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Passage for Attack

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Description: Dirt stairs through the trench wall. Captioned: "Passages up which troops rush for an attack."
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Louis XV, Reims

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Statue of Louis XV in Reims, Champagne-ardenne, France. Captioned: "Reims, Louis XV. So popular when young and so hated in his last years. He died a miser....
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Cormicy Church

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Ruins of a French Church. Captioned: "The interior of the Cormicy Church — if there can be an interior to a building without a roof."
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Colonel Couillaud

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Three men and a colonel standing outside the entrance to a building after being decorated. Captioned: "Colonel Couillaud, saluting stretcher-bearers, the m...
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No Foreign Uniforms Allowed

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A foreign soldier walking the streets of Paris, France while smoking a cigarette in his uniform. Captioned: "A costume like this creates no sensation or in...
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Breech of a Field Gun

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: The breech of a cannon is in the foreground on a muddy road, and buildings are on a low hill in the background. Captioned: "The breech of a field gun lying...
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Stretcher Bearers Decorated For Bravery

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Three soldiers standing in front of a building while being decorated. Captioned: "Three French stretcher-bearers being decorated for bravery. Vaux Varennes...
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Ruins of a Church at St. Thomas

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View through arch of a church left in ruins. Captioned: "The church at St. Thomas, with one wall, the roof and altar shot away. Notice the position of the ...
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Artistic Statue of Victory

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A statue with bushes planted at the base. Captioned: "Reims. The artistic statue of Victory. Notice the delicacy of the work."
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Church Hit by German Shell

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A church with a hole in the wall. Captioned: "The hole made by a Boche shell entering the Dombasle church. It exploded inside and left little except ruins....
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St.-Hilaire-le-Grand

Date: 02 18 1919
Description: View of interior of ruined church. Captioned:"Interior of ruined church at St. Hilaire-le-Grand."
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Church in Cormicy

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View of exterior of a church in Cormicy which was hit by opposing forces and almost completely destroyed. Caption reads: "Churches, as the most prominent b...
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Church with Damaged Clock

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Exterior view of a damaged church tower, with a clock at the top. Caption reads: "Ruined church at St. Hilaire-le-Grand. Notice the clock."
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Statue of Jeanne d'Arc

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View of a man standing and posing near the statue of Jeanne d'Arc. Caption reads: "The most famous statue of Jeanne d'Arc, who visited Reims in the height ...
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French Soldier Burial

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across field towards a group of French soldiers. Caption reads: "The funeral procession of a dead French soldier. Whenever possible, a military burial...
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Ambulance Parked in Front of a Cathedral

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Portrait of a man standing and leaning against his ambulance, posing in front of a cathedral. Caption reads: "Reims. A close view of the entrance to the ca...
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Man and Child Pretending to be Soldiers

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Portrait of a man and child posing in front of an ambulance. Caption reads: "Robineau Cook, as a French marine, and a 'petit goss' as an ambulance driver. ...
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Cathedral of Reims

Date: 02 1919
Description: View of the front of the damaged Cathedral and the sculpture of Jeanne d'Arc in the front. Caption reads: "Reims. The front of the cathedral is scarcely da...

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