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  5. IMAGO International History, Archive, First World War, WWI, Joy after the armistice in 1918

IMAGO International History, Archive, First World War, WWI, Joy after the armistice in 1918

Feb 13, 2025

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  • WWI: ARMISTICE DAY, 1918. Boys carrying a straw-filled dummy of the Kaiser through the streets of Chicago, celebrating the news of victory and armistice in Europe. Photograph, November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0646188

    WWI: ARMISTICE DAY, 1918. Boys carrying a straw-filled dummy of the Kaiser through the streets of Chicago, celebrating the news of victory and armistice in Europe. Photograph, November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0646188

  • WWI: ARMISTICE DAY, 1918. Crowds stopping traffic on State Street in Chicago, celebrating news of victory and armistice in Europe. Photograph, November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0646187

    WWI: ARMISTICE DAY, 1918. Crowds stopping traffic on State Street in Chicago, celebrating news of victory and armistice in Europe. Photograph, November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0646187

  • WWI: ARMISTICE DAY, 1918. Crowds stopping traffic at State Street and Madison Street in Chicago to celebrate victory and armistice in Europe. Photograph, November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0646186

    WWI: ARMISTICE DAY, 1918. Crowds stopping traffic at State Street and Madison Street in Chicago to celebrate victory and armistice in Europe. Photograph, November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0646186

  • WWI: ARMISTICE DAY, 1918. A crowd in Chicago celebrating news of victory and armistice in Europe. Photograph, November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0646185

    WWI: ARMISTICE DAY, 1918. A crowd in Chicago celebrating news of victory and armistice in Europe. Photograph, November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0646185

  • WWI: ARMISTICE DAY, 1918. A crowd at an Armistice Day celebration in Chicago. Photograph, November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0646184

    WWI: ARMISTICE DAY, 1918. A crowd at an Armistice Day celebration in Chicago. Photograph, November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0646184

  • WWI: ARMISTICE DAY, 1918. A woman with a bell and hammer at an Armistice Day celebration in Chicago. Photograph, November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0646182

    WWI: ARMISTICE DAY, 1918. A woman with a bell and hammer at an Armistice Day celebration in Chicago. Photograph, November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0646182

  • WWI: ARMISTICE DAY, 1918. A crowd in Chicago celebrating victory and armistice in Europe. Photograph, November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0646181

    WWI: ARMISTICE DAY, 1918. A crowd in Chicago celebrating victory and armistice in Europe. Photograph, November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0646181

  • WWI: ARMISTICE, 1918. Building on the Rue de Castiglione decorated in celebration of the armistice between the Allies and Germany, Paris, France. Photograph, 11 November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0642299

    WWI: ARMISTICE, 1918. Building on the Rue de Castiglione decorated in celebration of the armistice between the Allies and Germany, Paris, France. Photograph, 11 November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0642299

  • WWI: ARMISTICE, 1918. Crowd parading down Rue de Rivoli with an American flag in Paris, France, celebrating the armistice between the Allies and Germany; the city s American Red Cross headquarters is visible behind them. Photograph, 11 November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0642296

    WWI: ARMISTICE, 1918. Crowd parading down Rue de Rivoli with an American flag in Paris, France, celebrating the armistice between the Allies and Germany; the city s American Red Cross headquarters is visible behind them. Photograph, 11 November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0642296

  • WWI: ARMISTICE, 1918. Flag vendor and boy celebrating the armistice between the Allies and Germany on Rue Saint-Honore in Paris, France. Photograph, 11 November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0642295

    WWI: ARMISTICE, 1918. Flag vendor and boy celebrating the armistice between the Allies and Germany on Rue Saint-Honore in Paris, France. Photograph, 11 November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0642295

  • WWI: CARTOON, 1918. And this is no scrap of paper. Comment on the close of World War I from the New York Herald, depicting French Marshal Foch presenting Germany with a demand for reparations on the point of his sword. Cartoon by William Allen Rogers, 7 November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622384

    WWI: CARTOON, 1918. And this is no scrap of paper. Comment on the close of World War I from the New York Herald, depicting French Marshal Foch presenting Germany with a demand for reparations on the point of his sword. Cartoon by William Allen Rogers, 7 November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622384

  • WWI: POSTER, 1918. Welcome home our gallant boys. Peace, justice, liberty. Lithograph, 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0527899

    WWI: POSTER, 1918. Welcome home our gallant boys. Peace, justice, liberty. Lithograph, 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0527899

  • WWI: ARMISTICE, 1918. The front page of The Los Angeles Times, 11 November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0371105

    WWI: ARMISTICE, 1918. The front page of The Los Angeles Times, 11 November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0371105

  • WWI: ARMISTICE, 1918. Celebrations on Wall Street in New York City, following the Armistice with Germany after World War I. Photograph, 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0326481

    WWI: ARMISTICE, 1918. Celebrations on Wall Street in New York City, following the Armistice with Germany after World War I. Photograph, 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0326481

  • Armistice parade at the American Hospital in Dartford, 1918 (b w photo) 4072733 Armistice parade at the American Hospital in Dartford, 1918 (b w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Victory Parade at the American Base Hospital, Dartford, near London, on Nov. 11. when the signing of the armistice was annouced. The men on crutches were linvited to parade in automobiles, but most of them preferred to walk and they occupied honored place in the line of march). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 4072733

    Armistice parade at the American Hospital in Dartford, 1918 (b w photo) 4072733 Armistice parade at the American Hospital in Dartford, 1918 (b w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Victory Parade at the American Base Hospital, Dartford, near London, on Nov. 11. when the signing of the armistice was annouced. The men on crutches were linvited to parade in automobiles, but most of them preferred to walk and they occupied honored place in the line of march). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 4072733

  • Armistice parade at the American Hospital in Dartford, 1918 (b w photo) 4072732 Armistice parade at the American Hospital in Dartford, 1918 (b w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: The big victory parade at the American Base Hospital at Dartford, near London, on Nov. 11th, when the armistice wnet into effect. The parade was led by Miss Annie Mack of Brooklyn, the chief nurse, and Mrs. Arthur Robinson, the chief of the American women at the hospital. Mrs. Robinson, who comes from Baltimore, is carrying the Red Cross flag. The officer next to her is carrying the American flag ). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 4072732

    Armistice parade at the American Hospital in Dartford, 1918 (b w photo) 4072732 Armistice parade at the American Hospital in Dartford, 1918 (b w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: The big victory parade at the American Base Hospital at Dartford, near London, on Nov. 11th, when the armistice wnet into effect. The parade was led by Miss Annie Mack of Brooklyn, the chief nurse, and Mrs. Arthur Robinson, the chief of the American women at the hospital. Mrs. Robinson, who comes from Baltimore, is carrying the Red Cross flag. The officer next to her is carrying the American flag ). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 4072732

  • Announcing the Armistice at the American Hospital in Dartford, 1918 (b w photo) 4072731 Announcing the Armistice at the American Hospital in Dartford, 1918 (b w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: A great crowd gathered about the Red Cross car which announced the signing of the armistice to the Americans at the big base hospital at Darford near London. As the car reached the larger ward buildings there was pandemonium. The man in the wheel chair forgets his aillments, and to the horror of his nurse, jumps up almost too fast for the camera, and rushed over to get one of the little news sheets which the Red Cross messenger is distributing ). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 4072731

    Announcing the Armistice at the American Hospital in Dartford, 1918 (b w photo) 4072731 Announcing the Armistice at the American Hospital in Dartford, 1918 (b w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: A great crowd gathered about the Red Cross car which announced the signing of the armistice to the Americans at the big base hospital at Darford near London. As the car reached the larger ward buildings there was pandemonium. The man in the wheel chair forgets his aillments, and to the horror of his nurse, jumps up almost too fast for the camera, and rushed over to get one of the little news sheets which the Red Cross messenger is distributing ). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 4072731

  • American Red Cross workers gathered in front of Red Cross headquarters building in London for the victory parade, 1918 (b w photo) 4072730 American Red Cross workers gathered in front of Red Cross headquarters building in London for the victory parade, 1918 (b w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Group of American Red Cross workers in front of the Red Cross headquarters building in London, forming for the big victory parade on the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 11th, when hostilities were suspended on the front ). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 4072730

    American Red Cross workers gathered in front of Red Cross headquarters building in London for the victory parade, 1918 (b w photo) 4072730 American Red Cross workers gathered in front of Red Cross headquarters building in London for the victory parade, 1918 (b w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Group of American Red Cross workers in front of the Red Cross headquarters building in London, forming for the big victory parade on the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 11th, when hostilities were suspended on the front ). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 4072730

  • Armistice Day in Paris, 1918 (b w photo) 4072724 Armistice Day in Paris, 1918 (b w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Everybody nearly yelled their heads off an Armistice Day in Paris, November 11th, 1918. Here children and grownups, singing the Marseillaise, marching about the streets photographed by United States Army Signal Corp). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 4072724

    Armistice Day in Paris, 1918 (b w photo) 4072724 Armistice Day in Paris, 1918 (b w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Everybody nearly yelled their heads off an Armistice Day in Paris, November 11th, 1918. Here children and grownups, singing the Marseillaise, marching about the streets photographed by United States Army Signal Corp). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 4072724

  • Armistice Day in Paris, 1918 (b w photo) 4072723 Armistice Day in Paris, 1918 (b w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paris. Impromptu parades took place in Paris on Armistice Day, November 11th, 1918. Here are American soldiers pushing their way through the great crowds at the Church of the Madeleine, Paris. They are forcing their way towards Place de la Concorde down Rue Royale photographed by United States Army Signal Corp). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 4072723

    Armistice Day in Paris, 1918 (b w photo) 4072723 Armistice Day in Paris, 1918 (b w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paris. Impromptu parades took place in Paris on Armistice Day, November 11th, 1918. Here are American soldiers pushing their way through the great crowds at the Church of the Madeleine, Paris. They are forcing their way towards Place de la Concorde down Rue Royale photographed by United States Army Signal Corp). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 4072723

  • Armistice Day in Paris, 1918 (b w photo) 4072721 Armistice Day in Paris, 1918 (b w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An American gob, two British Tommys, and a Red Cross girl ohotographed on Armistice Day 11th November by United States Army Signal Corp). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 4072721

    Armistice Day in Paris, 1918 (b w photo) 4072721 Armistice Day in Paris, 1918 (b w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An American gob, two British Tommys, and a Red Cross girl ohotographed on Armistice Day 11th November by United States Army Signal Corp). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 4072721

  • Patriotic demonstration in Vincennes, France at the time of the Armistice , November 1918 (b w photo) 1704182 Patriotic demonstration in Vincennes, France at the time of the Armistice , November 1918 (b w photo). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1704182

    Patriotic demonstration in Vincennes, France at the time of the Armistice , November 1918 (b w photo) 1704182 Patriotic demonstration in Vincennes, France at the time of the Armistice , November 1918 (b w photo). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1704182

  • WWI Victory Celebration, New York City, USA, November 11, 1918 Copyright: xJTxVintagex xGlasshousexImagesx jtv005261

    WWI Victory Celebration, New York City, USA, November 11, 1918 Copyright: xJTxVintagex xGlasshousexImagesx jtv005261

  • First World War The Canadians cross the bridge at Bonn , Germany 11 November 1918 UnitedArchives00127333

    First World War The Canadians cross the bridge at Bonn , Germany 11 November 1918 UnitedArchives00127333

  • London Armistice Day Celebrations - 1918 UnitedArchives00107112

    London Armistice Day Celebrations - 1918 UnitedArchives00107112

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