Civilian Collection (page 2)

Civilians using their daily trades, in this case bridge building, during WWI, from The Pageant of the Century, pub.1934
3502706 Civilians using their daily trades, in this case bridge building, during WWI, from The Pageant of the Century, pub.1934; (add.info.: Civilians using their daily trades)

French fireman and civilian overcome by fumes during a fire, 1899
3480877 French fireman and civilian overcome by fumes during a fire, 1899; (add.info.: Illustration showing French fireman and civilian overcome by fumes during a fire)

German soldiers using women and children as a battle screen during WWI (litho)
3252904 German soldiers using women and children as a battle screen during WWI (litho); Private Collection; (add.info.: German soldiers using women and children as a battle screen during WWI)

Album "Duce": Benito Mussolini inspects the colonial troops in Libya (b/w photo)
1253698 Album "Duce": Benito Mussolini inspects the colonial troops in Libya (b/w photo) by Ottolenghi, Silvio (1886-1953); (add.info.: Ottolenghi)

The Grand Canal in Venice in the stretch from the mint (Zecca) to Palazzo delle Prigioni
3572360 The Grand Canal in Venice in the stretch from the mint (Zecca) to Palazzo delle Prigioni. In the foreground the lagoon with a gondola and two gondoliers; (add.info)

A Mandarin (magistrate) of the Fifth Class going to court in full dress, Qing Dynasty China
FLO4590480 A Mandarin (magistrate) of the Fifth Class going to court in full dress, Qing Dynasty China. Dress with an embroidered square indicating his rank

Returning French Refugees, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Returning French Refugees, 1918 or 1919. Refugees returning to France after World War I

Capt. P. Koenig, Paul Hinken, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. P. Koenig, Paul Hinken, 1916. Shows submarine Captain Paul Liebrecht Ko¨nig. He was Captain of the merchant sub Deutschland. This shows them in Baltimore on July 10, 1916

Departure -- 7th Regt, N.Y. between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Departure -- 7th Regt, N.Y. between c1915 and c1920

Trophies, Place de la Concorde, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Trophies, Place de la Concorde, 1918 or 1919. Cannons and other weapons gathered in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, France after World War I

Marines in France, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines in France, between c1915 and c1920. French civilians visiting American soldiers of the Fifth Marines in an army camp in St. Nazaire, France during World War I

Werrenrath, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Werrenrath, 1918. Reinald Werrenrath (1883-1953) singing at a rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign which took place on the steps of Federal Hall, New York City in 1918

Werrenrath, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Werrenrath, 1918. American baritone opera singer Reinald Werrenrath (1883-1953) at a rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign, Federal Hall, New York City in 1918 during World War I

G.W. Wickersham, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
G.W. Wickersham, 1918. Lawyer and Presidential Cabinet Secretary George Woodward Wickersham (1858-1936) at a rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign, Federal Hall

Sub-treasury, 4 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Sub-treasury, 4 Oct 1918 (date created or published later). A rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign which took place on the steps of Federal Hall, New York City in 1918 during World War I

Edna De Lima, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Edna De Lima, 1918. Soprano opera singer Edna de Lima at a rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign, Federal Hall, New York City in 1918 during World War I

Mrs. H.A.C. Van Der Flier, Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. H.A.C. Van Der Flier, Apr 1918. Mrs. Hendrika A. C. Van Der Flier of Holland, participating in a bazaar to raise funds for Belgian orphans during World War I, at the Waldorf Astoria

Luella Duys & Eleanor Horrmann, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Luella Duys & Eleanor Horrmann, 1918
Luella Duys & Eleanor Horrmann, 1918. Two girls, Luella Duys and Eleanor Horrmann holding dolls, possibly at a bazaar to raise funds for Belgian orphans during World War I at the Waldorf Astoria

Tea at Hostess House, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Tea at Hostess House, between c1915 and 1918. Women having tea at a "hostess house" probably in a military camp during World War I

At Hostess House, Y.W.C.A. between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
At Hostess House, Y.W.C.A. between c1915 and 1918. Women and military personnel at a "hostess house" probably in a military camp during World War I

Hostess House YWCA, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Hostess House YWCA, between c1915 and 1918. Women and military personnel at a "hostess house" probably in a military camp during World War I

Pont-a-Mousson, Americans visiting aged French, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Pont-a-Mousson, Americans visiting aged French, between c1915 and 1918. An American woman visiting elderly French people, probably during World War I

German U-Boat in N.Y. 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
German U-Boat in N.Y. 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond

Going to Yaphank, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Going to Yaphank, between c1915 and c1920. A group of men riding a train, probably to Camp Upton, located at Yaphank on Long Island, Suffolk County, New York, during World War I

Mrs. J.F. Curtis & Mrs. Wm. Burton, Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Mrs. J.F. Curtis & Mrs. Wm. Burton, Oct 1917
Mrs. J.F. Curtis & Mrs. Wm. Burton, Oct 1917. Shows (left to right) Mrs. William Burton, Mrs. James F. Curtis (the former Laura Beatrice Merriam), wife of James F

Jackies on U-Boat, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Jackies on U-Boat, 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond

Liberty Loan procession in Central Park, 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Liberty Loan procession in Central Park, 25 Oct 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond

German U-Boat, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
German U-Boat, 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond

Berlin, goulash for 8 cents, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Berlin, goulash for 8 cents, 1916. Women serving food from a mobile lunch kitchen in Berlin in 1916 during World War I. Sign reads translated from German: "Warm lunch

Berlin, travelling soup kitchen, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Berlin, travelling soup kitchen, 1916. A mobile lunch kitchen in Berlin, Germany in 1916 during World War I

Mrs. Anna Dike & Anne Morgan, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Mrs
Mrs. Anna Dike & Anne Morgan, between c1915 and 1918. Mrs. Anna Dike, Miss Anne Morgan and French politician Fernand David (1869-1935) inspecting land in France

Going to Camp Upton, Sept 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Going to Camp Upton, Sept 1917. American recruits going to Camp Upton, a U.S. Army installation located on Long Island, in Yaphank, New York, during World War I

Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917
Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917. The chistening of the SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies

Kilties enter 71st Regt. Armory, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Kilties enter 71st Regt. Armory, July 1917. Canadian Highlander soldiers (Kilties) entering the 71st Regiment Armory, Park Avenue (between East 33rd and 4th streets), New York City

14th Infantry Camp, Prospect Park, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
14th Infantry Camp, Prospect Park, between c1915 and c1920. A camp of the 14th Infantry in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York

Mrs. E.R. Stettinius. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. E.R. Stettinius.Mrs. Edward Riley Stettinius, (formerly Judith Carrington) head of the Economy League of the Junior Colonial Dames of America

Kilties in New York, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Kilties in New York, July 1917. Canadian Highlander soldiers and band marching in New York City. The Highlander regiments were in the United States in July of 1917 for "British Recruiting

Recruiting Parade, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruiting Parade, 1917. A parade during World War I in Union Square, New York City

Recruiting Parade, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruiting Parade, 1917. A parade during World War I in Union Square, New York City

English women sifting steel grit, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
English women sifting steel grit, between c1915 and 1918. Woman working in factory in England during World War I

L.C.C. Tech Institute, Munitions Class, May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
L.C.C. Tech Institute, Munitions Class, May 1917. A woman receiving training in machine work in a munitions class offered by the London County Council in May 1917 during World War I, England

London Common Council Tech. Lessons in Tracing, May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
London Common Council Tech. Lessons in Tracing, May 1917. Women receiving training in machine work in a munitions class offered by the London County Council in May 1917 during World War I

Recruiting Parade, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruiting Parade, 1917. A parade during World War I in Union Square, New York City

Helen Ware, Grace Schnebe, Chrystal Hearn, Frances Starr, Gladys Hanson, Lucy Weston, May 1917. Actresses Helen (Remer) Ware (1877-1939), Grace Schnebbe (Mrs)

Actors Fund Fair, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Actors Fund Fair, 1917 or 1918. Red Cross nurses standing behind guns at an Army and Navy Tea Room during a fundraiser for the Actor's Fund

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

German Landsturm troops, Antwerp, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Landsturm troops, Antwerp, between c1914 and c1915. German troops in Grote Markt plaza, Antwerp, Belgium during World War I

Russian Poles in war zone, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Russian Poles in war zone, between c1914 and c1915. Russian Polish women standing next to shelter during World War I

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"Civilian: Stories of Resilience and Courage Through the Ages" In times of war, an instruction booklet became a lifeline for civilians navigating uncertainty and danger. Knitting for the RAF: How ordinary citizens contributed to the war effort in World War II with their needles and yarn. A chance encounter on the road to Lille brought together a British trooper and a French woman, reminding us that humanity transcends borders even in wartime. "Flying for the Summer Week-end" by C. E. Turner captures the fleeting moments of joy amidst chaos during World War II. Air Raid Drills at Windmill Theatre: The resilience of both performers and audience members as they faced constant threats from above during World War II. Coastguards and civilians of Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey united against adversity, standing strong against enemy attacks during World War II. The haunting melodies of Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony echoed through besieged streets, offering solace to civilians enduring unimaginable hardships during WWII. "Who's Absent?" - A poignant recruitment poster from WWI highlighting those who sacrificed everything while urging others to join their ranks. British Royal Marines marching through Ostend captured in a photograph that immortalizes their bravery in the face of unknown dangers during WWI. "Come Lad, Slip Across and Help" - A stirring recruiting poster from WWI calling upon young men to step forward and defend their nation with courage and honor. An air raid warden diligently sets blackout time clock indicator at an ARP post near London; ordinary citizens stepping up to protect their communities during WWII. A touching image frozen in time: A woman comforting her daughter inside a bomb shelter beneath London; proof that love can thrive even amidst destruction. 13.