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World War, 1939-1945 -- Pictorial works.

 Subject
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Edwin Fitchett films

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-3814
Scope and content Two DVDs: "Ed Fitchett's Memories of Cornell and Alpha Gamma Rho, 1942-1949" and "The Poughkeepsie Intercollegiate Regattas 1947 and 1948," all transferred from 16 mm. movie film and edited with a talk by Fitchett and a background of Cornell music. Also included on the first DVD is a three-minute clip of Philippine Independence Day, July 4, 1946. Revised copy of "Memories of Cornell...," 2014. Regatta footage shows the Poughkeepsie railroad bridge and train. Cornell memories DVD shows,...
Dates: 1942-1949, 2014.

Russian poster collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4971
Scope and content

Large hand colored posters in the Russian language dating from the Second World War and depicting intense Russian political issues, the heroic nature of the Russian people, and the defeat of Hitler and the German army.

Dates: ca. 1941-1945.

Stereoscopic views of warfare

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6542
Scope and content

170 stereoscopic views of various aspects of warfare: Civil War: hospital and destruction; Spanish-American War: troops searching for dead after attack on the Maine, troops training, troops eating, officers, camps, prisoners; Boer War: troop transport, camp; Russo-Japanese War: troops in preparation, positions, carrying wounded; World War I: troops in trenches, weapons, destruction, transport, and other warfare activities up to and including disarmament conference in 1921.

Dates: 1863-1921.

World Wars I and II photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 3457
Scope and content World Wars I and II photographs, dated and labeled in French, document a wide range of activities—from battlefronts and war camps to diplomatic visits and civilian life in both wars. Series I. World War I (1914-1921) features images of Belgian and French soldiers and civilians, Japanese forces in Nice, several photographs of war camps and battlefronts, the German army, civilians, and Allied Forces in Germany, as well as British refugees in Russia (1918), and photographs from the US and...
Dates: [ca.1914-1945],-[ca.1914-1921] and [1939-1945] (bulk).