U.S. troops in Fr. – Vintage Wall Art
(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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures U.S. troops in Fr. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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U.S. troops in Fr.
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The record for this glass negative is brief. It reads "U.S. troops in Fr." and gives no date, so the place and period rest on the title and the agency rather than a verified caption. Bain News Service was a New York commercial photo agency that supplied pictures to newspapers, and much of its work documented the American war effort. If the title is accurate, the scene would fall within the American Expeditionary Forces' service in France after 1917, when units under John J. Pershing arrived and trained for combat on the Western Front. Negatives from this period are often valued by researchers for the details they preserve about uniforms, equipment and daily camp life.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,767 × 4,204 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26192 |
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