Gen. Foch – Antique 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.)
Description
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Gen. Foch
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Identified in its record as Gen. Foch, this glass negative most likely shows Ferdinand Foch, the French commander who coordinated Allied forces in the final year of the First World War. His command during the 1918 campaigns contributed to the Armistice of November 1918, and he was named a marshal of France that summer. The Bain News Service, a New York agency, supplied photographs of newsworthy figures like him to American newspapers, so its negatives show how wartime leaders were presented to the public. The date is not recorded, so the occasion of the sitting is uncertain.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,191 × 5,741 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-29583 |
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