A photo of the homeland is a sacred rite of any serviceman. The photo should be solemn and emphasize the importance of the soldier's mission. The beginning of this tradition was laid at the end of the XIX century. However, then there was no opportunity to instantly click a person in the most advantageous scenery. Therefore, it was necessary to use homemade models of airplanes, cars, tanks, shells as props.
Christopher Steiner, a professor of art history and anthropology at Connecticut College, once collected a large collection of similar photographs from the First World War and subsequent years up to the Second World War. Soldiers from France, the USA and Germany are happy to pose in photo studios or specially equipped places in amusement parks.
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It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could
Source: Cameralabs
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could 1910-1912. "Flight from camp Neuhammer". Neuhammer, Germany.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could 1928. "Those who remained faithful to their mother can be seen flying here." Munster, Germany.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could 1915. Munster military Camp, Germany.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could 1912-1914. "Flight from Deberitz". Berlin, Germany.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could 1913. Neuhammer, Germany.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could 1917. An American soldier with a revolver pointed at German infantrymen. USA.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could onethousandninehundredfifteen "Flight from Elsenborn to Paris". Military training ground, Elsenborn, Germany.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could 1917. "Happy New Year 1918". Unknown German studio.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could 1914. Military training ground, Neuhammer am Kweis.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could 1916. "Flight from Munster". Munster, Germany.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could 1938. "Survey flight — Fasberg—Munster—Hamburg Air Base, 1938". Munster, Germany.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could The 1930s. German soldiers on an artificial Easter egg. Germany.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could The 1930s. Amusement Park, Coney Island, New York.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could 1928. French military pilots in a painted biplane. Photo studio in Paris, France.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could The 1930s. "Flight from Altengrabova". Military camp Dernitz, Germany.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could 1930. German soldiers on a wooden stork. Munster, Germany.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could The 1930s and 1940s. Photo montage: Nazi officers on a plane. Germany.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could The 1920s. A soldier poses with a plywood horse, Republic of Estonia.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could The 1940s. American soldiers riding a wooden donkey.
It was a dashing First World War, the soldiers photoshopped as best they could 1944-1945 . French soldiers in a photo studio. Paris, France.