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Online Library of Selected Images -- Photo Albums --
(Naval History and Heritage Command Photographic Lot # S-589-A)

USS Philippines (ID # 1677) Collection, Loose Prints


This page provides textual descriptions and thumbnails, plus links to larger images, of the loose prints portion of the USS Philippines (ID # 1677) Collection. There were originally fifteen prints in this part of the collection. Six were removed to become Photo #s NH 107093 through NH 107098 and three duplicate photographs in the album part of the collection (Lot S-589). The six remaining photos are presented here.

Other photographs originally in this part of the USS Philippines Collection include:

-- Photo #s NH 107093, NH 107094, NH 107095, NH 107096, NH 107097, NH 107098, and;
-- Duplicates of prints on Album (Lot S-589) pages: 5, 20, and 26.

For introductory information on this collection, see:

  • USS Philippines (ID # 1677) Collection -- General Description.

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    Left: S-589-A(1) -- Crowd awaiting news of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, in Paris, France, 28 June 1919.

     

    Left: S-589-A(2) -- Motorcade taking President Woodrow Wilson and the American Party to the Palace of Mirrors for the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 28 June 1919. President Wilson is in the automobile marked by the white arrow, in the upper center of the photo.

     

    Left: S-589-A(3) -- French Soldiers guarding the Hotel des Reservoirs, Versailles, France a few minutes before the German delegation left to sign the peace treaty ending World War I, 28 June 1919.

     

    Left: S-589-A(4) -- Arrival of President Woodrow Wilson's train at Brest dockyard, France, where he departed for the United States after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 29 June 1919.

     

    Left: S-589-A(5) -- Aerial photograph of the city of Verdun, France, near the scene of some of World War I's bloodiest fighting. Taken circa 1918.

     

    Left: S-589-A(6) -- German submarine at sea, during the First World War.

     

    Other photographs originally in this part of the USS Philippines Collection include:

    -- Photo #s NH 107093, NH 107094, NH 107095, NH 107096, NH 107097, NH 107098, and;
    -- Duplicates of prints on Album (Lot S-589) pages: 5, 20, and 26.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • If reproduced, images featured on these pages should be credited to the "U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command".


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