Finding Aid
Paris Peace Conference Photo Collection. – 1918-1920. – 72 photographs: b&w; 2 envelopes; 1 magazine clipping.
Box 1
F. 1 [Photographs from the Paris Peace Conference in session and locations where events were held]. – 1918-1919. – 18 photographs: b&w.
Item 1: [Photograph of council room at Trianon. Typed description on verso: “The Council room at the Trianon which, owing to the impossibility of heating the great palace, will be used for all the preliminary discussions between the Allies and the Germans. This room was used by the Versailles Council, which determined the conditions of the armistice. It now stands in order, even to the new pens and pencils, waiting for the historic first gathering”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 12.5 x 10 cm.
Item 2: [Photograph of Hall of Mirrors. Typed description on verso: “The room celebrated as the spot where many famous treaties have been signed. It is in the main part of the great palace and is known as the Hall of Mirrors. (Salles des Glaces) It was here that England recognized the freedom of the American colonies in 1783, and it was here that in 1871 William I, King of Prusia, was declared Emperor of Germany, and it was here that the Germans said to the French "Sign here!" And it will be in this hall that the French will experience the poetic justice of repeating those words to the Germans. This room will not be used for the preliminary sittings of discussion as it is impossible to heat it, and its draughts are famous for their chilliness"]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 13 x 10.5 cm.
Item 3: [Photograph of exterior of the Hall of Mirrors. Typed description on verso: "The exterior of the Hall of Mirrors where the peace treaty will be signed"]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 13.5 x 10.5 cm.
Item 4: [Photograph of Hotel des Reservoirs. Typed description on verso: "The Hotel des Reservoirs which will house the German delegates and their staffs"]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 12.5 x 10 cm.
Item 5: [Photograph of American Commission to negotiate peace. Typed description on verso: "Group of American Commission to negotiate peace. L. to R. Secretary of State, Lansing; Woodrow Wilson; Clemenceau; Lloyd George; Bonar Law. Premier Clemenceau, Pres. of Peace Council addressing delegates"]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 18 x 13 cm.
Item 6: [Photograph of signing of the Peace Treaty. Handwritten description on verso: "Signing of Peace Treaty at Versailles by Hungary"]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 20.5 x 12.5 cm.
Item 7: [Photograph of the Hotel Crillon. Typed description on verso: "View of the Hotel Crillon, where the American Commission to negotiate peace, makes its Headquarters. Place de la Concorde. Paris, Seine, France. Dec. 18, 1918."]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Item 8: [Photograph of room in the Trianon. Typed description on recto: "The meeting room of the Allied Peace Delegates, Trianon Palace Hotel, at Versailles, France."]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 22 x 16.5 cm.
Item 9: [Photograph of session in Hall of Mirrors. Handwritten description on verso: "Versailles treaty"]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 24.5 x 18 cm.
Item 10: [Photograph of crowd in Hall of Mirrors. Handwritten description on verso: "Signing Peace Treaty Versailles"]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 20 x 17 cm.
Item 11: [Duplicate of item 10. Handwritten description on verso: “Signing Peace Treaty Versailles”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 22 x 18.5 cm.
Item 12: [Duplicate of item 10. Handwritten description on verso: “Peace meeting in the Hall of Mirrors Versailles, France”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 21.5 x 17 cm.
Item 13: [Photograph of men at table. Handwritten description on verso: "Lloyd Georges at Versailles"]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 24.5 x 18 cm.
Item 14: [Photograph of crowded Hall of Mirrors. Handwritten description on verso: "Peace Meeting. Hall of Mirrors, Versailles"]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 21 x 17 cm.
Item 15: [Duplicate of item 14. Handwritten description on verso: "Peace Meeting. The Council Table, the Hall of Mirrors. Seine, Versailles, France"]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 20.5 x 15 cm.
Item 16: [Duplicate of item 14. Handwritten description on verso: “Peace meeting. Hall of Mirrors, Versailles”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Item 17: [Photograph of 4 men sitting. Handwritten description on verso: “In England after the 1918 Peace Conference. R to L: Baruch, Lloyd George, Winston Churchill and Loucheur”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 20.5 x 13 cm.
Item 18: [Photograph of 4 men sitting, zoomed in. Handwritten description on verso: “In England after 1918 Peace Conference. WWI. L. Loucheur, W. Churchill, Lloyd George, Bernard Baruch”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 23 x 18 cm.
F. 2 [Photographs from the Paris Peace Conference in session and signed Peace Treaty]. – 1918-1919. – 20 photographs: b&w; 2 envelopes.
Item 1: [Photograph of 11 men at table. Handwritten description on verso: “Inter-Allied Supreme Council in Paris during which the German indemnity was placed at fifty-six billion dollars. The photo was made in the Salle de L’Horlage, Quai d’Orsay and shows the following members: L to R seated: Earl Curzon of Great Britain, Premier David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Premier Briand of France and M. Barthou, French Minister of War.”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 23.5 x 19 cm.
Item 2: [Photograph of commission meeting in Hall of Mirrors. Handwritten description on verso: “Group of American Commission to Negotiate Peace. L-R Secy of State Lansing; Pres. Wilson; Clemenceau, Lloyd George & Bonar Law. Premier Clemenceau, President of Peace Council addressing delegates”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 21.5 x 16 cm.
Item 3: [Photograph of conference chamber in session. Typed description on verso: “Paris, France. This is the first comprehensive, overall view of the conference chamber in the magnificent Luxembourg Palace in Paris, where the United Nations are holding the conference that the world hopes will bring a lasting peace. In the front row is the United States delegation, composed of (L. to R.) Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, James Dunn, of the State Dept. Benjamin Cohen (man next to him is unidentified) and Jefferson Caffrey, U.S. Ambassador of France. On the rostrum addressing the conference is V. Molotov, leader of the Russian delegation.”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Item 4: [Photograph of meeting in Hall of Mirrors. Handwritten description on verso: “Peace meeting – Hall of Mirrors. Versailles, France. Signing of Peace Conference”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Item 5: [Photograph of session in Salle de L’Horloge. Handwritten description on recto: “Opening session – Inter Allied Supreme Council in Paris during which the German Indemnity was placed at 56, 000, 000, 000 – Photo made in Salle de L’Horloge, Quay d’Orsay – L. to R. seated Earl Curzon, Lloyd George – Briand, M. Barthou”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 25 x 20.5 cm.
Item 6: [Photograph of men dining at tables. Handwritten description on verso: “at Versailles. X Clemenceau, X Lloyd George”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 24.5 x 19.5 cm.
Item 7: [Photograph of session in Hall of Mirrors. Handwritten description on verso: “at Versailles”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 25 x 18.5 cm.
Item 8: [Photograph of exterior of Versailles palace. Typed description on verso: “Palace of Versailles from the air”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Item 9: [Photograph of session at long table. Handwritten description on verso: “Peace Treaty at Versailles”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 24.5 x 20 cm.
Item 10: [Photograph of session. Handwritten description on verso: “Signing of the Peace Treaty at Versailles by Hungary”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 17.7 x 13 cm.
Item 11: [Duplicate of item 10. Handwritten description on verso: “Signing of the Peace Treaty at Versailles by Hungary”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 20.5 x 12.5 cm.
Item 12: [Photograph of two men signing treaty. Handwritten description on verso: “Germans signing Peace Treaty at Versailles 1919”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Item 13: [Duplicate of item 12. Handwritten description on verso: “Germans signing Peace Treaty at Versailles 1919”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Item 14: [Photograph of group of men. Handwritten description on verso: “American delegates to Paris, France in 1918. Gen’l Bliss, H. White, Pres. Wilson, Sec. Lansing, Col. House”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 22 x 16.5 cm.
Item 15: [Duplicate of item 14. Typed description on verso: “Members of the Versailles Peace Conference – The American Delegation. Sitting left to right. Col. House, Robert Lansing, Pres. Wilson, H. White and General Bliss. 1919”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 21 x 15.5 cm.
Item 16: [Duplicate of item 14. Typed description on verso: “Members of the Versailles Peace Conference The American Delegation. Sitting L. to R. Col House, Robert Lansing, Secretary of State, President Woodrow Wilson, H. White and General Bliss”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Item 17: [Photograph of Peace Treaty. Typed description on verso: “First Photo of Peace Treaty bearing signatures of U.S. and British delegates. First photograph to arrive in the United States of the Peace treaty with signatures of the American and British delegates. Photo shows the last printed page of the original copy of the Peace Treaty and the signatures there on. The first is that of President Wilson. Following in order are Robert Lansing: Henry White: Edward II. House: Tasker H. Bliss: and then the Britishers David Lloyd George: Andrew Bonar Law: Lord Milner: Arthur James Balfour: and George H. Barnes. The original of the Peace Treaty will remain in the archives of the French Republic. F. II-7/15/19.”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 21.5 x 15 cm.
Item 18: [Photograph of Peace Treaty. Handwritten description on verso: “Signers of the Versailles Treaty”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Item 19: [Photograph of seven men. Handwritten description on verso: “Peace Conference 1919. Orlando of Italy, Lloyd George England, Clemenceau of France, Woodrow Wilson”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 18.5 x 12.5 cm.
Item 20: [Duplicate of item 19. Typed description on verso: “The Big Four at the Peace Conference. Orlando* Lloyd George * Clemenceau * Woodrow Wilson”]. – 1 photograph: b&w, 20.5 x 13 cm.
Item 21: [Envelope, believed to have previously held photograph. Handwritten description on recto: “Paris Peace Conference in session. Versailles 1919. Showing President Wilson, Lloyd George, Orlando & Clemenceau. Comm. to negotiate peace. Wilson, Col. House & Robt Lansing”]. – 1 envelope, 22 x 17.5 cm.
Item 22: [Envelope, believed to have previously held photograph. Handwritten description on recto: “Big Four at Paris Peace Conference, 1919 + Versailles Treaty”]. – 1 envelope, 26.5 x 21.5 cm.
F. 3 [Photograph of Peace conference in session within the Hall of Mirrors. Woodrow Wilson pictured with paper in his hand. Also pictured: Lloyd George, Orlando and Clemenceau.] – 1919. – 5 duplicate photographs: b&w.
F. 4 [Photograph of the American delegates to the Peace Conference. From left to right: Col. House; Robert Lansing, Secretary of State; Woodrow Wilson; H. White; Gen. Bliss.] – Dec 18, 1918. – 10 duplicate photographs: b&w.
F. 5 [Photograph of the Big Four in session at the Peace Conference, Versailles. Left to right: Premier Vittorio Orlando – Italy; Lloyd George of England; Premier George Clemenceu – France; President Woodrow Wilson – U.S.]. – 1919. – 7 duplicate photographs: b&w.
F. 6 [Photograph of the Big Four at Versailles. From left to right: Lloyd George, Orlando, Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson. File also includes magazine clipping which duplicates photograph]. – 1919. – 12 duplicate photographs and 1 magazine clipping: b&w.
