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.
These are ALL condition 8, 9 or 10 and priced at $8 each unless otherwise mentioned. Air views are substatially more difficult to obtain and are therefore more expensive.
'An important
sector of the Hindenburg defences, as seen at 8,000 feet, showing series
of elaborate trenches'.
Order
#5401.
'Formidible
fortifications in noted Hindenburg line, mapped by aerial observer at 8,000
ft'.
Order
#5402.
'The
eyes of the Army - View of German town from American airplane'.
Order
#5403.
'The
wreck of Zeppelin LZ77, brought down by anit-aircraft gun on Meuse'.
Order
#5404.
Price
$12.
'Zeppelin
wrecked and burned - Ruins being inspected by French troops'.
Order
#5412.
Price
$18.
'Observation
baloons (sic) near Coblenz, Germany'.
Order
#5413.
Price
$18.
'Zeppelin
flying over a German town - Lower valley of the Rhine'. Split in left image
at top.
Order
#5414.
Price
$15.
'Attaching
observation balloon to winch for towing into position, Army of Occupation,
Weissenburg, Germany'.
Order
#5415.
Price
$18.
'Spotting
the Turks; motor-winch pays out the cable for an observation balloon about
to ascend'.
Order
#5416.
Price
$25.
'Observation
balloon destroyed by shell-fire of American aeroplane'.
Order
#5417.
Price
$12.
'The
trail of smoke from the burning remnants of an enemy observation balloon'.
Order
#5418.
Price
$12.
'An intrepid
observer meets with a mishap and makes a hurried descent'.
Order
#5419.
Price
$12.
'Observation
balloon fatally pierced by incendary bullets from American plane'.
Condition.
Surface marks made by kid with pencil.
Order
#5420.
Price
$2.
'A squadron
of giant planes on a moon-light raid to bomb objectives beyond the Rhine'.
Order
#5421.
Price
$18.
'On the
eve of a great battle, squadron of aviators reconnoitre, map, and direct
artillery fire'.
Order
#5422.
Price
$25.
'Maintaining
our supremacy in the air; a battle squadron in fighting formation'.
Order
#5423.
Price
$18.
'Armour-plated
Hun plane, mounting seven machine guns, used to mow down our lads in the
trenches'. Presumably our planes were used to drop invitations to tea and
cakes.
Order
#5424.
Price
$28.
'U.S.
Observation Airplane on West Front - France'.
Order
#5425.
Price
$25.
'Brignet
Michelin Bombarding Airplane ready to ascend.'.
Order
#5426.
Price
$28.
'The
eyes of the Army, Sopwith Camels ready for a reconnoitering patrol over
the German lines'.
Order
#5427.
Price
$28.
'Lieut.
LeMaitre, French aviation forces, exolaining "Nieuport" Airplane, Fortress
Monroe, Va.'.
Order
#5428.
Price
$28.
'A double-seated
"Fighter" equipped with bomb-dropping device, ready to go aloft'.
Order
#5429.
Price
$28.
'Body
of a German aviator in his wrecked machine, back of the French lines'.
Order
#5430.
Price
$18.
'German
aviator, killed by fall of his aeroplane behind Alliied lines, surrounded
by French soldiers'.
Order
#5431.
Price
$18.
'U.S.
Battleship "Vermont" (16000 tons) before Grant's tomb, North River, N.Y.'.
Order
#5432.
Price
$18.
'Battleship
"Kaiserin" of German High Seas Fleet, surrendered at Scapa Flow'.
Order
#5434.
Price
$18.
'An exciting
chase! British Destroyers on the track of a German submarine'.
Order
#5435.
'Transport
with reinforcements sailing for East Africa'.
Order
#5436.
'The
"Indomitable" - The English Battleship which sunk the German "Bluccher
(sic)
on
Sunday, January 24, 1915'.
Order
#5437.
Price
$12.
'U.S.
Transport Leviathan. Formerly the Vaterland, largest ship
afloat'.
Order
#5438.
Price
$12.
'Transport
with the "Old Comtemptibles" from India meets a man-of-war in the Mediterranean'.
Order
#5439.
'Flotilla
of motor boats guarding our lines of communication along the Rhine'.
Order
#5440.
'Marines
and sailors despersing (sic) after an assembly aft for instructions
- Life on board a battleship'.
Order
#5441.
'Dreadnoughts
bombard the heights of Chocolate Hill and Lala Baba and cover our advance
from Sulva Bay'. This is identified as the Cornwallis on another
view.
Order
#5442.
Price
$12.
Underwood.
'In a Scottish Naval Dock of the Grand Fleet'.
Order
#5443.
Price
$12.
Underwood.
'German Destroyers G86 and G89 (showing mine laying shoots). Surrendered,
Armistice, 1919'.
Order
#5444.
Price
$12.
Underwood.
'German Warships surrendered at Scapa Flow, Scotland'.
Order
#5445.
Price
$12.
'Triumph
of our Navy. Surrendered battleships and cruisers of the German Fleet at
Scapa Flow'.
Order
#5446.
Price
$12.
'British
destroyers at Scapa Flow guarding the surrendered German battleships'.
Order
#5447.
'German
battle cruiser Derfflinger which hauled down its flag at sunset
to Admiral Beatty'.
Order
#5448.
Price
$12.
'German
battle cruiser Derfflinger which hauled down its flag at sunset
to Admiral Beatty'.
Order
#5449.
Price
$12.
'Glorious
Vindictive
whose
gallant exploits at Zeebrugge will live for ever in the annals of our Navy'.
Order
#5451.
'The
Glorious
Vindictive
whose gallant exploit will live for ever in
the annals of our Navy'.
Order
#5452.
'The
New York city skyline brings a thrill to the heart of every returning doughboy
- USS Louisiana arriving in the harbor'.
Order
#5453.
'Deck
of the US Battleship Pennsylvania'.
Order
#5454.
'Submarines,
battleships and torpedo boats in background, Diego Bay, California'.
Order
#5455.
'Fleet
of murderous "U" boats, the greatest menace that ever faced our Empire,
surrender at Harwich'.
Order
#5457.
Price
$12.
'Four
of our submarines in Dry Dock in Government Navy Yard'.
Order
#5458.
Price
$12.
'One
of the notorious U-Boats stranded on the south coast of England after surrender'.
Order
#5459.
Price
$15.
'Wrecked
submarine at Bruges, Belgium, a German submarine base'.
Order
#5460.
Price
$15.
'Saw-like
wire cutters on prow of "U" boats, devised to cut through our ensnaring
nets'.
Order
#5461.
Price
$12.
'A submarine
of the "Deutschland" type, captured from the Germans'.
Order
#5462.
Price
$15.
'Interior
of forward compartment of U Boat 135, showing torpedo and torpedo tubes'.
Order
#5463.
Price
$12.
'Interior
of forward compartment of U Boat 135, showing torpedo and four torpedo
tubes'.
Order
#5464.
Price
$12.
'Signal
bell on the Mole, Zeebrugge, immortalized by the historic raid of St George's
Eve, 1918'.
Order
#5465.
'Motor
vans of London furnitures - Maple & Co - conveying troops and supplies
to the front'.
Order
#5466.
Price
$12.
'Men
of a cavalry ammunition park in a Flanders lane awaiting orders'.
Order
#5467.
'Huge
park of motor lorries at railhead to load up supplies'.
Order
#5468.
'Troops
and supplies rushed from railhead to the firing line in lorries and London
'buses'.
Order
#5469.
Price
$12.
'Provisioning
an immense army - British transport wagons in France'.
Order
#5470.
'Modern
artillery transport by auto in France'.
Order
#5471.
'A mile
of autos used by our "Third Army", Germany'.
Order
#5472.
'Tractor-drawn
artillery of 89th Div. before largest hanger in Germany'.
Order
#5473.
'US Army
tractor negotiating the steep declivities of Rhine at Coblenz'.
Order
#5474.
'French
Auto Mitrailleuse attached to US Army, Montabaur, Germany'.
Order
#5475.
'American
barracks and railroad yards near Bordeaux, from Tower No 2'.
Order
#5476.
'Light
railway and hillside dugouts near La Harazee, Argonne Forest'.
Order
#5477.
'Tenderly
lifting a wounded comrade into a hospital train during the East African
campaign'.
Order
#5478.
'Trainload
of motor vans and armoured-cars, so essential for our advance over the
sands of S.W. Africa'.
Order
#5479.
Price
$12.
'End
of the Great Adventure! Canadians return after memorable achievements'.
Order
#5480.
Price
$12.
'Sportsmens
Battalion entrained for the front - just leaving Hornchurch Station'.
Order
#5481.
Price
$12.
To page one - Troops on the move
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
