Image Use Policy and Source Information

Permission is granted to use the images on this site for any purpose provided that the end user agrees to the following:

  • Images used must be credited to the archive. In the case of images used on the web, such credit should constitute an HTML link to the Photos of the Great War index page. For images published in other media (books, magazines, etc.), refer to Modern Language Association Documentation Style for Citing Sources from the World Wide Web. As a courtesy, the site owner would like to be notified, via email, of projects utilizing these images, however this is not mandatory.

  • The owner of Photos of the Great War will at no time be able to provide "hard" copies (i.e., photocopies, negatives, etc.) of any images on the site. However, should a higher-resolution or larger scan of an image be required, efforts will be made toward accomodation.

  • All copyright issues are the responsibility of the end user:

    The bulk of these photos have been scanned, in good faith, from publications with elapsed copyrights, which, for the purpose of this archive, will mean that a period of at least 70 years has passed from the original copyright date. Other photos are taken from government sources and are therefore already public property.

    While every effort has been made to ensure that the photos presented here are in the public domain, it is strongly suggested that you attempt to obtain permission from the original copyright holder before using any of these images for commercial purposes. To facilitate this, and to render credit to original sources, all images added to this site after 22 May 1999, will be assigned a three-letter source code which will be appended to the description for each image found in master index, index.txt. Photos added prior to this date will be assigned a code as time and information allow.

    For example:

  • imag1327.jpg - Excavated bed of Krupp 420mm gun - CPH

    A list of source codes follows:

    AGW Animal Heroes of the Great War
    Baynes, Ernest Harold; Macmillan Co; 1927
    APW America's Part in the World War
    Beamish, Richard J.; Jon C. Winston Co., 1919
    AWH America's War for Humanity
    Russell, Thomas H., et al
    CPH Collier's Photographic History of the European War,
    P. F. Collier & Son, NY, 1916
    FYG My Four Years In Germany
    Gerard, James W; George H. Doran Co., NY, 1917
    HHW History of the World War
    5 volumes, Simonds, Frank H; Doubleday, Page & Co., NY, 1919
    HWW The Literary Digest History of the World War
    10 volumes, Halsey, Francis Whiting, ed; Funk & Wagnalls Co, New York and London, 1920
    IWM Imperial War Museum
    LOC Library of Congress
    LVC Liberty's Victorious Conflict: A Photographic History of the World War
    The Magazine Circulation Co., Chicago, 1918
    MGM Michelin Battlefield Guide: The First Battle of the Marne
    Michelin & Cie, Milltown, NJ, 1919
    MGR Michelin Battlefield Guide: Rheims and the Battles for Its Possession
    Michelin & Cie, Clermont-Ferrand, 1920
    MGV Michelin Battlefield Guide: Verdun and the Battles for Its Possession
    Michelin & Cie, Clermont-Ferrand, 1920
    MVW The Mechanistic View of War and Peace
    Crile, George W., Macmillan Co., New York, 1915
    NAR National Archives and Records Administration
    NAW The Nations at War: A Current History
    Abbot, Willis John; Leslie-Judge Co., NY, 1917
    OTT Over the Top
    Empey, Arthur Guy; G. P. Putnam's Sons, NY, 1918
    PWB The People's War Book
    Miller, James Martin; R C Barnum Co., Cleveland, 1919
    ROR The Riddle of the Rhine
    Lefebure, Victor; The Chemical Foundation, Inc., NY, 1923
    SGW The Story of the Great War
    12 volumes, P. F. Collier & Son, New York, 1916
    TSW True Stories of the Great War
    6 volumes, Review of Reviews Co., New York, 1918
    UAF United States Air Force
    USA United States Army
    USN United States Navy
    VAG America In The War: The Vanguard of American Volunteers
    Morse, Edwin W; Charles Scribner's Sons, NY 1918
    WBD What the "Boys" Did Over There: By Themselves
    Fox, Henry L., ed; Allied Overseas Veteran's Stories Co., NY, 1919
    WIA With the 364th Infantry in America, France and Belgium
    Wilson, Bryant; Knicerbocker Press, NY, 1919
    WWF And They Thought We Wouldn't Fight
    Gibbons, Floyd; George H. Doran Co., NY, 1918
    WWH History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War
    March, Francis A; United Publishers of the United States and Canada, 1919


    Please direct all queries directly to the Photos of the Great War site administrator, Ray Mentzer, atominfo@aol.com

    Images which have been contributed to the site are followed by the contributor's name. A listing of all contributors, with email links can be found in the Thanks section of the website.


    Ray Mentzer
    Site Administrator - Photos of the Great War