World War, 1914-1918

Series of black and white snapshots of France during World War I, probably taken by Eben Ayers who was stationed there one year. St. Nazaire. 1st Army Service Corp Band. Camp Lusitania.

Snapshot of Brest, France during World War I, probably taken by Eben Ayers who was stationed there one year.

Snapshot of France during World War I, probably taken by Eben Ayers who was stationed there one year. This is Brest, ancient chateau and fort.

Snapshot of France during World War I, probably taken by Eben Ayers who was stationed there one year. This is Brest, French naval dock, showing ships in harbor.

Snapshot of France during World War I, probably taken by Eben Ayers who was stationed there one year. This is Brest, source of U. S. camp water supply.

One of a series of black and white snapshots of France during World War I, probably taken by Eben Ayers who was stationed there one year. This scene appears to be a church. From: Eben Ayers Papers.

Full length portrait of Eben A. Ayers, Assistant Press Secretary, in his army uniform after his return from France during World War I.

Picture taken by J.W. Johnson, who wrote to President Harry S. Truman stating that he sailed to France in 1918 on the same ship as Truman, the George Washington, and sent this picture he took of another of the ships in the convoy.

Picture taken by J.W. Johnson, who wrote to President Harry S. Truman stating that he sailed to France in 1918 on the same ship as Truman, the George Washington, and sent this picture he took of another of the ships in the convoy.

Troop train in France in 1918. Taken by J.W. Johnson of San Francisco, California, who sailed to France upon the George Washington, the same ship as President Harry S. Truman when he served in World War I.