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Cartoon, Hold On, Lets Go, WW1Cartoon, Hold On, Lets Go. French soldiers in a trench and newly arrived American troops greet each other, ready to work together as Allies. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Two precautions are better than one, WW1Cartoon, Two precautions are better than one. A rich and fashionable young woman goes out with two escorts, a rich Swedish man and a rich Dutchman
Cartoon, Soldier with medals, WW1Cartoon, Soldier with medals. A woman admires his medals, but her husband, who is making money from the war, thinks to himself: I have medals (ie coins) too, but I don t let people see how many
Cartoon, Soldier in camouflage uniform, WW1Cartoon, Soldier in camouflage uniform. Hes going on leave to Paris in this outfit, as he doesn t have a permanent pass, and this way the cops won t spot him. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Camouflaging a lorry, WW1Cartoon, Camouflaging a lorry in rather colourful shades. One of the men says he painted miniatures before the war. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Check to the Red King! WW1Cartoon, Check to the Red King! Allegorical female figures representing France (left) and Germany (right) play chess. France appears to be winning. Date: 1917
Cartoon, The Little War, WW1Cartoon, The Little War. Children playing a war game. One of them tells his friend: Don t yell like that, you re supposed to be dead! Date: 1917
Cartoon, The Road Menders, WW1Cartoon, The Road Menders. They stop work to watch the arrival of some VIPs. Date: 1917
Cartoon, The Fixed Line, WW1Cartoon, The Fixed Line. Military engineers (sappers) busy setting up lines of communication in a town on the Western Front. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Ace of Diamonds, WW1Cartoon, Ace of Diamonds. An ordinary French soldier on the Western Front, carrying his kit on his back. The title suggests that every soldier is an Ace, not just the high-profile heroes. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Elephant and Dog, WW1Cartoon, Elephant and Dog, helping with the war effort on the Western Front. Date: 1917
Cartoon, The course of the Deutschmark, WW1Cartoon, The course of the Deutschmark. The nymphs of the goldmine have deserted the waters (a parody of Ovid). Two classical female figures walk away as a group of German civilians look despondently
Cartoon, Hell for Horses, WW1Cartoon, Hell for Horses. A horse on the battlefield says that those who say Paris is hell for horses should give this place a try. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Growing vegetables, WW1Cartoon, Growing vegetables. Two fashionable young women inspect a vegetable garden, and discuss the use of nitrate as a fertilizer -- the same stuff they use to make beauty spots! Date: 1917
Cartoon, The distracted gardener, WW1Cartoon, The distracted gardener. A man is having trouble remembering what he planted in his garden. He thinks it might have been a bag of sugar! Date: 1917
Cartoon, The Throne, WW1Cartoon, The Throne. Showing the leaders of the four Central Powers gathered round the Austrian throne. Seated on the throne itself are the German Kaiser Wilhelm II (left)
Cartoon, Two Emperors, WW1Cartoon, Two Emperors. Showing Charles I of Austria (Karl Franz Joseph Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Marie, left), who succeeded Emperor Franz Joseph in 1916, with the German Kaiser Wilhelm II (right)
Cartoon, Offer in the air, WW1Cartoon, Offer in the air. A mechanic offers an aperitif to the pilot as they fly through the air. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Complaining to the cook, WW1Cartoon, Complaining to the cook. A group of soldiers throw their soup away in disgust -- the cook explains that hes had no previous experience of cooking. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Peace, WW1Cartoon, Peace. An allegorical female figure, Peace, holding the flags of the Allied nations, looks down at Kaiser Wilhelm kneeling in front of her and rejects his deceptive offer. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Ententes Reply, WW1Cartoon, Ententes Reply. An allegorical female figure, representing Entente (Agreement), responds to the German peace suggestion by sitting on it/him. Date: 1917
Cartoon, The gold of the Rhine, WW1Cartoon, The gold of the Rhine. Short of money, the German Kaiser and his son, the Crown Prince, look musingly at the golden-coloured River Rhine. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Dr Hellferich, WW1Cartoon, Dr Hellferich [Helfferich], German finance minister. He says: Its strange! The higher the costs rise, the lower the Mark falls
Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm jealous of Charlot, WW1Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm jealous of Charlot. The German Kaiser is green in the face at the sight of Charlot (Charlie Chaplin) on the front cover of a special number of La Baionnette. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm and Charlot, WW1Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm and Charlot (Charlie Chaplin). The Kaiser, dressed as a clown, asks Charlot to crown him emperor of the world. (1 of 2) Date: 1917
Cartoon, Soldier and godmother with fruit, WW1Cartoon, Soldier and godmother with fruit. She reminds him about the rationing rule -- a maximum of two courses. He replies that they can make up for it with the dessert. Date: 1917
Cartoon, As advertised, WW1Cartoon, As advertised. A black soldier arrives with a bunch of flowers to meet his new godmother. They both have expectations... Date: 1917
Cartoon, Modern cherub, WW1Cartoon, Modern cherub. A soldier is happy to meet his new godmother. Date: 1917
Cartoon, On leave, WW1Cartoon, On leave. A black soldier on leave comes to visit his allocated godmother -- she is shocked, as she has been dreaming of a godson with blond hair! Date: 1917
Cartoon, Broken down, WW1Cartoon, Broken down. A GVC (Gardes-Voies et Communications) soldier speaks to a passenger who is complaining about the delay to his train
Cartoon, The meaning of GVC, WW1Cartoon, The meaning of GVC (Gardes-Voies et Communications). A GVC soldier says that every fifteen minutes a train rushes by and the passengers throw out all their rubbish, including eggshells
Cartoon, Grandpas advice, WW1Cartoon, Grandpas advice. An old soldier thinks there should be a tax on umbrellas. Date: 1917
Cartoon, The trap, WW1Cartoon, The trap. Kaiser Wilhelm and Crown Prince Wilhelm find that their trap labelled Peace has not caught any enemy soldiers, even though it was well prepared. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Marianne with a patriotic plate, WW1Cartoon, Marianne with a patriotic plate, designed to persuade all French people to pay their taxes and help win the war. Date: 1917
Cartoon, New taxes on dogs, WW1Cartoon, New taxes on dogs (to help pay for the ongoing war). Women discuss a man who has replaced his dog with a goldfish in order to avoid paying the tax, and is taking it for a walk. Date: 1917
Cartoon, The Angelus, WW1Cartoon, The Angelus. A woman and her two children stop their work in the fields to pray, thinking of husband and father fighting at the front, as depicted in a cloud
Cartoon, Old and young working on the land, WW1Cartoon, Old and young working on the land. An old man and a young boy working on the land while the able-bodied men are away fighting in the war. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Looking after the land, WW1Cartoon, Looking after the land. A young soldier on leave sits by the fire with his parents. They tell him that he and his fellow-soldiers are guarding the land at the Front
Cartoon, The bastards! They re shooting down there WW1Cartoon, The bastards! They re shooting down there... Perhaps these French soldiers expected an Easter ceasefire. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Gathering laurels, WW1Cartoon, Gathering laurels. An army cook tells a soldier that he also gathers laurels -- not the kind won in battles, but the bay leaves used to flavour food. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Peeling potatoes, WW1Cartoon, Peeling potatoes. Three army cooks discuss methods of peeling potatoes, A machine has been invented to do the peeling, but it involves a lot of manual work and isn t worth the trouble
Cartoon, Dentist and patient, WW1Cartoon, Dentist (or tooth puller) and patient. The dentist says: Now then, we ll extract the twelfth one. Its not that its really bad, but it will give us an even number. Date: 1917
Front cover, La BaionnetteFront cover design, La Baionnette, looking forward to the time when women get the vote. Date: 1919
Cartoon, The Double Monarch, WW1Cartoon, The Double Monarch. Franz Josef, Austrian emperor (1830-1916), asks: When will it be over, then, this war? Date: 1915
Cartoon, Georges Clemenceau post-WW1Cartoon showing the French statesman Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) kissing and hugging his people, relieved that the war is over. Date: 1919
Cartoon, The useless trap, WW1Cartoon, The useless trap. Kaiser Wilhelm asks Chancellor Bethmann if he thinks the enemy will recognise his dove, which is really a two-headed eagle with white feathers. Date: 1917
Cartoon, At Erfurt (1808), showing Napoleon I and Tsar Alexander at the time of their peace treaty, together with ladies of the theatre in what looks like a theatrical re-enactment. Date: 1808
Cartoon, A nouveau riche man, WW1Cartoon, a nouveau riche man, who has made his money from the war, tells a showgirl that he arrived in Paris in clogs, and he won t blush to admit it
