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| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of bombed out buildings, including the town hall, in Cambrai. This was part of a 1919 tourism campaign by the North Railroad to... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration depicting the war-damaged town of Lens. There is rubble, including damaged steel parts and structures in the foreground, and ru... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of the ruins of the Cathédrale de Reims. A ghost image of the undamaged cathedral is in the background. Red poppy flowers are g... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of a mother, two children, and a grandfather. A woman in white is leading the woman. In the background is a large American flag... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Several men standing near two ambulances which are parked near ruins. Caption reads: "The "Château," probably the most celebrated A.A.F.S poste. The entire... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a village in France that has been totally destroyed by the war. Caption reads: "The utter ruin and desolation of a typical bombarded villa... |
| Date: | 02 1919 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | A non-exploded bomb is resting on the ground, over which three timbers have been placed. A sign reading "Obus Non Eclate" is on a post next to the bomb, an... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | View down road leading to what is left of Esmes. Caption reads: "What is left of Esmes. Notice the shell-packed road and the concrete water trough." |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the damage to the dance hall in Cormicy. Caption reads: "The Cormicy dance-hall. Dance halls in France, whether wrecked as this one or not... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| 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." |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on the back of the print, "Buna, immediately after capture by Yanks and Aussies." Two men stand in the center amid the destruction of the jungl... |
| Date: | 09 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers in the lower left look at a map. Behind them is what remains of the Brest Post Office. Just under the decorative stone cornice at the top is t... |
| Date: | 09 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle views the destruction on a street in Brest, France. On the left is a damaged military truck with three soldiers standing. Behind Doyle are two... |
| Date: | 09 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Allied soldier posing in Brest, France, in front of a bombed-out building, smoking a cigarette. The street is covered with rubble. |
| Date: | 09 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Rubble and destruction in Brest, France. A few trees and a sign are still standing. Bombed-out buildings are in the background. Robert Doyle's caption read... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A street scene at the post office. The post office houses J.E. James Childs Cabinets. One man stands at the doorpost and three men sit on makeshift seats o... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of refugees after the Tet Offensive, camped out front of their damaged homes. Although not identified, it is believed the image is a street s... |
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