Soldat, la patrie compte sur toi; garde lui toutes tes forces. Résiste...
At the left is a soldier embracing a woman 'of the street.' At the right is a man sitting in front of a hospital and at the bottom is a skull and crossbones. Translation of title: Soldier, the country is count... More
Les blessés de la tuberculose: Comité Central d'Assistance aux Militai...
Nurse bringing a bowl to a sick man lying on a chaise lounge. Translation of title: Those stricken with tuberculosis: Comité Central d'Assistance aux Militaires Tuberculeux. Signed: Roll. Promotional goal: Fr. ... More
Pour que vos enfants ne connaissent plus les horreurs de la guerre, so...
A mother cuddling her child before putting her to bed. Translation of title: So that your children will no longer know the horrors of the war, subscribe to the National Loan. Société Générale. Signed: George ... More
Prêter á son pays c'est combattre á l'arriére
Soldiers and civilians stacking bags of gold on a pedestal. A Gallic cock is on top of the pedestal. Civic instructions are listed below. Translation of title: To lend to his country is to be behind the ... More
Matinée de gala au bénéfice de l'Association Nationale de Mutilés de l...
Disabled French soldier being comforted by two young girls. Over four million French soldiers were wounded in the war. Translation of title: Matinee gala to benefit the National Association of Disabled Service... More
Debout dans la tranchée que l'aurore éclaire, le soldat réve á la vict...
A soldier standing in a trench. Translation of title: Standing in the trench illuminated by the first rays of the sun, the soldier dreams of victory and of his home . . . Subscribe to the 3rd National Defense ... More
Journé Nationale des Tuberculeux. Anciens Militaires
A soldier holding a cane. In background are flowering trees. Translation of title: National Tuberculosis Day. Veterans. Signed: Lévy-Dhurmer. Another issue: Design printed in reverse (soldier on the left) (POS... More
Deutchland über alles - Que veut l'Allemagne?
Personification of Germany standing on top of ledge over crouched people. Two vultures are at the bottom.
L'art guerrier et art moderne. Exposition Bordeaux, lithographies, ori...
A French soldier in battle waving a small red and white flag. Translation of title: War art and modern art. Exhibition in Bordeaux. Original lithographs, etchings, dry points . . . Organized by A. Le Prince ar... More
Pour le triomphe souscrivez à l'emprunt national. Les souscriptions so...
Troops of soldiers from the Napoleonic era, the French Revolution, and World War I, marching through the Arc de Triomphe. 'La Marseillaise' is urging them on. 'La Marseillaise' became the French national sy... More
Navires-H'pitaux torpillés par les allemands
Picture of a hospital ship being torpedoed; smaller pictures commemorating torpedoed ships. A reported twelve hospital ships were sunk by the Germans either by mistake, due to unclear markings of the ships, o... More
Souscrivez á l'Emprunt de la Libération
The franc and the mark pushed uphill by French and German soldiers, respectively. Translation of title: Subscribe to the Liberation Loan. Tear up the middle. H.A. Lebair, 1940, donor. Promotional goal: Fr. J8.... More
Poster - Verdun - World War I poster - Public domain lithograph
Translation of title: Soldiers marching beside a river and over a bridge into a shelled Verdun. The battle of Verdun in 1916 was the longest and costliest battle -- in terms of lives -- of the war. Signed: Maur... More
L'Aisne dévastée. Oeuvre de guerre pour la reconstitution des foyers d...
Mother holding two children; in background is the destroyed region of Aisne. Translation of title: Devastated Aisne. War fund for the reconstruction of destroyed homes. Signed: Steinlen. Missing pieces at fold... More
A l'oeuvre! Société Marseillaise de Crédit. Souscrivez a l'Emprunt Fra...
A French harbor scene with ships and men working on the docks. Translation of title: To work! Sociétée Marseillaise de Crédit. Subscribe to the French loan. Signed: Auguste Leroux. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 19... More
Cox & Co. - (France) Ld. . . . Emprunt national 1920 . . . On y souscr...
Crowd rushing into Cox & Co. Translation of title: Cox & Co. France Ld. The 1920 National Loan. Subscribe. Signed: A. Galland. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1920. Item is no. 34 in a printed checklist available in... More
Premiers au feu means in French first to fight, in English U.S. Marine...
Poster showing a marine in a helmet. Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Poster - Journée Serbe. 25 Juin 1916 - Public domain lithograph
Depicts a group of Serbian civilians and soldiers as they migrate to the mountains. Translation of title: Serbia Day. June 25, 1916. Signed: Steinlen, 1916. Promotional goal: Fr. H59. 1916. Item is no. 132 in ... More
La puissance militaire de la France
French troops (infantrymen, cavalry, etc.) gathering on a field. Field Marshal Philippe Pétain (1856-1951) is pinning a medal on a French flag. Translation of title: The military force of France. Signed: Lesbo... More
Les Blessés au travail. Oeuvre pour les soldats convalescents ou réfor...
A soldier with an injured arm painting toy soldiers. Public domain photograph of beverage advertisement, food, drinks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Les Alsacians et les Lorrains sont Français!
An Alsatian woman with her hand chained to a brick wall. Alsace and Lorraine were lost to Germany in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71. Translation of title: The people of Alsace and Lorraine are French! Sign... More
Emprunt de la Défense Nationale. Faisons tous notre devoir. Nos fils a...
Two scenes. One of a soldier on a battlefield. The other of a couple taking their gold pieces to a bank. Translation of title: The National Defense Loan. Let us all do our duty. Our sons to the armies. Our gol... More
La journée du Poilu. 25-26 décembre 1915. Avec vous et par vous, nous...
Two French soldiers, one sitting down and going through a small box of supplies sent from home. Léon Gambetta (1838-1882) was one of the founders of the Third Republic and was regarded as one of the heroes of t... More
Journée du Poilu. 31 octobre - 1er novembre 1915. Organisée par le par...
Wounded woman, La Patrie, sitting in a chair looking into the fireplace. Through the smoke rise images of battle-weary troops. Translation of title: Poilu Day. October 31 - November 1, 1915. Organized by the... More
69eme Bataillon. Nos gloires passees et futures
Poster showing, in silhouette, a female figure holding branches and a sword.
Poster - Oeuvre du soldat belge - Public domain lithograph
Belgian soldiers holding a tattered flag. Translation of title: Association of the Belgian soldier. Signed: Maurice Romberg, 1915. W.R. Castle, Jr., donor. Promotional goal: Fr. K92.J7. 1915. Item is no. 250 in... More
Ne pas gaspiller le pain est notre devoir
Loaf of bread on a table. Translation of title: Our duty is not to waste bread. From a group of posters designed by school children and others, some marked "Affiche composée par les enfants de France pour la p... More
Journée nationale des orphelins. Guerre 1914. 15. 16.
Two boys and a girl comforting each other. Translation of title: National orphans' day. War 1914. 15. 16. Signed: Bernard Naudin. Promotional goal: Fr. H59. 1916. Item is no. 119 in a printed checklist availab... More
On les aura - Public domain portrait drawing
Bust portrait of a poilu smoking a pipe. Translation of title: We will get them. Signed: Charles Toché, Avril 1916. Promotional goal: Fr. J42. 1916. Item is no. 101 in a printed checklist available in the Libra... More
Réservez le vin pour nos poilus / Suzanne Ferrand.
A jug of wine surrounded by bunches of grapes and a cup filled with wine next to it. Translation of title: Save wine for our soldiers. From a group of posters designed by school children and others, some marke... More
Munissez vous de monnaie! Les Foyers du soldat
A soldier dropping his things on the floor at the Y.M.C.A. Translation of title: Arm yourself with money! Soldiers' homes. Signed: Rouffé. Promotional goal: Fr. G21. 191- Item is no. 112 in a printed checklist ... More
Le crime de Reims. Exposition . . . au profit des victimes du bombarde...
A view of the burning ruins of Rheims Cathedral. The city of Rheims was shelled with explosives and incendiaries by the Germans during ten days in September of 1914 with the cathedral as the main target. O... More
Cercle National pour le soldat de Paris
Two soldiers, one wounded, beneath French flags. Translation of title: The national club for the soldiers of Paris. Signed: JOB [pseudonym for Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Bréville]. Promotional goal: Fr. G1... More
Journée de l'armée d'Afrique et des troupes coloniales
Soldiers in various uniforms from Africa and the colonies, who fought for France. Translation of title: A day for the African army and the colonial troops. Signed: D. Charles Fouqueray 1917. Promotional goal: ... More
On ne passe pas. 1914 . . . 1918. Par deux fois j'ai tenu et vaincu su...
A soldier standing on a battlefield wearing gas mask around his neck. Poison gas was first used in World War I. The phrase 'they shall not pass' is said to have originated with General Robert Nivelle (1856-1924... More
Journée Varoise. 4 février 1917. Au profit exclusif des Oeuvres de Gue...
A soldier with a woman (Provence) strolling in the countryside, another woman looks on. Translation of title: Varoise Day. February 4, 1917. For the exclusive benefit of the Department's war charities. Signed: ... More
Extrait de Javel le Coq Gaulois . . . R[ené] Guichard
Translation of title: Extract of Javel le Coq Gaulois . . . R[ene] Guichard. Woodward and Lothrop, donor. Promotional goal: Fr. J44. 1917-18//Fr. C2. 1917-18. Item is no. 158 & 286 in a printed checklist avail... More
Prêtez vos billets de banque à la France. Prenez des bons de la défens...
A French soldier's helmet crowned with holly. Underneath it are bank notes. Translation of title: Lend your bank notes to France. Take war bonds. From a group of posters designed by school children and others, ... More
Emprunt de la Liberation. Souscrivez. Sté. Gle. de Crédit Industriel &...
Three soldiers (French, American, Italian?) charging into battle. A winged figure of Marianne is above them pouring out coins and paper money from a cornucopia. Translation of title: The Liberation Loan. Subsc... More
"Ce ciel est notre azur ce champ est notre terre! Cette Lorraine et ce...
Three French soldiers on a hillside looking out toward an oversized Strasbourg Cathedral with the tricolor French flag atop its spire. A German observation ballon is tethered nearby. Translation of title: "Th... More
Compagnie des Notaires de Paris & du Département de la Seine. Français...
Small medallion of a classical Victory figure with sword and horse behind her. Translation of title: Compagnie des Notaires de Paris & du Département de la Seine. French people! Subscribe to the 4th National... More
Banque Française pour le commerce et l'industrie. Souscrivez á l'Empru...
A French soldier holding Marianne who is holding a French flag and a laurel wreath over the soldier's head.
Tout l'acier et le charbon pour nos usines / M. Héringfeld.
Smokestacks of a factory. Translation of title: Save all steel and coal for our factories. From a group of posters designed by school children and others, some marked "Affiche composée par les enfants de Franc... More
Grand festival des alliés. Kermesse de l'enfance . . . au profit de l'...
A woman nursing her baby. Two disabled veterans, one weaving a basket, the other is holding a pickax. Translation of title: Big festival of the allies. Country fair for the children to benefit the school for t... More
Grande kermesse des fleurs 19 et 20 mai 1918. A l'Hôtel de Ville de Bo...
Children picking flowers and handing them to injured soldiers. Flowers frame the scene. Translation of title: Country flower fair, May 19 and 20, 1918. At the Bordeaux Hôtel de Ville. To benefit the war charit... More
1er mars, 1871, 1er mars, 1918. En Alsace libérée les petites filles, ...
The head of a girl in Alsatian costume with a French flag draped around her (presumably the personification of Alsace). Translation of title: March 1, 1871 to March 1, 1918. In liberated Alsace young girls wil... More
Emprunt de la libération. On les a. Souscrivez á la London County & We...
Three soldiers: one wearing a kilt, one raising helmet, one firing his rifle. Translation of title: Liberation loan. We have them. London County and Westminster Bank. Signed: Firmin Bonisset. Promotional goal:... More
Poster - Grande Manifestation Nationale - Public domain lithograph
Rheims cathedral in flames. Translation of title: Large national demonstration. Woodward & Lothrop, donor. Promotional goal: Fr. J44. 1919. Item is no. 162 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Co... More
Poster - Souvenez-vous! - Public domain lithograph
Picture of a German soldier (a Hun) carrying a torch and a bloody knife, and a salesman. They are one and the same person. Translation of title: Remember! Signed: F. Gottlob. Another issue: POS - Fr .E26, no... More
Emprunt De La Defense Nationale c. 1914
Collection of posters and other poster-like images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.
Poster - Journée Serbe. 25 Juin 1916 - Public domain lithograph
Depicts a group of Serbian civilians and soldiers as they migrate to the mountains. Translation of title: Serbia Day. June 25, 1916. Signed: Steinlen, 1916. Promotional goal: Fr. H59. 1916. Item is no. 132 in ... More
La puissance militaire de la France
French troops (infantrymen, cavalry, etc.) gathering on a field. Field Marshal Philippe Pétain (1856-1951) is pinning a medal on a French flag. Translation of title: The military force of France. Signed: Lesbo... More
Déclaration des dépudoets d'Alsace-Lorraine lue á l'Assemblée National...
An Alsatian woman with her hand chained to a brick wall. Alsace and Lorraine were lost to Germany in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871. Translation of title: A statement from the representatives of Alsace-L... More
'Le Petit parisien.' 'Tête de Boche,' grand roman national par Aristid...
Bust of a German soldier wearing a spiked helmet and iron cross around his neck. Translation of title: 'Le Petit parisien.' 'Krauthead' a great national novel by Aristide Bruant. Signed: OS. E.L. Garbaty, dono... More
Pas trop de chahut - S.V.P. Les Foyers du soldat
Soldier writing a letter home. Translation of title: Not much of an uproar if you please. Soldiers' homes. Signed: Rouffé. Promotional goal: Fr. G21. 1916/17. Item is no. 204 in a printed checklist available i... More
"Souvenez-vous!" / C. Léandre 1916.
Periodical cover illustration shows a female figure, representing the German goddess of war, holding a sword in raised right hand, standing next to human remains at an arched entryway beneath the words "Souvene... More
3e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale. Souscrivez pour la France qui comb...
A French soldier is holding his child and his wife is nursing the baby. Translation of title: The 3rd National Defense Loan. Subscribe for the France that fights! For the one who grows bigger each day. Signed: ... More
Emprunt National. Société Générale. Pour le suprême effort
A French soldier strangling the Imperial eagle. Translation of title: National Loan. Société Générale. For the greatest effort. Signed: M. Falter. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1918. Item is no. 33 in a printed ch... More
Les revendications des débbés. Bureau des enfants. Croix-Rouge américa...
Angry babies marching with placards, demanding their rights. Translation of title: Babies demand. Children's Bureau. Signed: Jacques Carlu. Promotional goal: Fr. G21. 191-. Item is no. 196 in a printed checkli... More
Canada timbres d'epargne de guerre. Venez en aide au pays
Poster showing savings stamps for war bonds. No. 7A. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Union Française Association Nationale pour l'expansion morale et matér...
A man putting coins into a pot which holds a fruit tree. Translation of title: Combined National French Association for the moral and material growth of France. Save your money for greater benefits. Signed: L.... More
Pour que papa vienne en permission, s'il vous plait
A young girl in a Red Cross nurse's uniform and a small boy wearing a red cap, carrying a collection cup and selling medals, respectively. Translation of title: So that papa may come home on leave, please. Sig... More
La Grande guerre - l'entrée des français en Alsace
Print shows French soldiers marching into the Alsacian town Mulhouse and being greeted by the local populace. Caption: Défilé des régiments français devant l'hotel de ville en Mulhouse. In portfolio: La Grande... More
Union amicale d'Alsace Lorraine. Femmes françaises! Hâtez-vous pour qu...
Two women unwrapping dolls and showing them to a little girl.
Emprunt National 1918. Pour achever la croisade du droit souscrivez!
Soldiers on horses at edge of battlefield. One soldier is carrying an American flag and another is carrying a French flag. Translation of title: Liberation Loan 1918. To help right triumph, subscribe! The Equi... More
La puissance militaire de la France
French troops (infantrymen, cavalry, etc.) gathering on a field. Field Marshal Philippe Pétain (1856-1951) is pinning a medal on a French flag. Translation of title: The military force of France. Signed: Lesbo... More
La Grande guerre - la première croix au courage (12me Dragons)
Print shows Lieutenant Bruyant of the 12th Dragons (French) battling with a German officer. Bruyant was later nominated by General Joffre to receive the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. Caption: Le Lieutenant... More
Ligue Maritime française pour le développement de la marine militaire ...
Sailors working on a ship in dock. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Matinée Populaire Extraordinaire au profit des Orphelins Mutualistes d...
A woman looking down upon a woman who is surrounded by her three small children. Translation of title: Special popular matinee to profit the orphans of the war. Signed: Louis Flot, 1916. Promotional goal: Fr. ... More
Vente de charité organisée au profit de l'hôpital bénévole . . .
Two men, one wounded and one sick. Translation of title: A charity sale organized to benefit the volunteer hospital . . . . Signed: Steinlen, 1916. Promotional goal: Fr. K95.J7. 1916. Item is no. 257 in a prin... More
Venez en aide aux soldats Alsaciens-Lorraines.
Two men, one in a soldier's uniform, the other in civilian clothing carrying a uniform. The men are waving to two girls (Alsace and Lorraine). Translation of title: Come to the aid of the soldiers of Alsace an... More
Journée de l'Orne. 17 octobre 1915. Au profit des oeuvres de guerre du...
Alsatian woman holding a collection cup and leading a wounded soldier. Translation of title: Orne Day. October 17, 1915. On behalf of the war charities of the department. Signed: C. Léandre, 1915. Promotional ... More
Journées Giron Sines. 1er, 2, 3, & 4 juin, 1916. Au profit exclusif de...
Marianne in French patriotic colors holding a collection cup for the Red Cross. Holding on to her other arm is a blind soldier, who is smoking, with a cane. Translation of title: Giron Days. June 1, 2, 3, and ... More
Souscrivez emprunt à lots / P. A. Masui-Castrique.
Poster shows a man, woman and child looking at ruins of a town(?). Text tells people to subscribe to a type of loan. Poster is sponsored(?) by the Cooperative Alliance for War Reparations.
Banque Industrielle de Chine . . . 4e Emprunt National
A German soldier being buried by bags of gold thrown on top of him by 'Victory.' Translation of title: Banque Industrielle de Chine . . . the 4th National Loan. Signed: Basté. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1918. ... More
Le foyer des campagnes (Section des régions librée)
Soldiers walking up to a building . . . Les Foyers des Campagnes. These centers were built in rural areas after the war to encourage the soldier to return to his hometown or village. Translation of title: Rura... More
Concert de charité donné au débnéfice des mutilés et des veuves des lé...
A woman holding her small daughter up on a wall and another daughter by her side. Translation of title: Charity concert to benefit the disabled and widows of the Jewish legionnaires. Signed: Abel Pann. Promotio... More
Journée de la Vendée. 5 mars 1916
A disabled soldier and a boy in a uniform walking along the water. Translation of title: Vendéens Day. March 5, 1916. Signed: Poulbot, 1916. Promotional goal: Fr. H59. 1916. Item is no. 126 in a printed checkl... More
Société Generale. Pour la victoire du droit. Souscrivez au 4e Emprunt ...
Marianne standing beside a slain German soldier. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Compagnie Algerienne. Souscrivez. Emprunt de la Libération
A man in Algerian dress on horseback. Algeria and French West Africa sent 500,000 men to fight for France. Translation of title: Compagnie Algerienne. Subscribe. Liberation Loan. Signed: Maurice Romberg, 19... More
Préparation de la jeunesse française au service militaire
A French boy holding a French flag. In background French soldiers are marching.
Poster - Ils combattent: Souscrivons - Public domain lithograph
Soldiers from the different allied forces each carrying their country's flag into battle. Translation of title: They fight: Let us subscribe. Signed: V. Prouvé, 1918. Woodward and Lothrop, donor. Promotional g... More
Souscrivez à l'Emprunt de la Libération
French soldier holding a tattered French flag as two women from Alsace-Lorraine look on. Translation of title: Subscribe to the Liberation Loan. Signed: Henri Royer. Three other issues: POS - Fr .R69 no. 2 (wit... More
Emprunt National. Société Général
Victory holding an olive branch above her head, and leading a group of men who are holding shovels and other tools to be used in the rebuilding of France. In the background are scenes of factories and a peasa... More