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Bolshevist demonstration against the Kerenski governmentVintage Photographs - Home Front
Updated - Saturday, 27 May, 2006

This section of the website contains archive photographs taken during, before and after the war.  Specifically this sub-section contains photos of service on the various home fronts of the war.

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Bolshevist demonstration against the Kerenski government (CNP) German artillery passing through the Brandenburg Gate, Summer 1914 (CNP)
Ruins of Petrograd police barracks, wrecked by Bolshevik forces (WW) Clearing away wrecked Belgian trains (CNP)
Pontoon bridge from Antwerp over the Scheldt, 1914 (CNP) Mining the American coast (CNP)
Canadian regimental flags over the tomb of Wolfe at Westm. Abbey (CNP) Piles of Russian Imperial Eagles and royal arms being burned (WW)
Portable searchlight used by U.S. Marines (CNP) Train of motor trucks on the way to the Atlantic coast (CNP)
U-C-5 exhibited in Central Park to aid the Liberty Loan (CNP) American troops in London reviewed by King George V (CNP)
British tank on Fifth Avenue (CNP) Untrained U.S. National Army men on Fifth Avenue, 5 Sept 1917 (CNP)
Parade of U.S. Army men, Washington's birthday, 22 Feb 1918 (CNP) Krupp gun works at Essen (CPE)
French munition works at Creusot (CPE) Reading the death list in Petrograd (CPE)
Wreckage from an air raid in Malden, London (CPE) A Zeppelin caught by searchlight over London, October 1915 (CPE)
Canadian soldiers convalescing in Maidenhead, England (CPE) Watching the guns fire from the Hohenzollern Bridge, 28 June 1919 (SR)
Homeless Belgian war victims (WW) Belgian retreat from Antwerp (WW)
Belgian retreat from Bruges (WW) Wounded receiving attention at Dublin Castle following Easter Rising (WW)
Interior of General Post Office in Dublin following the Easter Rising (WW) Buildings in Dublin wrecked (WW)
Homeless children following the Easter Rising in Dublin (WW) Londoners fleeing German air raids (WW)
Clearing away the aftermath of a German air raid in London (WW) London dugout filled with families hiding from German air raid (WW)
Mother and son inspecting ruins of their London home (WW) Suburban London homes destroyed during a German air raid (WW)
Photo taken 13 miles from the Halifax Explosion 15 seconds afterwards (WW) Houses wrecked as part of the Halifax Disaster (WW)
Bodies of victims of the Halifax Disaster (WW) Machine guns mows down people on Nevsky Prospect (WW)
The Kremlin in Moscow wrecked by Bolshevik forces (WW) Litovski Prison, Petrograd, wrecked by Bolshevik forces (WW)
Allied soldiers and civilians congregating in Paris (WW) U.S. flag at St. Paul's Cathedral, London (WW)
Captured Russian, Belgian and French guns being paraded in Berlin (NW) Children saluting passing British troops (NW)
British soldier saying farewell to his wife and child (NW) British troops passing through London en route for the Front (NW)
Scots Guards leaving Southampton for the Western Front (NW) Women in France mourning for their lost relatives (NW)
British boys play-acting at trench warfare (NW) Training English schoolboys for future officers (NW)
Searchlights over London (NW) King George and the Queen pay tribute to Lord Kitchener (NW)
Burial of Paris Zeppelin victims, January 1916 (NW) The Hall of Mechanics in the Grand Palace, Paris (NW)
American volunteers off to join the French Army (NW) Hospital rest for wounded soldiers at Paris' Grand Palais (NW)
Boy points through Whitby Abbey to sea where German raiders struck (NW) King George V's homage to the Unknown Soldier, 11 November 1920 (MF)
South African troop trains (NW) Peace Day parade in France, 14 July 1919 (NW)
Observation post in Paris to measure height and speed of aircraft (HW) Observation post in Paris with listening equipment (HW)
Giant searchlight in Paris (HW) French 75 gun on the outskirts of Paris to counter enemy aircraft (HW)
The Bolshevik Red Guard in Moscow (HW) Victorious American troops arriving at New York after the armistice (HW)
Decorated French artillery battery leaving Versailles for the Front (GW) Reservists joining the Colours in Paris (GW)
Belgian Civic Guards who helped to slow the German advance (GW) City of London recruits cheering Lord Roberts at the Tower of London (GW)
Belgians obliterating sign-post directions to confuse the enemy (GW) Grenadier Guards for the Front marching past Buckingham Palace (GW)
Farewell scenes at Johannesburg (GW) Transvaal Scottish leaving Johannesburg for German South-West Africa (GW)
First contingent of Canadian forces leaving Toronto for England (GW) Johannesburg volunteers leaving for the Front (GW)
Funeral of Lord Roberts at St Paul's Cathedral, 19 Nov 1914 (GW) A boy among the remains of Whitby Abbey, 16 Dec 1914 (GW)
Damage to Scarborough lighthouse, 16 Dec 1914 (GW) Montenegro's infantry marching past the royal palace (GW)
Houses in Hartlepool, England, after German bombardment (GW) Remains of Whitby coastguard station after German bombardment (GW)
An Italian ammunition factory (GW) Declaring the Holy War in Constantinople (GW)
Turkish reserves marching in Constantinople (GW) Canadian contingent's farewell: a scene at Victoria, British Columbia (GW)
Russian reinforcements entraining for the Front (GW) Australian troops marching through the streets of Melbourne (GW)
British farmer sowing while a woman works the team (GW) Chief of the Women's Police Force in London (GW)
Wartime booking office clerk at a railway station (GW) Basket-making for shells at Bisbridge, near Godalming (GW)
Harrow school-boys making munitions under direction of a schoolmaster (GW) Women carting hay in the Forage Reserve Depot, Richmond, Surrey (GW)
Soldiers' wives waiting for news from the Front (GW) Stamboul and the Golden Horn (GW)
View of Constantinople (GW) Greek reservists arriving at Salonika (GW)
General Cousin conferring war decorations to fallen relations (GW) French anti-aircraft gun defending Paris from above (GW)
House damaged by shellfire at Lowestoft (GW) French crowds welcome decorated Anzac troops at Marseille (GW)
Wrecked convalescent home at Lowestoft - the Matron's Room (GW) 5,000 women waiting for bread at the Hotel de Ville at Malines (FF)

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