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Map of Galicia, Austria-Hungary showing the the fortress of Przemyśl, the cities of Cracow (Cracovie) and Lemberg, and the Bug and Dniester Rivers. Austria-Hungary lost most of the territory to Russia in 1914, and, with Germany's aid, regained it in the Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive of 1915. |
Galicie Occidentale
Légende
Cours d'eau
Chemin de fer et Station
Montagne
Limite de l'Etat
H. Verchy et J. Delcroix
Reproduction interdite.
Western Galicia
Legend
Rivers
Railway and Station
Mountains
National Borders |
map, Slovakia, Poland, Galicia, Lwow, Lvov, Lemberg, Przemysl, Przemyśl, Cracovie, Crakow, Cracow, Tarnow, Vistula, San, Bug, Bug River |
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An evening landscape and sky drawn by Karl Bornschein on at 11:00 PM on June 21, 1915 — the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. The card was field postmarked June 29. |
21.VI.15 Abends 11 Uhr
Viele Grüsse! Auf Wiedersehen. Dein Karl. Befinden gut.
June 21, 1915, 11:00 P.M.
Best Regards! Goodbye. Your Karl. Doing well. |
1915, June, 1915-06-21, 1915-06-29, Bornschein, trench art, pencil sketch, drawing, first day of summer |
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Portrait of British soldier Harry Mulvaney, son of Edith (Hughes) and Peter Mulvaney, who was killed in France aged about 19 years in the 1914-18 war. |
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Harry Mulvaney, son of Edith (née Hughes) and Peter Mulvaney, who was killed in France aged about 19 years in the 1914-18 war. Grandson of Virginia & Wm. Henry Hughes. |
soldier, Harry Mulvaney, Mulvaney, British soldier, 1915-06-15 |
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Italian Alpini seize Monte Nero (Mount Krn) from the Austro-Hungarians, June 16, 1915. From the painting 'Avanti Savoia' by A.D. Campestrini. |
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A.D. Campestrini - 'Avanti Savoia'
La conquista del Monte Nero - Giugno 1915
A.D. Campestrini - Forward Savoy!
The conquest of Monte Nero [Mount Black] - June 1915
Logo: M.P.M.
Proprietà artistica riservata.
Artistic ownership reserved. |
Campestrini, Battle of Monte Nero, Monte Nero, Italy, Italian soldier, Krn, Crn, Mount Krn, 1915, 1916-06-16 |
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Photograph of a village on Lake Van, an area of Turkey populated largely by ethnic Armenians. The area was one of the first targeted on a large scale when Turkey turned on its Armenian citizens. Photo from Ambassador Morgenthau's Story by Henry Morgenthau, American Ambassador to Turkey from 1913 to 1916. |
Fishing village on Lake Van
In this district about 55,000 Armenians were massacred |
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story, Morgenthau's Story, Henry Morgenthau, Morgenthau, Turkey, Ambassador, Armenia, Lake Van, massacre |