Battles Give Way to Sports in A.E.F. – Vintage Wall Art
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Battles Give Way to Sports in A.E.F.. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Battles Give Way to Sports in A.E.F.
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The title sets this picture's subject apart: the shift from combat to recreation among American troops in France. Through 1918, as the American Expeditionary Forces grew and rotated men in and out of the front, commanders and welfare groups such as the Y.M.C.A. promoted baseball, boxing, football, and other organized games to keep soldiers fit, occupied, and in better spirits between engagements. Images like this one show how far the war's daily routine had moved from the trenches, even as the fighting continued nearby. Noticing who is playing, where, and what equipment and crowds appear can reveal how these programs were run.
| Original scan | 3,805 × 4,711 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3g07564_ |
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