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[Kaiser Wilhelm II on horseback reviewing his troops] – Historic Print

[Kaiser Wilhelm II on horseback reviewing his troops], [between 1914 and 1918] — historic photograph
[Kaiser Wilhelm II on horseback reviewing his troops], [between 1914 and 1918]. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Kaiser Wilhelm II on horseback reviewing his troops] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Wilhelm II sits astride his horse here, reviewing troops during the First World War. He had ruled Germany since 1888, and his abdication came in November 1918. Such reviews were meant to show him close to the army, though major military decisions had largely passed to the high command. The caption card, whose data is unverified, also names Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff, the generals who led that command from 1916. Images like this were widely circulated to project confidence on the home front.

Created / published[between 1914 and 1918]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: World War, 1914-1918--Dignitaries, German; BI; WWI; Shelf. Wilhelm II, German emperor, 1859-1941; Hindenberg, Paul von, Pres. Germany, 1847-1934; Ludendorff, Erich, 1965-1937.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,092 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-152066

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