| Joke Photograph of Unidentified Soldiers of the Allied Army of Occupation, Germany |
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Galt Museum & Archives on The Commons
1919
2.25 x 5.5
black and white photograph
no negative
Unidentified soldiers posed in a set with a boat. All but one can be seen with a glass of beer.
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P19991085052 |
| Hoboken, often joked about, has many claims to serious consideration (LOC) |
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The Library of Congress
New-York tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924
March 26, 1905, Image 17
Notes: Cover, illustrated supplement.
Format: Newspaper page, from microfilm
Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction.
Repository: Library of Congress, Serial and Government Publications Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
Part Of: Chronicling America (Library of Congress) (DLC) - lccn.loc.gov/2007618519
Persistent URL: chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1905-03-26/ed-...
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons
This shot of joking Black and Tans and Auxiliaries was taken outside the London and North Western Hotel, North Wall, Dublin as they surveyed the damage after an I.R.A. attack on their quarters. Written on the mount of this photo was "Tans glad to have escaped the bombs thrown at their headquarters in Dublin".
The next day's Irish Times started a long report with these paragraphs:
"... the hotel, which is at present occupied by Auxiliary police, was attacked shortly before eight o'clock yesterday morning by a party of men with bombs and rifles. The police returned the fire, and one of the attackers was seriously wounded and has since been taken to George V. Hospital. Two other men were also wounded and are now patients in the Mater Hospital.
Another account from an authoritative source says that twelve bombs were thrown at the windows of the hotel, which is occupied by members of the Auxiliary police force employed on duty at the docks. Six men fired revolvers at the windows. Fire was returned by the police and one man was killed in the act of throwing a bomb, and one cadet was slightly wounded..."
Date: Monday, 11 April 1921
NLI Ref.: HOGW 117 |
| Two joking soldiers closely inspecting a container |
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National Library of Scotland
Two soldiers, standing on whalebone-like sheets of corrugated iron, inspecting a container that previously held alcohol. The second image in a pair, the first photograph shows the soldier on the right drinking out of the keg, while the other soldier anxiously enquires, 'Will there be any left? After taking a swig, the soldier on the right replies, 'Sorry it is empty. So this photograph captures two soldiers sharing a joke in a tragic setting.
Any British soldier found guilty of 'drunkenness in the field was punished with 'Field Punishment Number 1. Unofficially called 'Crucifixion, this punishment involved being spread-eagled on the wheel of a company wagon for several hours each day, tied by the ankles and wrists. This punishment would occur when the company was resting in their billets, behind the front line.
[Original reads: 'BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE WESTERN FRONT. Sorry it is empty. (No.2.).']
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