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    • French and German corpses

    • French and German corpses

    • World War, 1914-1918; Dead persons; War casualties; Cemeteries; Soldiers

    • "C.33. French and boche corpses brought back from the lines in a small car to be curied [sic] (after an attack). Nov. 1917" In a forest bodies dumped from a wooden cart are lined along mounds of dirt. Three soldiers stand near the bodies. One of...
    • Headquarters and staff in ruins in Oulches

    • Headquarters and staff in ruins in Oulches

    • World War, 1914-1918; Military headquarters; Ruins; War damage--France

    • "C.36. Oulches. Headquarters and staff in the ruins Nov. 1917." To the right of center five soldiers stand on a road in front of a pile of rubble and the few remaining portions of a building's walls. Other ruined buildings fill the background.
    • Damaged church in Pargnan

    • Damaged church in Pargnan

    • World War, 1914-1918; Churches; Ruins; War damage--France

    • "C.46 Pargnan. South Chemin des Dames. The church damaged and barbed wire around. A French observation balloon is seen in the air. Nov.1917." The roofless, damaged church is in a rural area surrounded by a gently sloped landscape with scattered...
    • Fort de La Pompelle

    • Fort de La Pompelle

    • World War, 1914-1918; Forts and fortifications

    • "P.1. Fort of 'La Pompelle' south Reims west Moat. 1st Oct. 1918." A man stands near a large boulder at the foot of the steep earthen embankment, which extends from the left foreground toward the background on the right. The image is of an ally...
    • Fort La Pompelle

    • Fort La Pompelle

    • World War, 1914-1918; Forts and fortifications; Moats

    • "P2 Fort 'La Pompelle' Reims was safe thanks to this fort east moat 1st Oct 1918" A soldier stands off to the right in a moat that was apparently part of Fort La Pompelle. On the right and left the moat's stone walls line the deep trench that...
    • Fort La Pompelle

    • Fort La Pompelle

    • World War, 1914-1918; Forts and fortifications

    • "P.3. Famous Fort La Pompelle (South Reims) Thantes [sic] to this 'Fort' Reims was not captured by the boche. -Octob.1918." A French soldier stands off to the left of the image's center amidst dirt and rubble of Fort La Pompelle. Portions of walls...
    • Fort de Nogent l'Abbesse

    • Fort de Nogent l'Abbesse

    • World War, 1914-1918; Forts and fortifications

    • "R.2. 'Fort' of Nogent l'Abbesse North Reims, occupied by the boche 4 years, damaged by our heavy artillery. Octob.1918." A soldier wearing a medic's armband stands in the middle foreground beside a planked ramp outside an arched doorway of the...
    • Identification of bodies

    • Identification of bodies

    • World War, 1914-1918; War casualties; Soldiers; Dead persons

    • "V.22. Identification before the funeral. South-West, Reims, July 1918." Soldiers stand along a row of bodies, which they examine. Many of the soldiers where armbands with a cross symbol. In the right foreground are three wooden crosses, and a city...
    • First aid station in Sillery, France

    • First aid station in Sillery, France

    • World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Medics; World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects; Military medicine; First aid; Ruins; War damage

    • "V.23. Sillery, a first aid station" Most of the soldiers at this first aid station in Sillery, France wear armbands with cross symbols and appear to be medics. They are standing and sitting in a large group in front of buildings with damaged...
    • Outdoor Mass in Monaco

    • Outdoor Mass in Monaco

    • World War, 1914-1918; Outdoor religious services; Religious services; Cemeteries

    • "C.34. Mass in the wood Monaco. 1st Nov. 1917." Photographed from behind a large group of soldiers stands in a forest facing a makeshift altar built between the trees and decorated with garlands of evergreen draped above it. Rows of barbed wire...
    • Soldiers and cooks among ruins in Oulches

    • Soldiers and cooks among ruins in Oulches

    • World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Soldiers--French; Soldiers--American; Cooks; War damage

    • "C.37. Oulches - The Cooks - Roulante Nov. 1917" There may be both French and American soldiers present in this photograph. Some of them, apparently cooks, stand to the left of center near large pots and cooking gear. Others stand in the background...
    • Soldiers at their dugout

    • Soldiers at their dugout

    • World War, 1914-1918; Bunkers; Forts and fortifications; Soldiers

    • "L.10. The 'Leechs' dug out built with 5000 sacs." Several soldiers sit on piled logs in the background to the left of this structure of sandbags and brush while two stand in the center foreground. They appear to be in a forest. A sign above an...
    • Ruined Verdun and Neuse River

    • Ruined Verdun and Neuse River

    • World War, 1914-1918; Ruins; War damage

    • "L13 'Verdun' Destroyed and the Meuse river" Ruined buildings in Verdun crumble into the Meuse River, which fills the right of the image from foreground to background, where a bridge spans the river and more buildings are located.
    • Mined house ruins north of Reims

    • Mined house ruins north of Reims

    • World War, 1914-1918; Mines (Warfare); Ruins; War damage--France

    • "R.13. Bernicourt. A mined house ruins north of Reims. Oct 1918." Four soldiers sit and another stands on the rubble and lumber ruins of a destroyed house north of Reims, France. Upright portions of walls remain in the background.
    • Reims, France, with soldiers in foreground

    • Reims, France, with soldiers in foreground

    • World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Theaters; Palace of Justice (Reims, France); Ruins; War damage--France

    • "R 24 Reims Theatre Inside nothing left Palace of justice on the right the top of the Cathedral is visible" In the foreground two soldiers stand on a street with the stone theater building in the background and piles of rubble from ruined...
    • American soldiers south of Reims

    • American soldiers south of Reims

    • World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers--American; Pianos; Recreation

    • "V.14. American Section ou [sic] the front south of Reims. Nogent.S.S.U.515." A group of American soldiers appear to be relaxing in a wooded area near Reims. On the left one is playing piano while others sit scattered around on chairs and at...
    • Reims Cathedral close-up

    • Reims Cathedral close-up

    • World War, 1914-1918; Cathedral; Cathedrals--France--Reims; Notre-Dame de Reims (Cathedral); Ruins; War damage

    • "R 31 Reims the Cathedral a fine and artistic perspective ap 1919" Three-quarter view looking up the cathedral's damaged tower at a sharp angle with the sky in the background. Exterior sculptures decorating the cathedral are broken and portions of...
    • Reims Cathedral surrounded by ruins

    • Reims Cathedral surrounded by ruins

    • World War, 1914-1918; Cathedral; Cathedrals--France--Reims; Notre-Dame de Reims (Cathedral); Ruins; War damage

    • "R.35. Reims. Cathedral in the middle of the ruins." Broken walls and rubble fill the foreground with the cathedral's damaged facade and towers jutting above the wreckage in the background.

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