Armed Services Collection (#7)

Dayton flying field, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Dayton flying field, 1917 (date created or published later). Aviation students at the Wilbur Wright Aviation camp at Wilbur Wright Field, near Riverside, Ohio, during World War I

Major Gregory, Medical Inspection, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Major Gregory, Medical Inspection, 1917. Major Gregory doing health inspections for soldiers, probably at Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids Island, New Rochelle, New York

British artillery officers mess on captured ground, 10 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British artillery officers mess on captured ground, 10 Jun 1917. British artillery officers mess tent in front of Kemmel, Belgium, June 10, 1917, during the Battle of Messines during World War I

C.F. Phillips, Owen Cattell, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
C.F. Phillips, Owen Cattell, 1917. Charles Francis Phillips (later Charles Shipman) and Owen Cattell, Columbia University students who were convicted of conspiracy to obstruct U.S

Wig-Wag, Pratt Institute, Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Wig-Wag, Pratt Institute, Oct 1917. Members of the U.S. Army Signal Corps using signal flags during training at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York during World War I

Cooking class, Pratt Institute, Miss Hanks [i.e. Hannko], Miss Kierstead, 13 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Cooking class, Pratt Institute, Miss Hanks [i.e. Hannko], Miss Kierstead, 13 Aug 1917. Cooking class for men at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, with Miss Emma Hanko and Miss Gladys Kierstead

Gladys Kierstead, Emma Hanks [i.e. Hanko], 13 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Gladys Kierstead, Emma Hanks [i.e. Hanko], 13 Aug 1917. A cooking class for men at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York during World War I

Laboratory, Pratt Institute, Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Laboratory, Pratt Institute, Oct 1917. Members of the U.S. Army Signal Corps training in a laboratory at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, during World War I

Wireless, Pratt Institute, Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Wireless, Pratt Institute, Oct 1917. Members of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in telegraph training at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York during World War I

Cooking, Pratt Institute, Miss Hanks [i.e. Hanko] & Miss Kierstead, 26 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Cooking, Pratt Institute, Miss Hanks [i.e. Hanko] & Miss Kierstead, 26 Aug 1917. Miss Emma Hanko and Miss Gladys Kierstead, assistant steward of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

Lieut. Seely, Lt. Col. P.A. Guthrie, Col. J.S. Denis [i.e. Dennis], Capt. Black, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Lieut. Seely, Lt. Col. P.A. Guthrie, Col. J.S. Denis [i.e. Dennis], Capt. Black, July 1917. Officers of Canadian Highlander regiments standing outside the 71st Regiment Armory

Cooking, Pratt Institute, Misses Kierstead & Hanks, 13 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Cooking, Pratt Institute, Misses Kierstead & Hanks, 13 Aug 1917. Miss Gladys Kierstead, assistant steward of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn

Women's Motor Corps, May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Women's Motor Corps, May 1917. The members of the Women's Motor Corps of the National League for Women's Service at the 71st Regiment Armory, New York City, May 1917, during World War I

Cooking class, Gladys Kierstead, 13 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Cooking class, Gladys Kierstead, 13 Aug 1917 (date created or published later). A cooking class for men at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York during World War I

Colonel J.H. Wells swearing in woman motorist, 29 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Colonel J.H. Wells swearing in woman motorist, 29 May 1917. Women in the motor corps of the National League of Women's Service taking the oath of allegiance at the 71st Regiment Armory

Major Connell inoculating woman motorist, 29 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Major Connell inoculating woman motorist, 29 May 1917. Major Connell, surgeon of the 71st Regiment, inoculating one of the three hundred women in the Women's Motor Corps of the National League

Marines now in France, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines now in France, 1917. U.S. Marines in France during World War I

Some of the men who took Tilloy, 10 Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Some of the men who took Tilloy, 10 Apr 1917. Soldiers of the 13th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment with captured machine guns in front of a German mobile pill box and observation post

University of Washington, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
University of Washington, 1917. A trooper from the University of Washington militia using a portable field-telephone in a suitcase

Queen Mary visits aerodrome shed, 5 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Queen Mary visits aerodrome shed, 5 Jul 1917. Queen Mary of Teck leaving the aerodrome at Royal Flying Corps Headquarters at St. Omer, France on July 5, 1917, during World War I

British soldiers feed horses, Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British soldiers feed horses, Apr 1917. British soldiers gathering oats for their horses near Fricourt, Somme, France, April 1917 during the Battle of Arras, in World War I

King Geo. studies trench bombs, 7 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King Geo. studies trench bombs, 7 Jul 1917. British officers explaining trench mortar to King George V and Edward, Prince of Wales at the Trench Warfare School, Helfaut, France during World War I

King Albert on Battle Field, 16 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King Albert on Battle Field, 16 May 1917. An aide-de-camp of King Albert I of Belgium picking up a souvenir on the Somme battlefield near Pozieres, France, May 16, 1917

Leaving Ft. Slocum, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Leaving Ft. Slocum, 1917. American soldiers on a boat, leaving Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids Island, New Rochelle, New York

Marines Departing for France, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines Departing for France, 1917. U.S. marines leaving for France during World War I

Russians fight in France, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Russians fight in France, between c1915 and 1918. Russian soldiers near a dugout in the snow in France during World War I

Loading supplies for our army in France, between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Loading supplies for our army in France, between 1917 and c1920. A ship next to a dock, on which buckets, rope, crates and other supplies are being prepared for transport to France during World War I

Latest French anti-aircraft gun, 1917 29 Nov 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Latest French anti-aircraft gun, 1917 29 Nov 1917. A French 75mm field gun which has been mounted for use as an anti-aircraft weapon, during the Salonika Campaign during World War I

Major Dwight, 3 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Major Dwight, 3 Jul 1917 (date created or published later). Major Arthur S. Dwight (1864-1946) of the First Reserve Engineer Regiment

British troops resting on road, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British troops resting on road, between c1915 and 1918. British troops resting on a road during World War I

Bomb crater in France, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Bomb crater in France, between c1915 and 1918

Medical corps, Fort Slocum, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Medical corps, Fort Slocum, 1917. Medical corps soldiers standing and sitting on a cannon on the grounds of Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids Island, New Rochelle, New York

France - in a front line trench, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
France - in a front line trench, 1917. British troops in a trench in France during World War I

Fort Slocum, Shacks built for draft men, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Fort Slocum, Shacks built for draft men, 1917. Housing built for soldiers at Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids Island, New Rochelle, New York

Gun Squad, Fort Slocum, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Gun Squad, Fort Slocum, 1917. American soldiers in a gun squad at Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids Island, New Rochelle, New York

Joffre, Sharp, Pershing, Paris, July 4, 1917, 4 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Joffre, Sharp, Pershing, Paris, July 4, 1917, 4 Jul 1917 (date created or published later). French general Joseph Jacques Ce´saire Joffre (1852-1931), U.S

14th Infantry Camp, signing recruit in, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
14th Infantry Camp, signing recruit in, 1917 or 1918. Soldiers at a table signing up recruits at a camp of the 14th Infantry, probably in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York during World War I

Mess, Fort Totten, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Mess, Fort Totten, between c1915 and c1920. Soldiers eating at a long table outdoors at Fort Totten, Queens, New York City during World War I

Volunteers, New York, 1917 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Volunteers, New York, 1917 and 1918. Soldier volunteers during World War I, New York City

Hungarian soldiers in Budapest, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Hungarian soldiers in Budapest, 1917. Hungarian soldiers in Budapest, Hungary during World War I

Rest after inspection, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Rest after inspection, 1917. American soldiers sitting in a field at Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids Island, New Rochelle, New York

Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Lt. Wells Hawks (1870-1941), a member of the Navy's public relations team with "Chief Bald Eagle"

Col. F.G. Mauldin, Maj. A.T. Ovenshine, Capt. H.R. Smalley, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Colonel F.G. Mauldin, Major. A.T. Ovenshine, Captain H.R. Smalley, 1917 or 1918. Military officers including Frank G. Mauldin (center)

Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917. Native American "Chief Bald Eagle" shaking hands with Lieutenant Wells Hawks (1870-1941)

British booty Tilloy, 10 Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British booty Tilloy, 10 Apr 1917. The troops of the 13th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment with some German machine guns which they captured in Tilloy-les Mofflaines, France, April 10

Senegalese troops in France, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Senegalese troops in France, between 1914 and 1918. African Senegalese soldiers marching down a street in a town in France during World War I

British wiring parties in rain, Sept 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
British wiring parties in rain, Sept 1916. British soldiers taking unbarbed concertina wire to the forward area, near Hamel, September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme in World War I

Germans passing thro Paracin, on Belgrad - Nisch Line, between c1910 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans passing thro Paracin, on Belgrad - Nisch Line, between c1910 and c1920. German soldiers marching through the Serbian town of Paracin during World War I

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"Answer the Call: Join the Armed Services and Defend Our Shores. " In this captivating postcard from World War I, witness the aftermath of a chilling German naval bombardment on Scarborough, Yorkshire. The vivid color image transports us back to 1914, urging British men to enlist in the armed services with unwavering accuracy. As chaos unfolds before our eyes, it becomes evident that precise aiming is crucial for victory. The brave soldiers who join our forces will be equipped with advanced weaponry and trained to hit their targets with unparalleled precision. Augmented reality technology enhances their skills, ensuring they are always one step ahead of the enemy. Camouflage plays a vital role in protecting our troops as they navigate treacherous battlefields. With expertly designed uniforms blending seamlessly into their surroundings, our servicemen become virtually invisible to adversaries. This strategic advantage ensures safety while enabling them to strike fearlessly when necessary. Glimpsing into modern times, we find an early warning radar station near Hartland Point in Devon UK—a testament to how far we have come since World War I. These state-of-the-art facilities serve as guardians against potential threats by detecting enemy movements long before they reach our shores. Through constant vigilance and cutting-edge technology, we safeguard our nation's security. Joining the armed services means embracing a noble duty—to protect and defend all that we hold dear, and is an opportunity for individuals seeking purpose and camaraderie amidst adversity; a chance to make history while upholding cherished values of freedom and justice. Enlist today. Become part of an esteemed lineage dedicated to preserving peace through strength—the backbone of any great nation lies within its armed services. Together, let us forge ahead towards a brighter future where courage triumphs over fear and unity prevails over division.