UNL Image & Multimedia Collections

- Men digging military cemetery south of Reims
- World War, 1914-1918; Digging
- "V.29. South of Reims in charge of digging military. Cemetery and Champagne vines behind [sic]." Standing near a makeshift shelter of tarp and branches, the man on the left is digging. The man in the middle drinks from a canteen while the one on...
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- American graves at Belleau Wood
- World War, 1914-1918; Graves--American
- "B1 Loures [sic] American graves in the Belleau wood." In a wooded area a soldier stands on a rock in the background just beyond the trees. Two soldiers on the left and cross grave markers may be from superimposed negatives.
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- American Cemetery in Belleau Wood
- World War, 1914-1918; Cemeteries--American; War damage
- "B.2. American cemetery, in the famons [sic] Belleau wood." In the right foreground are two graves planted with flowers, and rows of graves in bare soil fill the center left of the image. The graves are marked with crosses. In the background are...
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- American cemetery near Belleau Wood
- World War, 1914-1918; Cemeteries--American
- "B.6. American cemetery of the Belleau Wood." Seen through dead trees in the foreground, the cemetery consists of many white crosses with an American flag flying on a flag pole in the center. The cemetery is in a rural setting with rolling hills on...
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- Castle of Craonelle ruins
- World War, 1914-1918; Castles; Ruins; War damage--France; Graves--France--Craonelle; Soldiers
- "C.20. The castle of Craonnelle. Some graves of Poilus. Aug, 1917." Marked by wooden crosses, a few graves of French soldiers fill the right foreground with the remains of castle of Craonnelle's facade in the background. A soldier stands on the...
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- Blown-up bridge on the Aisne River
- World War, 1914-1918; Bridges; War damage--France
- "C.22. Pontavert. A bridge on the Aisne blown up. The new pontoon ready some days later. Nov, 1917." In the left foreground and right background remnants of the destroyed bridge dip down into the river. Farther back a man stands on a second,...
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- Cemetery near Belleau Wood
- World War, 1914-1918; Cemeteries--American
- "B.4. General view of the American cemetery near Belleau wood (first part left)." Several rows of graves marked with wooden crosses fill the foreground in this image of a rural valley. On the horizon a few isolated buildings and clumps of trees...
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- Chemin des Dames and Ravine of Flanders at end of attack
- World War, 1914-1918; Artillery (Weaponry); Soldiers; Campaigns & battles
- "C.29. Chemin des Dames and Ravine of Flanders, at the ond efan [sic] attack. Two shells are just bursting (November 1917)." In a rural setting, soldiers stand at relatively regular intervals between a fence of posts and wire and a trench. One...
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- Argonne-American cemetery in Romagne
- World War, 1914-1918; Cemeteries--American
- "C.55. Argonne-American cemetery in Romagne near Verdun." A view of the American cemetery in Romagne, France. A man is on the road that leads to a tall American flag in the distance in the center of the photograph.
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- Craonne, France after attacks
- World War, 1914-1918; Ruins; War damage--France
- "C.30. Craonne. "Chemin des Dames. Nothing left in this famous city after the grand attacks of Apvril [sic]. June 1917" Piles of rubble line both sides of the narrow dirt road that runs from the left foreground to the central horizon. Near the...
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- Mill built by Germans
- World War, 1914-1918; Mills
- "C.25. A mill built by the boche and never bombarded by them. 'Pontavert.' Oct, 1917." A man stands at the base of a large wooden windmill in a rural landscape. Boards are missing from the bottom portion of the windmill. A few trees and what may...
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- French first aid station
- World War, 1914-1918; First aid; Soldiers; Soldiers--Senegalese; Military medicine; World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects
- "C.12 Chemin-des-Dames. A First aid station. A Sengaleese on the stretcher. Aug, 1917." Several soldiers sit and stand in front of buildings constructed of metal scraps, sandbags, and logs. A small group surrounds a Senegalese soldier lying on a...
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- Crashed German anti-aircraft gun
- World War, 1914-1918; Antiaircraft guns; Soldiers
- "C.16. A boche anti-air-craft gun upside down by our heavy artillery. Road to Chemin-des-Dames. Aug, 1917." The twisted wreckage of an overturned vehicle lies to the left of a rural, dirt road. Two soldiers, one of whom has a bicycle, stand on the...
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- Crashed German anti-aircraft gun
- World War, 1914-1918; Antiaircraft guns; Soldiers; Medics; World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects
- "C.17. A boche anti-air-craft gun upside down. The shells are still in the caison. (Chemin-des-Dames). Aug, 1917." The twisted wreckage of an overturned vehicle lies to the left of a rural dirt road. Four soldiers, at least three of whom are...
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- German trench mortar
- World War, 1914-1918; Mortars (Ordnance); Soldiers
- "C.15 A boche trench-mortar of 240m/m (10in.), brought back from the lines by the Poilus. 1917" In a forest clearing several soldiers cluster in small groups, either working together or observing the workers. Six men in the foreground surround a...
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- Mined bridge between Reims and Rethel
- World War, 1914-1918; Bridges; War damage--France
- "R 10 Berincourt road Reims to Rethel a bridge mined 'Profil' ] [sic] Oct. 1918." Water rushes past rubble from the destroyed bridge, which lies in piles at the bottom of the narrow river's steep bank. A remaining portion of the bridge juts from...
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- Pontavert Church
- World War, 1914-1918; Churches; Ruins; War damage--France
- "C.24. Pontavert Church and main street Eglise. Oct, 1917." Damaged walls of roofless buildings line both sides of the dirt street, which runs from the right foreground to the left background. Near the image's center a soldier stands in the road...
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- Craonnelle in ruins
- World War, 1914-1918; Ruins; War damage--France; Soldiers
- "C.19. Craonnelle 'Chemin-des-Dames.' Aug,1917." Piles of rubble and broken remains of walls line both sides of the dirt road that runs from the left to right of the image. On the left, a man sits on fallen stones by the doorway of a skeletal...
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- Bridge and ruins in Romagne
- World War, 1914-1918; Bridges; Ruins; War damage
- "C.56. Romagne near Verdun." On the right a bridge spans a river to a road that runs in front of ruined buildings in Romagne, France. Rubble and lumber is piled along the road. Most of the buildings have no roofs and holes in their walls.
- J. Patras WWI Photographs
- Soldiers with car and ambulance
- World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers--French; Soldiers--American; First aid; Vehicles; Ambulances; World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects
- "V.16. 'Ville Dommange' A first aid station." French and American soldiers pose for a group photograph around a car and an U.S. ambulance parked outside a building that has perpendicular wings.
- J. Patras WWI Photographs