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A flock of French fliers ready for action on the battle line (Item)

Stereograph, "A Flock of French Fliers Ready for Action on the Battle Line. Nieuport Airplanes with Guns," Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1918. Image features French pilots and Nieuport biplanes at an airfield in France. Caption on verso describes the different types of military airplanes and the specifications of various Nieuport models. Typed caption: "18654 – A Flock of French Fliers Ready…

Zeppelin flying over a German town (Item)

Stereograph, "Zeppelin Flying Over a German Town – Lower Valley on the Rhine," Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1918. Image features a zeppelin in flight above buildings in Germany. Caption on verso describes the development and military uses of zeppelins and other dirigibles. Typed caption: "18000 – Zeppelin Flying Over a German Town – Lower Valley on the Rhine. Keystone View Company."

Preparing to reconnoiter the enemy's position (Item)

Stereograph, "Preparing to Reconnoitor the Enemy's Position – Officers Entering the Cradle of a Captive Balloon," Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1918. Image features a group of soldiers gathered underneath a tethered observation balloon. Caption on verso describes the military uses of balloons and other aircraft during the war. Typed caption: "18077 – Preparing to Reconnoiter the Enemy's…

Lieut. LeMaitre of French Aviation Forces in America explaining mechanism of Nieuport aeroplane (Item)

Stereograph, "Lieut. LeMaitre of French Aviation Forces in America, Explaining Mechanism of 'Nieuport' Aeroplane. Fortress Monroe, VA," Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1918. Image features Lieutenant LeMaitre explaining a mechanism on a Nieuport 17 to an American soldier at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Caption on verso describes how LeMaitre and other French aviators have traveled to the United States…

At Ramscapelle [Stereograph] (Item)

Stereograph, "At Ramscapelle - scene of heaviest fighting in Flanders, showing observation scouts," Image Number 12262, Underwood & Underwood, 1914-1919. Image of two servicemen, one with binoculars, crouched behind a wall next to a rundown cottage. No caption on reverse.

Shells Bursting in Ruined French Village [Stereograph] (Item)

Stereograph, "Shells Bursting in Ruined French Village," Set Number 13, Image Number V18898, Keystone View Company," circa 1914-1921. Image of a grassy field with smoke from an explosion in the distance. Caption on reverse describes the destruction of French villages and the suffering of refugees.

Scots Entrenched and Cheerily Awaiting a Counter-Attack [Stereograph] (Item)

Stereograph, "Scots Entrenched and Cheerily Awaiting a Counter-Attack," Set Number 9, Image Number V18862, Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1921. Image of soldiers standing in a trench. Caption on reverse describes the scene and notes the empty ammunition cases and broken supplies in the foreground.

Dead Germans Amidst Wire Entanglements [Stereograph] (Item)

Stereograph, "Dead Germans Amidst Wire Entanglements," Set Number 16, Image Number V18906, Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1921. Image of destroyed defense walls and trenches, with a dead soldier partially buried in the rubble. Caption on reverse describes the German defenses shown in the image.

Searching the Ruins "Somewhere in France" [Stereograph] (Item)

Stereograph, "Searching the Ruins 'Somewhere in France,'" Set Number 39, Image Number 18629, Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1921. Image of ruins, with soldiers in foreground searching the battleground. Caption on reverse describes the destruction of farmland and villages by German forces and disrupted American attempts to rebuild.

Ruined Cathedral of Reims [Stereograph] (Item)

Stereograph, "Ruined Cathedral of Reims," Set Number 38, Image Number 18765, Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1921. Image of large gothic cathedral at Reims, France. Caption on reverse describes the cathedral, the damage it sustained from the war, and plans to repair.

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