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Uhlan prisoners near Douai (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • bior said:
    The caption actually read "Uhlan Prisoners" not "German prisoners". Uhlans are a type light cavalry.
  • Art Siegel said:
    Douai is a commune in the Nord département in northern France, very near Belgium, in the path of the German invasion in 1914.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douai
    In this photo, two rows of French cavalry, with unarmed Germans walking between.
    Similarly dressed French cavalrymen:
    French in Chanconin (LOC)
  • Anne (LOC P&P) said:
    bior: Thanks for pointing out the correct caption. We'll fix it next time we update the description.
  • Art Siegel said:
    Agence Meurisse photo on Gallica site, publ. 1914, with caption: "Uhlans faits prisonniers près de Douai" gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9041508r

January 18, 1914

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Swordscookie said:
    Definitely amateur dramatics and don't they look very well? AOH is surely the Ancient Order and the Pirates is a resonable assumption!
  • Niall McAuley said:
    But where are the Police?
  • heady school said:
    Thought that was Harpo Marx on the left.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    And I can't work out who the chap in the middle of the front row is supposed to be! But I'm going out on an limb and tagging with Pirates of Penzance, if that's ok with all of you. We can revisit if someone comes up with a better solution.
  • oaktree_brian_1976 said:
    I was going to say Peter Pan, but there is no fairy above...

Walking Wounded

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Christine Curtin said:
    Wonderful expressions of pride.
  • Swordscookie said:
    I had seen this one before somewhere, as a child I was a member of na Fianna but we were not nearly as pretentious as these lads. Stu has a name on the Schafer method - I can't remember the name of what the second lad is doing but it was the method used where the arms were moved vigorously about and pressed into the solar plexus to do the same thing. The swords were probably more in order in that era, we did not have access to them.
  • Tammy said:
    that's a fine photo!
  • smrhd (away) said:
    There is a small hillock in Merrion Sq. but the considerable structure on the far left causes confusion. Small mounds like this can be removed and rebuilt quite easily I suppose. The number of windows and chimney pots on the houses might just provide a starting point for investigation.
  • Giuseppe said:
    Great posture on the lad in the center, born leader perhaps!?