The War of the Nations_WW1_183

The “Dogs of War” in Active Service in Battle Zone.

DISPATCH-BEARING DOG WAITING FOR HIS MESSAGE. HE IS EMPLOYED FOR THIS PURPOSE ALONE, IS KNOWN BY NAME ONLY TO HIS KEEPER, AND IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN FOR ANY ONE TO PET HIM.

THESE DOGS ON THE FRENCH FRONT ARE VERY SAGACIOUS AND ARE USED TO HUNT UP THE WOUNDED AT NIGHT OR IN DIFFICULT COUNTRY. THEY BRING BACK A CAP OR SOME ARTICLE BELONGING TO THE WOUNDED MAN AND LEAD RESCUERS TO THE SPOT.

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The war of the nations: portfolio in rotogravure etchings: compiled from the Mid-week pictorial. New York: New York Times, Co, 1919. Book.

Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/19013740/. (Accessed November 08, 2016.)

Images from "The War of the Nations : Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings : Compiled from the Mid-Week Pictorial" (New York : New York Times, Co., 1919)

Notes: Selected from "The War of the Nations: Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings," published by the New York Times shortly after the 1919 armistice. This portfolio compiled selected images from their "Mid-Week Pictorial" newspaper supplements of 1914-19. 528 p. : chiefly ill. ; 42 cm.; hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/collgdc.gc000037

Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 --Pictorial works.

New York--New York

Format: Rotogravures --1910-1920.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction

Repository: Library of Congress, Serials and Government Publications Division, Washington, D.C. 20540

Part Of: Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919 (DLC) sgpwar 19191231

General information about the Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919 digital collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/collgdc.gc000037

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