Newspaper Illustrations, Ltd.

Newspaper Illustrations, Ltd., located on The Strand in London, produced and marketed a series of divided back colored postcards of wartime views of the French defense at Verdun. Manufacture was in England but all photographs used were official photographs of the Photograph Section of the French Army.

Identification of subject matter is provided by a single line of black type in capital letters most often at the bottom edge of the postcard. The reverse side has a small paragraph at lower left providing additional detail.

FormatLocationDescription
B&W?ADJUSTING THE FUSE OF AN AERIAL TORPEDO
B&W?ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AT THE FRONT
B&W?FRENCH GUNS POUNDING GERMAN TRENCHES
B&W?FRENCH INFANTRY OCCUPYING HUN TRENCHES
B&W?REMOVING A TRENCH GRENADE GUN
B&W?RESULTS OF WAR IN A FRENCH VILLAGE
B&W?RUINS AS TELEPHONE POSTS
B&W?THE HUMANITY OF THE FRENCH POILUS TO HUNS
B&W?THE SOLDIERS DAILY LIFE. HIS KITCHEN
B&W?THE SOLDIERS DAILY LIFE. SOME LIVE IN CAVES
B&W?THE SOLDIERS DAILY LIFE. WHERE HE GOSSIPS
B&W?THE SOLDIERS SLEEPING QUARTERS
B&W?TRYING ON WAR'S STRANGE DEVICES (GAS MASKS)
COLOR?HEAVY TRENCH MORTAR FOR SHELLING GERMAN POSITIONS
B&WPICARDYFRENCH INFANTRY PUSHING FORWARD IN PICARDY
B&WPICARDYINHABITANTS RETIRING TO SAFETY IN PICARDY
B&WSOMMEA HUGE FRENCH GUN ON THE SOMME
B&WSOMMEA WELL SCREENED GUN ON THE SOMME FRONT
B&WSOMMEHUN GUNS CAPTURED IN THE SOMME "PUSH"
B&WSOMMESOMME FRONT. FRENCH OCCUPYING CAPTURED VILLAGE
B&WSOMMESOMME FRONT. THE FRENCH ADVANCE
B&WVERDUNBATTERY OF FRENCH SEVENTY-FIVES AT VERDUN
COLORVERDUNA CONVOY OF SHELLS NEARING THE BATTLE FRONT, VERDUN
COLORVERDUNA TROOP AND BAGGAGE CONVOY ARRIVING AT VERDUN
COLORVERDUNA VERDUN SHELL CAMP. WATCHING AN ENEMY AEROPLANE
COLORVERDUNBRINGING UP THE GUNS AT VERDUN
COLORVERDUNFIRING GRENADES ON TO GERMAN TRENCHES
COLORVERDUNFRENCH ARTILLERY IN ACTION AT VERDUN
COLORVERDUNFRENCH INFANTRY ADVANCES AT VERDUN
COLORVERDUNFRENCH INFANTRY AWAITING ORDERS AT VERDUN
COLORVERDUNFRENCH INFANTRY LEAVING MORT HOMMES FOR THEIR REST PERIOD
COLORVERDUNGENERAL JOFFRE VISITS THE VERDUN FRONT
COLORVERDUNHEAVY GUNS IN RESERVE AT VERDUN
COLORVERDUNHELPING AN AMBULANCE THROUGH THE MUD
COLORVERDUNONE OF THE GUNS DEFENDING VERDUN
COLORVERDUNRESULT - GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR AT VERDUN
COLORVERDUNROUNDING UP GERMAN PRISONERS AT VERDUN
COLORVERDUNSMILING FRENCH TROOPS MARCHING TO THE TRENCHES
COLORVERDUNTHE CONVOYS THAT BRING THE SUPPLIES TO VERDUN
COLORVERDUNTHE DUGOUTS ARE PROTECTED AGAINST ASPHYXIATING GAS
COLORVERDUNTHE FORT OF VAUX
COLORVERDUNTHE OUTSKIRTS OF FORT VAUX, VERDUN
COLORVERDUNTHE WOUNDED HEROES OF VERDUN