Elmer Gillespie Photograph Collection
Collection 485
Gillespie, Elmer (1898–1970). Photograph Collection, 1914–1918
1 foot, 3 inches (81 plates)
This collection consists of glass plates depicting World War I battle scenes (commercial photographs).
Donated by Ralph Garnett from Mrs. Elmer Gillespie.
Series:
| A. | Glass Plates | Boxes 1-6 |
Inventory:
| Box 1 | ||
| 1-01 | Photograph 1 | Steamer |
| 1-02 | Photograph 14 | Chaussee Gate: Verdun |
| 1-03 | Photograph 15 | Verdun |
| 1-04 | Photograph 16 | Verdun in Ruins |
| 1-05 | Photograph 17½ | French line support near Verdun |
| 1-06 | Photograph 18 | Near Verdun |
| 1-07 | Photograph 19 | Fleury - village of 600 destroyed |
| 1-08 | Photograph 20 | Covered Way - one for the wounded, one for the dead |
| 1-09 | Photograph 21 | French cemetery near Fleury |
| 1-10 | Photograph 22 | 70 French instantly killed in one dugout - Thiancourt |
| 1-11 | Photograph 23 | Bird’s eye view of St. Mihiel |
| 1-12 | Photograph 23¾ | German trenches 2 days before the Battle of St. Mihiel |
| 1-13 | Photograph 24 | American gunner at top speed |
| 1-14 | Photograph 24½ | The German Front |
| 1-15 | Photograph 25 | Village in St. Mihiel |
| Box 2 | ||
| 2-01 | Photograph 25½ | One of the elaborate dugouts on Mont St. Michel |
| 2-02 | Photograph 26 | Americans begin at St. Mihiel |
| 2-03 | Photograph 27 | Procession at St. Mihiel |
| 2-04 | Photograph 28 | Near Verdun |
| 2-05 | Photograph 29 | Honorable General Philippe Pétain at Metz - Baton Ceremony |
| 2-06 | Photograph 30 | Verdun: view from Photographgrapher’s back door |
| 2-07 | Photograph 31 | Woods of (____) - all that is left of (____) Forest - 3 mi. from Verdun |
| 2-08 | Photograph 32 | Malancourt Ruins |
| 2-09 | Photograph 33 | Valley of Argonne |
| 2-10 | Photograph 34 | View of Montfaucon in Ruins |
| 2-11 | Photograph 34½ | Unidentified |
| 2-12 | Photograph 35 | “Ready” |
| 2-13 | Photograph 36 | An American battalion in action |
| 2-14 | Photograph 36½ | German entanglements between Malancourt and Montfaucon |
| 2-15 | Photograph 37 | Trench before Montfaucon after a bombardment |
| Box 3 | ||
| 3-01 | Photograph 38 | Valley pound thin by the 79th - showing ruins of (Cuisy?) |
| 3-02 | Photograph 39 | Unidentified |
| 3-03 | Photograph 40 | Ruins of Malancourt |
| 3-04 | Photograph 41 | Unidentified |
| 3-05 | Photograph 50 | “When the Roll is Called in Nashville I’ll Be There” |
| 3-06 | Photograph 53 | Untitled |
| 3-07 | Photograph 98 | Trench Life in Italy |
| 3-08 | Photograph 100 | Italian shelters |
| 3-09 | Photograph 101 | Life in the snow on the Italian Front |
| 3-10 | Photograph 102 | “In Action” |
| 3-11 | Photograph 103 | Italian battery in action |
| 3-12 | Photograph 104 | Italian battle area |
| 3-13 | Photograph 104A | Villa (___): Italy - Near Vidor - scene of desperate fighting |
| 3-14 | Photograph 104C | Italy: Castle (___) - shows general wreckage |
| 3-15 | Photograph 106 | Italy: Rome - panorama of the Forum |
| Box 4 | ||
| 4-01 | Photograph 109 | Italy: Genoa - tomb in Campo Santo |
| 4-02 | Photograph 112 | House of Representatives - Brussels, Belgium |
| 4-03 | Photograph 113 | Brussels flower market |
| 4-04 | Photograph 114 | Refugees waiting for soup |
| 4-05 | Photograph 115 | Preparing a meal in a refugee camp - “Arbitration and Peace” |
| 4-06 | Photograph 116 | “Before the War” |
| 4-07 | Photograph 116¾ | Vandalism in Louvain |
| 4-08 | Photograph 120 | “Nuit du 4-5 août 1914. Combat devant les forts de Liège” |
| 4-09 | Photograph 124 | Belgium flooded at Ramscapelle |
| 4-10 | Photograph 125 | Church of Ramscapelle, 1917 |
| 4-11 | Photograph 126 | Nieuport before war - City Hall and Marketplace |
| 4-12 | Photograph 127 | Ruins of Nieuport |
| 4-13 | Photograph 128 | Ruins of Nieuport - Cooks Streets |
| 4-14 | Photograph 129 | Ruins of Notre-Dame at Nieuport |
| 4-15 | Photograph 130 | Ruins of (___) at Nieuport |
| Box 5 | ||
| 5-01 | Photograph 131 | Shelter in the dunes near Nieuport |
| 5-02 | Photograph 132 | 14 in. gun in action - near Nieuport, 1917 |
| 5-03 | Photograph 133 | Dixmude before war - Marketplace and Town Hall |
| 5-04 | Photograph 134 | Ruins of Dixmude |
| 5-05 | Photograph 135 | Church at Dixmude |
| 5-06 | Photograph 136 | Ruins of Dixmude - overturned locomotive |
| 5-07 | Photograph 137 | View of trenches near Mt. Kemmel |
| 5-08 | Photograph 138 | Ruins of Kemmel |
| 5-09 | Photograph 139 | Ruins of Church of Elverdinghe |
| 5-10 | Photograph 140 | Ruins of Pervyse - road to Furnes |
| Box 6 | ||
| 6-01 | Photograph 142½ | Belgium: Ypres - street view |
| 6-02 | Photograph 143 | Ypres, South Façade, Grand Palace |
| 6-03 | Photograph 144 | Ruins of Ypres |
| 6-04 | Photograph 145 | Ypres corporation buildings |
| 6-05 | Photograph 146A | Ypres: Cloth Hall and Cathedral as they appeared in 1917 |
| 6-06 | Photograph 148 | Ruins of Ypres |
| 6-07 | Photograph 149 | Ruins of Ypres |
| 6-08 | Photograph 150D | British Western Trench |
| 6-09 | Photograph 253/4 | Shelling and Burning of Thiaucourt - “France Lies Bleeding” |
| 6-10 | No # | Preparing food |
| 6-11 | No # | Vessel (ship) - City of Lowell |