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Barbed Wire Collection

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Battle of the Somme, First World War, July 1916, (c1920). Creator: Unknown

Battle of the Somme, First World War, July 1916, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Battle of the Somme, First World War, July 1916, (c1920). Map of northern France showing Successive Stages of Advance at the Fricourt Salient...British line in black, Enemy Defences [Germans] in red

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: The Long Man of Wilmington, or The Wilmington Giant, 1903. Creator: Eric Ravillious (1903 - 1942)

The Long Man of Wilmington, or The Wilmington Giant, 1903. Creator: Eric Ravillious (1903 - 1942)
The Long Man of Wilmington, or The Wilmington Giant, 1903 (colour lithograph)

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: German prisoners, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

German prisoners, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
German prisoners, between c1915 and 1918. German prisoners of war behind barbed wire fence during World War I.

German prisoners in France, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
German prisoners in France, between 1914 and 1918. German prisoners, possibly receiving food or supplies from camp staff in France during World War I.

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Germans fixing barbed wire tangle, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Germans fixing barbed wire tangle, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans fixing barbed wire tangle, between c1914 and c1915. German soldiers fixing a barbed wire entanglement during World War I.

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Trois aquarelles du front; construction de reseaux barbeles dans une tranchee... 1916

Trois aquarelles du front; construction de reseaux barbeles dans une tranchee... 1916. Creator: Douy Pascault
Trois aquarelles du front; construction de reseaux barbeles dans une tranchee de premiere ligne (fevrier 1916). Au Nord-Est de Bethincourt, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Hours of Victory; Lower ranks of the German army 1917. Creator: Unknown

Hours of Victory; Lower ranks of the German army 1917. Creator: Unknown
Hours of Victory; Lower ranks of the German army, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: How to make a surprise attack; Arrival at the enemy trench and execution of the surprise... 1917

How to make a surprise attack; Arrival at the enemy trench and execution of the surprise... 1917. Creator: Unknown
How to make a surprise attack; Arrival at the enemy trench and execution of the surprise attack; in the foreground, limping with a bullet in his leg, a wounded man returns, 1917

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: How to make a surprise attack; Crossing our network of razor wires.. 1917. Creator: Unknown

How to make a surprise attack; Crossing our network of razor wires.. 1917. Creator: Unknown
How to make a surprise attack; Crossing our network of razor wires: in the background, bursts of accompanying fire, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: How to make a surprise attack; Before departure: men being despatched... 1917. Creator: Unknown

How to make a surprise attack; Before departure: men being despatched... 1917. Creator: Unknown
How to make a surprise attack; Before departure: men being despatched and, on the right, the lieutenant commanding them, 1917

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: 'Une contre-attaque sur les pentes de Douaumont, le 11 avril dernier, 1916. Creator: Unknown

'Une contre-attaque sur les pentes de Douaumont, le 11 avril dernier, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Une contre-attaque sur les pentes de Douaumont, le 11 avril dernier, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: La Nouvelle Europe; la guerre civile a Berlin; du 5 au 11 janvier 1919 a Berlin; reseau... 1919

La Nouvelle Europe; la guerre civile a Berlin; du 5 au 11 janvier 1919 a Berlin; reseau... 1919. Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; la guerre civile a Berlin; du 5 au 11 janvier 1919 a Berlin; reseau de fils de fer barbeles et de chevaux de frise

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: La vie de nos prisonniers; au meme camp: convalescents, enveloppes dans des couvertures

La vie de nos prisonniers; au meme camp: convalescents, enveloppes dans des couvertures.... Creator: Unknown
La vie de nos prisonniers; au meme camp: convalescents, enveloppes dans des couvertures pendant qu'on desinfects leurs vetements, attendant resignes, las et grelottants sous la pluie'

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Episodes de la bataille de Verdun; les ruines de l'ouvrage aux mains des Allemands

Episodes de la bataille de Verdun; les ruines de l'ouvrage aux mains des Allemands, un mois...1916 Creator: Unknown
Episodes de la bataille de Verdun; les ruines de l'ouvrage aux mains des Allemands, un mois apres. Au premier plan, le reseau devant la premiere ligne francaise, 1916

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Sur les champs de bataille Macedoniens de Gornitchevo et du Kaimaktchalan; La premiere... 1916

Sur les champs de bataille Macedoniens de Gornitchevo et du Kaimaktchalan; La premiere... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Sur les champs de bataille Macedoniens de Gornitchevo et du Kaimaktchalan; La premiere maison de Gornitchevo et l'artillerie lourde francaise arrivant sur la position. 1916

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: 'Le Linge. Au rond, la vallee du Rhin; La Vallee de Munster, 1916 (1924). Creator: Francois Flameng

'Le Linge. Au rond, la vallee du Rhin; La Vallee de Munster, 1916 (1924). Creator: Francois Flameng
'Le Linge. Au rond, la vallee du Rhin; La Vallee de Munster, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: 'L'Hartmannswillerkopf, 1916 (1924) Creator: Francois Flameng

'L'Hartmannswillerkopf, 1916 (1924) Creator: Francois Flameng
'L'Hartmannswillerkopf, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: 'Les Batailles de l'Artois; L'Eglise d'Ablain et les Fonds de Souchez, 1915

'Les Batailles de l'Artois; L'Eglise d'Ablain et les Fonds de Souchez, 1915. Creator: Francois Flameng
'Les Batailles de l'Artois; L'Eglise d'Ablain et les Fonds de Souchez, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Les Batailles de l'Artois; Notre-Dame-de-Lorette et Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, 1915

Les Batailles de l'Artois; Notre-Dame-de-Lorette et Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, 1915. Creator: Francois Flameng
'Les Batailles de l'Artois; Notre-Dame-de-Lorette et Ablain-Saint-Nazaire pendant le bombardement, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: 'En Argonne; Vauquois, 1915. Creator: Francois Flameng

'En Argonne; Vauquois, 1915. Creator: Francois Flameng
'En Argonne; Vauquois, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Le Coin des Officiers; Groupe d'officiers allemands prisonniers dans un des enclos

Le Coin des Officiers; Groupe d'officiers allemands prisonniers dans un des enclos... 1916 (1924) Creator: Unknown
'Le Coin des Officiers; Groupe d'officiers allemands prisonniers dans un des enclos prepares a l'arriere de front d'attaque: a gauche, un officier superieur, 1916

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: 'Bataille de la Somme; Officiers allemands prisonniers, 1916 (1924). Creator: Francois Flameng

'Bataille de la Somme; Officiers allemands prisonniers, 1916 (1924). Creator: Francois Flameng
'Bataille de la Somme; Officiers allemands prisonniers, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: L'instruction de la Nouvelle armee Belge; L'entrainement de la Nouvelle armee Belge... 1916

L'instruction de la Nouvelle armee Belge; L'entrainement de la Nouvelle armee Belge... 1916. Creator: Unknown
L'instruction de la Nouvelle armee Belge; L'entrainement de la Nouvelle armee Belge. Dans un centre d'instruction du genie : en haut

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: L'instruction de la Nouvelle armee Belge; L'entrainement de la Nouvelle armee Belge... 1916

L'instruction de la Nouvelle armee Belge; L'entrainement de la Nouvelle armee Belge... 1916. Creator: Unknown
L'instruction de la Nouvelle armee Belge; L'entrainement de la Nouvelle armee Belge. Dans un centre d'instruction du genie : en haut

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: L'instruction de la Nouvelle armee Belge; L'entrainement de la Nouvelle armee Belge... 1916

L'instruction de la Nouvelle armee Belge; L'entrainement de la Nouvelle armee Belge... 1916. Creator: Unknown
L'instruction de la Nouvelle armee Belge; L'entrainement de la Nouvelle armee Belge. Dans un centre d'instruction du genie : en haut

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: A Perthes-les Hurlus; L'acces du village est defendu par des tranchees et de fil de fer, 1915

A Perthes-les Hurlus; L'acces du village est defendu par des tranchees et de fil de fer, 1915. Creator: Unknown
'A Perthes-les Hurlus; L'acces du village est defendu par des tranchees et des reseaux de fil de fer barbeles, 1915

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: La grande attaque du Carso (aout 1916); Sur le Carso de Monfalcone: massif du Mont Cosich

La grande attaque du Carso (aout 1916); Sur le Carso de Monfalcone: massif du Mont Cosich, 1916 Creator: Unknown
La grande attaque du Carso (aout 1916); Sur le Carso de Monfalcone: massif du Mont Cosich et des cotes 85 et 121, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Camp, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Camp, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Camp, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Camp, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Camp, 1917 or 1918

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Les defenses de Salonique inspectees par le general Sarrail; Un impressionnant... 1916

Les defenses de Salonique inspectees par le general Sarrail; Un impressionnant... 1916. Creator: Hubert Jacques
Les defenses de Salonique inspectees par le general Sarrail; Un impressionnant reseau de fils de fer barbeles, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Slums of Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Slums of Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Slums of Brawley, California. Imperial Valley

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp, Calipatria, Imperial County, 1939

Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp, Calipatria, Imperial County, 1939
Calipatria, Imperial County. Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp. Tent space fifty cents a week. California. [Signs: Garretts snuff, Model smoking tobacco, Eastside beer]

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp, Calipatria, Imperial County, 1939

Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp, Calipatria, Imperial County, 1939
Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp. Tent space fifty cents per week. Calipatria, Imperial County

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: The Capture of Givenchy, (1919). Creator: Fortunino Matania

The Capture of Givenchy, (1919). Creator: Fortunino Matania
The Capture of Givenchy, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: How the Manchester Regiment Captured the Village of Givenchy by Storm and Drove Out the Germans

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Rail fence with poor barbed wire fence in foreground, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Rail fence with poor barbed wire fence in foreground, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Rail fence with poor barbed wire fence in foreground. Note telephone line. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp, Calipatria, Imperial County, 1939

Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp, Calipatria, Imperial County, 1939
Calipatria, Imperial County. Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp. Tent space fifty cents a week

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Living conditions for migratory children, pea harvest, outskirts of Calipatria, CA, 1939

Living conditions for migratory children, pea harvest, outskirts of Calipatria, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Living conditions for migratory children in private auto camp during pea harvest. Tent space fifty cents a week. Outskirts of Calipatria, California

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: View of the valley from Dazey farm, Homedale district, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939

View of the valley from Dazey farm, Homedale district, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
View of the valley from Dazey farm. Homedale district, Malheur County, Oregon

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Farm for sale, Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farm for sale, Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm for sale. Willow Creek area. Malheur County, Oregon. [Sign: Notice Bargain Farm Special - This Place For Sale ]

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: West wheat country in a region where yields are over twenty five... Umatilla County, Oregon, 1939

West wheat country in a region where yields are over twenty five... Umatilla County, Oregon, 1939
West wheat country in a region where yields are over twenty five bushels to the acre. Banks, mortgage companies, and insurance companies own many farms in this area. Umatilla County, Oregon

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: The Fairbanks family... Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The Fairbanks family... Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Fairbanks family has moved to three different places on the project in one year. Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon. [Note outside toilet at left]

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Emmett Smiths yard, back of the house, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939

Emmett Smiths yard, back of the house, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Emmett Smiths yard, back of the house. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Russian thistle and barbed wire in Western wheat country, Umatilla County, Oregon, 1939

Russian thistle and barbed wire in Western wheat country, Umatilla County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Russian thistle and barbed wire in Western wheat country. Umatilla County, Oregon

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: A Night Attack: Defending a Train Derailed by the Boers, 1902. Creator: Frank Dadd

A Night Attack: Defending a Train Derailed by the Boers, 1902. Creator: Frank Dadd
A Night Attack: Defending a Train Derailed by the Boers, 1902. Trains were derailed and the lines were often damaged fom October 1900 - May 1902. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: German prisoners of war, northern France, First World War, c1916, (c1920). Creator: Unknown

German prisoners of war, northern France, First World War, c1916, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
German prisoners of war, northern France, First World War, c1916, (c1920). After the Capture of St. Pierre Divion: German prisoners resting in their " cage"

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: How the Italians Drove the Austrians out of Burning Asiago, 1917. Creator: Unknown

How the Italians Drove the Austrians out of Burning Asiago, 1917. Creator: Unknown
How the Italians Drove the Austrians out of Burning Asiago, 1917. Asiago was nearly destroyed in the war having seen many battles between Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: An H. E. shell exploding, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown

An H. E. shell exploding, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown
An H.E. shell exploding, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Battlefield scene, capturing the blast from a high-explosive shell on the front line. From " The Pageant of the Century"

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: An Attack Led By A Bombing Party, (1919). Creator: Unknown

An Attack Led By A Bombing Party, (1919). Creator: Unknown
An Attack Led By A Bombing Party, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: Plunging across broad ditches of mud and a forest of barbed wire and other entanglements, through shell

Background imageBarbed Wire Collection: Bombarding the German Trenches, (1919). Creator: Unknown

Bombarding the German Trenches, (1919). Creator: Unknown
Bombarding the German Trenches, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919:a glimpse of what was seen from the parapet of the British trenches when the Germans were being heavily shelled by



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