Most
of my World War One material is either by H. D. Girdwood, an English company,
who sold their views under the trade name 'Realistic Travels' and concentrated
on the British troops and UK market, or Keystone which concentrated on
US troops, the U.S. market, and entered the war with the U.S. in 1917.
Due to the high gloss and exaggerated curve, the Keystone views do not
scan very well. They will therefore almost all be of far higher quality
than they appear on the screen. The Keystone views all have a full text
description on the back - the Realistic Travels views do not.
Please
click here for a high quality
scan which gives a true indication of the quality.
Girdwood's
views have more immediacy and action. They were issued in sets of
between 50 and 500 views so the numbering sequence is pretty muddled. Customers
could also pick out the views they required and so a box or collection
may have non-sequential numbering. They come on Underwood-type mounts
or on lighter mounts with curved or beveled edges. These are interchangeable
and most views appear on both types of mount.
All
views are condition 8, 9 or 10 and priced at $8 each unless otherwise
mentioned.
Underwood.
'Canada's continued response - troops leaving for the front, Quebec'.
Order
#5201.
Price
$12.
Keystone.
'Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, formerly Austria-Hungary - Scene of murder of Crown
Prince which started the flame which engulfed all Europe'.
Order
#5202.
Price
$12.
'Mounted
Anzac troops force the Wadi Ghuzzee and outflank Gaza by a rapid detour
across the desert'.
Order
#5203.
'Our
reserves, on their way up into action, pass a badly crippled tank in the
battle zone'. Another version locates this as the great advance at Cambrai.
Order
#5204.
'Burghers
crossing the desert sands on their way from Swakopmund to the front'.
Order
#5205.
'Scouts
feeling their way through the forests of East Africa'.
Order
#5206.
'Bringing
up branches of trees to mask our guns from enemy aviators'.
Order
#5208.
'A cavalry
brigade with luggage and supplies moving up'.
Order
#5209.
'Guns
of the Royal Horse Artillery thundering through a French village'.
Order
#5210.
'Cavalry
coming up to support a hard-pressed point of the line'.
Order
#5212.
'Our
devoted cavalry skilfully cover the retreat of the infantry before the
Hun advance on Amiens'.
Order
#5213.
'A Highland
battalion passing through a French village on their way to the trenches'.
Order
#5215.
'Our
gallent fighters charging over a pontoon bridge constructed in four hours'.
Order
#5216.
'A regiment
of Allenby's cavalry worn out in the critical fighting at Ypres, recuperates
behind the line'.
Order
#5217.
'A battery
of Field Artillery crossing a bridge at eventide'.
Order
#5218.
'A new
battalion, recently arrived, drilling on a Flanders farm'.
Order
#5219.
'Moving
up with the French 75s during attack at Threpval Ridge, we pass Huns taken
in the wonder work'.
Order
#5220.
'The
Manchesters crossing a French farm on their way back from the trenches'.
Order
#5222.
'Dry
and dusty; Leicesters passing an estaminet on their way to the trenches'.
Condition.
Stain on left image.
Order
#5223.
Price
$6.
'Our
splendid cavalry ready to exploit any advantage gained by infantry attacks'.
Clearer than scan and in original condition.
Order
#5225.
'On the
long march through torrid heat to Bagdad'.
Order
#5227.
'Under
the Star and Crescent - Infantry of the Sultan's army so dramatically defeated
by Allanby'.
Order
#5228.
'Turkish
troops defeated by Allenby in the outlying hills, retreat through Jerusalem
by the Jaffa Gate'.
Order
#5229.
'The
new "Watch on the Rhine" set by the Allies; British troops crossing Cologne
Bridge'.
Order
#5230.
'Highland
Battalion marching over a bridge on the way to the trenches'.
Order
#5233.
'Thousands
of Uncle Sam's sailors, training station, Great Lakes, Ill'.
Order
#5234.
'Scouts
old and new. French cavalry and army airplane'.
Order
#5235.
'American
army of occupation on the Rhine near Ehrenbreitstein'.
Order
#5236.
'Serbian
cavalry ready for battle on the Balkan plains'. Slight marks in sky on
left image.
Order
#5237.
'Battle
of the Aisne - Ammunition wagons shifting to new position'.
Order
#5238.
'French
troops crossing the Marne by pontoon bridge'.
Order
#5239.
'Battle
of the Aisne. French infantry transferring to left wing'.
Order
#5240.
'French
cavalry horses swimming river in northern France'.
Order
#5241.
To page four - Guns and gunners
To page five - In the trenches, over the top, fixed defenses, communications, materiel
To page seven - Battlefield landscapes, prisoners
To page eight - Miscellaneous and war damage
To page nine - The wounded, the fallen, war graves
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