#worldwari

CAVASO (1917 - 18) (TREVISO) - CHIESA ARCIPRETALE VEDUTA DALLA PORTA CENTRALE COLPITA DA GRANATE DURANTE LA GUERRA 1917 - 18 #CAVASO #Gothic #English #WorldWarI-1917-18 #FotADalColle #European #WorldWarI #Veneto #Treviso #CavasodelTomba #photography #FerroCandilera https://fotografia.cultura.gov.it/iccd/item/FFC033720

GRUSS AUS NEVESINJE - LAGER NEVESINJE VEDUTA PANORAMICA #AUSNEVESINJE-LAGER #Nevesinje #German #non-Latin #WorldWarI #photography #FerroCandilera https://fotografia.cultura.gov.it/iccd/item/FFC041203

One of the youngest girls working in Brown Shoe Factory, (Eva Robinson, apparently 11 or 12). Location: Moberly, Missouri. #BrownShoeFactory #EvaRobinson #Moberly #Missouri #third #WorldWarI #Photography #LewisHine #ChildLabour #ChildLabor https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018674223/

Arlington National Cemetery. Right side steps leading to Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ca. 1920-ca. 1950. Horydczak, Theodor, approximately 1890-1971 1 negative : safety ; 8 x 10 in. #Horydczak #Theodor #American #Polish #WorldWarI #theColdWarera #America #8x10inches #ArlingtonCounty #Cemeteries #Monuments&memorials #UnitedStates #Virginia #photography https://www.loc.gov/item/2019681744/

The first day of the #BattleOfTheSomme was in 1916 on #ThisDayInHistory. A hugely bloody affair even by #WorldWarI standards, Britain alone lost 19k killed & 40k wounded that first day. By the end of the campaign, 300k+ soldiers had been killed among one million total casualties.

Corriere.it - Homepage: George Eyser con 6 medaglie: così nel 1904 Gambadilegno superò gli atleti «normali» Orfano, amputato, immigrato negli Usa, vinse nelle gare di ginnastica all'Olimpiade di St. Louis. Recordman dimenticato e morto suicida dopo la Grande Guerra. Dagli ori di Halassy nel nuoto al baseball con una mano di Abbott George Eyser with 6 medals: thus in 1904 Gambadilegno surpassed “normal” athletes. Orphaned, amputated, an immigrant in the US, won in gymnastics at the St. Louis Olympics. Forgotten record holder and died by suicide after World War I. From Halassy’s gold medals in swimming to baseball with one hand by Abbott. #GeorgeEyser #Gambadilegno #theStLouisOlympics #WorldWarI #Halassy #Abbott https://www.corriere.it/buone-notizie/26_marzo_04/le-sei-medaglie-di-george-eyser-cosi-nel-1904-gambadilegno-supero-gli-atleti-normali-2805eeb6-36f7-46d3-a7f3-0c14ee609xlk.shtml