Kavanaugh's War Postals
In 1916 during the U.S. Army’s Mexican Campaign to capture Pancho Villa, photographic coverage was provided to the American people via a series of black and white postcards published by the Chicago Daily News and credited to G.J. Kavanaugh of El Paso, Texas. Called war postals, this coverage was expanded with the coming of hostilities for American forces in France in 1917-1918. A second series of war postals was produced highlighting American fighting men in France from 1917 through the end of the war. Each postcard contains a caption on the image side and a circular imprint for The Chicago Daily News War Postals. A reverse side imprint says "The Chicago Daily News. G.J. Kavanaugh. War Postal Card Department" on the upper end of the message half. Cards are not numbered so the exact total is not known but it would seem that 30 is a good estimate.
| Description |
| A Flock of Fighing English Tanks Ready for Action With American Troops France |
| A German Charge, Fixed Bayonets. Photo Taken From American Lines - France |
| American Advance, Wounded and Dying Germans Spread Along Road Belleau Wood - France |
| American Front Line Trench - France (Gens. Pershing and D'Esperey) |
| American Heavy Artillery Moving Into Action - France |
| American Tank in Action |
| American Wounded After Bombardment France |
| Americans Enroute to the Front, France |
| Americans Front Line Trench |
| Artillery in Action |
| Barbed Wire Cut, Americans Creeping on the Germans With Hand Grenades - Fance |
| Chow Time |
| Cold Steel, U.S. Marines First Hand Battle (Painting) |
| Digging In Quick |
| Engineers on the Hike |
| English Tanks and American Infantry In Action - France |
| Fighting a Gas Attack |
| First American Troops in Fance |
| French Machine Gun Fighting |
| Giving the Germans Gas, French Officers American Infantry - France |
| Good Bye Girlie |
| Monsters of Steel in Action - France |
| No Hot Towels Here |
| Off For The Front |
| Old Glory in London |
| Rookies Arriving in Camp |
| Salvation Army Making Doughnuts Under Bombardment of German Guns, Front Line - France |
| The Army's Wireless |
| The Farewell Review |
| Up in the blanket |
| Whippet Tank in Action Troops Digging In - France |
| Wonderful Night War Photo. American Attack on German Line - France |
| Y.M.C.A. Dugout Hut at the Front |
| Yanks Going Into Action - France |
| Yanks in Front Line Trench Watching No Man's Land - France |