Swarthmore College Peace Collection, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA

 

WAITING FOR WAR: SOLDIERS AT EASE

Exhibit Of Selected Images From The Martha Freund-Hoppe Collection

Preparations, Propaganda and Effects of World War I

 

 

 

German soldiers in a bar (The sign "Heute Geschlossen," meaning "closed today," was probably taken out of the window of the pub where they were meeting)
5.5" x 3.5" sepia photograph
exhibit image #9

 

 

German soldiers playing cards (woman and child in background)
5.5" x 3.5" sepia photograph
exhibit image #10

 

German soldiers posing in farmyard with animals (The sign reads "Pfingstgruss aus Russia! 1915" [Pentecost greetings from Russia!])
5.5" x 3.5" sepia photograph, 1915
exhibit image #11

 

 
German soldiers resting inside a church
5.5" x 3.5" sepia photograph, ca. 1918
exhibit image #12

 

 

 German soldiers at the front, waiting for battle
2.5" x 3.5" sepia photograph
exhibit image #13

 

 
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Paying for War
Teaching War
The Effects of War

 

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This exhibit produced by Anne Yoder, Archivist.

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