The Town of Vaux, France, 1918 – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The Town of Vaux, France, 1918 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: The town of Vaux, reduced by American artillery fire, 600 prisoners captured, Hill 204 on left
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The Town of Vaux, France, 1918
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Vaux, a village on the edge of the Verdun battlefield in northeastern France, was a ruin by 1918. Its houses and church were flattened by artillery during the Battle of Verdun in 1916, when the nearby Fort de Vaux was taken by German troops in June and retaken by the French that November. Before the war, the surrounding valleys relied on farming, quarrying, and small trade along local roads and rail lines, but the fighting left few families to return. In 1918 the ground still bore trench lines and shell craters, and Allied units moving through the sector that autumn crossed land where little of the old town remained. The Armistice came on November 11, 1918, and rebuilding the devastated villages of the Meuse would occupy the following decade.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Creator | schutz group photographers (washington, d.c.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--France |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,395 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The town of Vaux, reduced by American artillery fire, 600 prisoners captured, Hill 204 on left |
| Reference | FRANCE The Town of Vaux, France 1918 |
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