the railroad tracks during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Respirator for British soldiers, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Respirator for British soldiers, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Respirator for British soldiers, between 1914 and c1915. A British soldier wearing a face mask to protect against poison gas, standing with a woman holding another face mask, during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Refugees returned to Antwerp, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Refugees returned to Antwerp, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Refugees returned to Antwerp, 1914. Men in street in Antwerp, Belgium during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: German field gun in action, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German field gun in action, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German field gun in action, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers firing field gun during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Russian Church at Suwalki in German hands, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Russian Church at Suwalki in German hands, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Russian Church at Suwalki in German hands, between c1914 and c1915. German soldiers outside a Russian church in Suwalki, Poland during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: German Red Cross dogs, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German Red Cross dogs, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Red Cross dogs, between 1914 and c1915

Background image1914 Collection: German Sanitary sign near Lodz, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German Sanitary sign near Lodz, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Sanitary sign near Lodz, between 1914 and c1915. A sign in German "Trinkwasser" (drinking water) next to a pump in Lodz, Poland during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: German River patrol, France, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German River patrol, France, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German River patrol, France, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers in France during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: A spread in Nova Scotia ward, Le Touquet, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

A spread in Nova Scotia ward, Le Touquet, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
A spread in Nova Scotia ward, Le Touquet, between 1914 and c1915. Soldiers seated at a table in the Canadian base hospital in the Hotel du Golf, Le Touquet, France during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Germans at Berry-Au-Bac, Sept 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Germans at Berry-Au-Bac, Sept 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans at Berry-Au-Bac, Sept 1914 (date created or published later). German soldiers at Berry-Au-Bac, France during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Gunner McPhail, 107th Co. (Canadians), who escaped from Germans, between 1914 and c1915

Gunner McPhail, 107th Co. (Canadians), who escaped from Germans, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Gunner McPhail, 107th Co. (Canadians), who escaped from Germans, between 1914 and c1915. Soldier at a Canadian base hospital in the Hotel du Golf, Le Touquet, France during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Major Elliott & Captain Young of Canadian Hospital, between 1914 and c1915

Major Elliott & Captain Young of Canadian Hospital, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Major Elliott & Captain Young of Canadian Hospital, between 1914 and c1915. Major H.C.S. Elliott, of Cobourg, Ontario with Captain C.A

Background image1914 Collection: Mrs. G.W. Lopp & cigarettes sent to France, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Mrs. G.W. Lopp & cigarettes sent to France, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Mrs. G.W
Mrs. G.W. Lopp & cigarettes sent to France, between c1914 and c1915. Mrs. George Washington-Lopp (Clara Dolores Machain) sitting in front of a shipment of cigarettes

Background image1914 Collection: Karl Franz Josef in Przemysl Fort, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Karl Franz Josef in Przemysl Fort, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Karl Franz Josef in Przemysl Fort, 1914 (date created or published later). Karl Franz Joseph (Charles I of Austria) (1887-1922) visiting Przemysl Fortress, Przemysl

Background image1914 Collection: German wounded, recovered, returning singing to the front, between c1914 and c1915

German wounded, recovered, returning singing to the front, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German wounded, recovered, returning singing to the front, between c1914 and c1915. German soldiers marching and singing in the street during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Kaiserin visiting a train of the wounded at Breslau, between 1914 and c1915

Kaiserin visiting a train of the wounded at Breslau, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Kaiserin visiting a train of the wounded at Breslau, between 1914 and c1915. Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858-1921), the last German Empress and Queen of Prussia (wife of Wilhelm II)

Background image1914 Collection: Belgian Refugees, at Bergen-op-zoom, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Belgian Refugees, at Bergen-op-zoom, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Belgian Refugees, at Bergen-op-zoom, between c1914 and c1915. Belgian refugees and the Bergen Op Zoom refugee camp in the Netherlands during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Sleeping room in Kaiserin's Hospital Train, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Sleeping room in Kaiserin's Hospital Train, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sleeping room in Kaiserin's Hospital Train, between c1914 and c1915. A room on the hospital train of the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria (wife of Wilhelm II of Germany) during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Feu, s'il vous plait, British & French at E´taples, between 1914 and c1915

Feu, s'il vous plait, British & French at E´taples, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Feu, s'il vous plait, British & French at E´taples, between 1914 and c1915. British and French soldier lighting a cigarette at E´taples, France during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: Austrian siege gun in Belg. [i.e. Belgium], between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Austrian siege gun in Belg. [i.e. Belgium], between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Austrian siege gun in Belg. [i.e. Belgium], between c1914 and c1915. The barrel segment of a Skoda 305 mm Model 1911 howitzer gun

Background image1914 Collection: Kaiserin's Hospital Train, kitchen, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Kaiserin's Hospital Train, kitchen, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Kaiserin's Hospital Train, kitchen, between c1914 and c1915. The kitchen on the hospital train of Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, (wife of Wilhelm II of Germany), during World War I

Background image1914 Collection: German Submarines in harbor, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German Submarines in harbor, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Submarines in harbor, between c1914 and c1915. German submarines in a harbor. Front row (left to right): U-22, U-20 (sank the Lusitania), U-19 and U-21




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"1914: A Glimpse into a Transformative Year" In the midst of a world on the brink of change, 1914 brought forth an array of captivating moments that would shape history. Russian poet Anna Akhmatova's portrait, painted by N. I. Altman, captures her enigmatic spirit and profound words that would resonate for generations to come. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, J. C. Leyendecker's Arrow shirt collar ad epitomizes the elegance and sophistication sought after in American fashion during this era. It serves as a reminder of how style can transcend time and leave an indelible mark on society. The fight for women's suffrage reached new heights with Emmeline Pankhurst's arrest outside Buckingham Palace while presenting a petition to King George V. Her unwavering determination symbolized the relentless struggle for equality that echoed throughout England and beyond. Within the gates of Grey Gardens estate, a bench stands silently witness to countless stories unfolding against its backdrop. This serene image from c. 1914 invites us to ponder upon lives lived within those walls – tales both extraordinary and ordinary. Amidst these cultural milestones, war loomed large as His Majesty’s Coldstream Guards recruited soldiers through powerful posters urging young men to join their ranks in defense of their nation during World War I. Alfred Stieglitz captured New York City in all its grandeur with his photograph "Two Towers. " The image encapsulates the city's soaring ambition and relentless energy at this pivotal moment in history. Even mundane aspects like signage design were not overlooked; Paddington Station showcased its attention to detail with an elegant gentlemen’s lavatory sign - reminding us that even practicality can be elevated into artistry. Entertainment took center stage with "The Perils of Pauline, " a thrilling serial film poster from 1914 which captivated audiences week after week with daring adventures and heart-stopping cliffhangers. Wassily Kandinsky's "Painting no.