Belgian Reservists leaving Gare de L'est – Antique 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.)
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Belgian Reservists leaving Gare de L'est comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Belgian Reservists leaving Gare de L'est
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Belgian reservists leaving the Gare de l'Est, one of Paris's major eastern rail terminals, is the scene this glass negative records. The record gives no date, and the title comes from caption data the Bain News Service supplied that has not been verified, so the exact moment should be read with some caution. The setting fits the early years of the First World War, when Belgian soldiers and reservists gathered in France after Germany invaded Belgium in 1914 and were moved toward the front or to assembly points. The Bain News Service, a New York picture agency, distributed news photographs like this one widely.
| 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 four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,760 × 4,260 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-18200 |
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