Title

Kaiser's coffin, May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service.

Caption

Kaiser's coffin, May 1918. Display of Kaiser's coffin with sign reading "The Kaiser's coffin come in and help bury the Beast of Berlin." Coffin is located in front of the New York World Building, Park Row, New York, New York. The display was part of a fundraising drive during World War I where the purchase of a thrift stamp entitled the buyer to drive one nail in the coffin.

Date

20th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A19_242

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48,0Mb (1,8Mb) / 16,5in x 11,3in / 4960 x 3384 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany city building people library group crowd historical New York City skyscraper country sign finance emperor color display royal death photography war text location collection century Berlin burial kaiser royalty first world war wartime concept B&W new york state street scene lettering coffin coffins Library of Congress United States of America Colour World War I WWI black & white black and white B W white and black World War One 1910s 20th century American history historic America USA 1st World War TGN WW1 street photograph fundraising united states fundraiser New York World Building Bain George Graham Congressional Library Pulitzer Building Heritage Art glass negative still image press photography Bain News Service George Graham Bain Bain News Service photograph collection George Grantham Bain