| Paris Exposition: Russian Pavilion, Paris, France, 1900 |
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Brooklyn Museum
Paris Exposition: Russian Pavilion, Paris, France, 1900. The National Pavilion of Russia. It is within the Trocadero Gardens Brooklyn Museum Archives, Goodyear Archival Collection (S03_06_01_014 image 1554).
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| French troops on the road moving up with British Tommies on the roadside near the Line |
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National Library of Scotland
French and British soldiers, dressed in full military kit, travelling on their way to the trenches at the front line. The French troops are wearing light-coloured army coats and are walking besides their pack-mules. The British troops are wearing their caps, and are watching the French troops from the side of the road. This photograph was taken by Tom Aitken, and may well have been used for propaganda purposes.
Britain and France became allies as a result of their collective fear of Germany. When Germany formed the Triple Alliance with Austro-Hungary and Italy in 1882, Britain and France signed the Entente Cordiale in 1904. This became a Triple Entente in 1907 when Russia also became an ally. Some historians claim that all these pacts and alliances did was to ensure that if one country declared war, all the other countries would inevitably be dragged into the conflict since they were all chained together.
[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. French troops on the road moving up with British Tommies on the roadside near the Line.']
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| Poalie Zion Tag Day in St. Paul |
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Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Poalie Zion was a Zionist-Socialist-Laborite group founded in Russia. The St. Paul chapter in the picture is promoting "Tag Day" a fundraising activity supporting Jewish emigration to Palestine. The future first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, is pictured standing fourth from the left in the third row. Ben-Gurion was a member of Poalie Zion and traveled worldwide to fundraise and to recruit young American Jews to the Jewish Legion serving in World War I.
Date: 1916
Source: 20.3 cm x 25.4 cm
Format: Black and white photo
Subject: Politics and government; Mixed organizations; Zionism; Fundraising; Palestine; Ben-Gurion, David, (1886-1973)
Coverage: St. Paul; Ramsey; Minnesota; United States
Local Identifier: P350
Link to our record: http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/jhs,205
From the Steinfeldt Photography Collection of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest. |
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