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Cartoon, Troop transport, WW1Cartoon, Troop transport. An ex-valet, now a soldier, is surprised to find that his former employer, a baron, is his driver. Date: 1916
Cartoon, A question of speed, WW1Cartoon, A question of speed. A group of French soldiers relaxing by the roadside call out rude comments to a driver passing in a covered lorry. Date: 1916
Cartoon, mother of a young soldier on leave, WW1Cartoon, the mother of a young soldier on leave dresses up to meet him and admires herself in the mirror -- she says she hasn t dressed so well for a long time. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Uneasiness, WW1Cartoon, Uneasiness, showing a naturalised German couple living in France. The man reads his newspaper, looking for reassurance, while his wife asks what is wrong. Date: 1915
Cartoon, In the trench, WW1Cartoon, In the trench, showing four French soldiers in a trench on the Western Front at night, sharing pieces of a New Year cake, or Galette. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Epiphany cakes, WW1Cartoon, This year its our turn to give out Epiphany cakes. French soldiers offer traditional galette cakes or other appropriate items to friends, enemies and neutrals. Date: 1916
Cartoon, The real Galette des Rois, WW1Cartoon, The real Galette des Rois, or Epiphany cake -- King Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Sultan Mehmed V, watched by a smiling German ally, divide a stash of money between them. Date: 1916
Cartoon, In trouble, WW1Cartoon, In trouble, showing a draper with a pile of cloth. He claims to be as patriotic as the next person, but is wondering whether he should dye his stock in grey-green (the German uniform colour)
Cartoon, Its very simple, WW1Cartoon, Its very simple. A coal merchant tells a poor family that if they think his coal is too expensive, then they should do what he does, and burn wood instead. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Time for a drink, WW1Cartoon, Time for a drink. A French soldier sits on the back of a chair with his feet on the seat to drink at a bar. The two soldiers with him tell the owner not to be shocked by his behaviour
Cartoon, Playing a practical joke, WW1Cartoon, a French soldier plays a practical joke on a colleague and sends him up a tree. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Scene outside a cafe, WW1Cartoon, Scene outside a cafe. With new restrictions on the serving of alcohol, two soldiers are turned away, and a waiter challenges two little boys sitting at a table. Date: 1916
Cartoon, The product of German science, WW1Cartoon, The product of German science, showing a group of learned men looking at a subhuman German soldier, with a lookalike Neanderthal man on display in the background. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Disappointed greed, WW1Cartoon, Disappointed greed, a comment on new alcohol restrictions. The waiter tells a lady that the anisette is too high in alcohol content for him to serve to her. Date: 1916
Cartoon, The electric underpants, WW1Cartoon, The electric underpants, showing a new invention by a German scientist. Not only do the underpants keep the soldier warm in the trenches
Cartoon, The disciple of Kant, WW1Cartoon, The disciple of Kant. Showing a German follower of Kantian philosophy, with illustrations of Kants theory of Cause, Effect, and Sufficient Reason
Cartoon, Translation, WW1Cartoon, Translation. French and German soldiers discuss their respective systems. The system of getting by which the French call System D, is known by the Germans as System K! Date: 1916
Cartoon, Boche intellectuals, WW1Cartoon, Boche intellectuals, showing a variety of German boffins doing their work. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Lorinne, or hidden love, WW1Cartoon, Lorinne, or hidden love. A pretty young woman has been able to visit her soldier completely unnoticed, thanks to her disguise as a fruit seller! Date: 1916
Cartoon, How to get hold of some plonk, WW1Cartoon, How Herbinet used System D to get hold of some plonk. Showing how a soldier gradually extracts wine from a large barrel in a stable. Date: 1916
Cartoon, The gourmands, WW1Cartoon, The gourmands. Soldiers with a bowl of apples, a rabbit and a carrot promise a cook that when they return from patrol they will bring him some prisoners. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Naivety, WW1Cartoon, Naivety. A woman is delighted that, thanks to System D, her husband has been able to get a leave of absence from the army
Cartoon, To the bitter end, WW1Cartoon, To the bitter end. A father tells his soldier son that we will stay in the trenches for twenty years if thats what it takes, and keep going to the bitter end. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Strategy, WW1Cartoon, Strategy. An old man lectures a French soldier about military strategy. After the Battle of the Marne, he promises to explain the Hundred Years War! Date: 1916
Cartoon, The interrupted conference, WW1Cartoon, The interrupted conference. A group of people look at a map, and a man says what Napoleon would have done. However, the conference has to be suspended
Cartoon, Cost of food and drink, WW1Cartoon illustrating the cost of food and drink during the First World War. Various tradesmen comment on the cost of their produce. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Replacing the maid, WW1Cartoon, Replacing the maid. A middle class couple are forced to do the household chores themselves during a period of wartime austerity
Cartoon, Good sense, WW1Cartoon, Good sense. An extravagant wife explains to her soldier husband why she had to buy such expensive clothes, and travel home by taxi. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Golden eggs, WW1Cartoon, Golden eggs, a comment on the cost of eggs during the First World War. A cockerel says his wife has become very snooty since the value of her eggs went up to nine sous each! Date: 1916
Cartoon, Soldier returning from leave, WW1Cartoon, a French soldier returning from leave tells his colleague what it was like. At every point someone pointed to the Keep Quiet notice, although what he had said was entirely innocent
Cartoon, Elegance, WW1Cartoon, Elegance, showing a plump, middle aged German woman sitting in a chair wearing a fur-trimmed green coat. She looks at a picture of a slim Parisian model wearing the same coat
Cartoon, He was phoning from the tobacco shop, WW1Cartoon, He was phoning from the tobacco shop. A supposedly deaf and dumb man is caught on the telephone, arrested as a spy and escorted through the street, much to the delight of the children
Cartoon, Theres a German in the next bed, WW1Cartoon, Theres a German in the next bed. A French soldier needs to ask the nurse for the chamber pot, but doesn t want the German to hear him in case its sensitive information
Cartoon, The false shepherd, WW1Cartoon, The false shepherd, showing a man posing as a shepherd, with a sheepdog and a flock of sheep, making notes on local aircraft activities. Date: 1915
Cartoon, The best evidence, WW1Cartoon, The best evidence, showing a French couple challenging a German man (living in France but near the German border)
Cartoon, At Deauville, WW1Cartoon, At Deauville, showing four fashionable French women gossiping about war rumours. Date: 1915
Cartoon, A sophisticated man, WW1Cartoon, A sophisticated man. A French soldier about to depart on leave asks an African colleague to let him have some of his lice, so that he can show them to his friends and family in Belleville
Cartoon, Older soldiers round the campfire, WW1Cartoon, a group of old and middle aged French soldiers sit round the campfire near Verdun as the snow falls. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Encounter, WW1Cartoon, Encounter. A young soldier meets his uncle who seems younger than when he last saw him. The uncle replies that he was in the territorial army
Cartoon, Between two attacks, WW1Cartoon, Between two attacks. French soldiers in a trench relax, eat, drink and play cards in a quiet moment on the Western Front. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Childhood memories, WW1Cartoon, Childhood memories. An old soldier says he feels young again, invigorated by the fresh air of the Western Front. Another man says its more to do with the lice. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Do not sell the bears skin, WW1Cartoon, Do not sell the bears skin, showing a large white bear (representing Bulgaria) with blood dripping from its claws, towering above its Central Powers colleagues from Germany
Cartoon, There will be a party, WW1Cartoon, There will be a party! A woman prepares for the Christmas festivities, with a picture of her absent soldier husband at the centre of the fireplace display. Date: 1915
Cartoon, Christmas preparations, WW1Cartoon, Christmas preparations on the Western Front. French soldiers gather everything together for their Christmas feast, including a bird, some cheese, and some bottles of wine. Date: 1915
Cartoon, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria as a bird, WW1Cartoon, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria depicted as a bird pinned by his wings to a wooden fence. Date: 1915
Cartoon, the Christmas parcel, WW1Cartoon, the Christmas parcel. A woman writes a note to go with her Christmas parcel to her husband, away fighting at the Front
Cartoon, the French aviator as hero, WW1Cartoon, the French aviator as hero -- everyone admires him! Date: 1915
Cartoon, Stoicism, WW1Cartoon, Stoicism -- a French aviator impresses two fashionable women with his toughness during a bombardment. Date: 1915
