The Town of Torcy near Belleau Woods, France, 1918 – Antique Photo 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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This rare historic image captures The Town of Torcy near Belleau Woods, France, 1918 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: The town of Torcy near Belleau Woods, showing Hill no. 193 the German position of resistance in 1918
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The Town of Torcy near Belleau Woods, France, 1918
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Torcy, a village near Belleau Wood and the Marne valley town of Château-Thierry, stood in 1918 on ground that had seen some of the war's hardest fighting. Before the war its people had farmed the surrounding plateau and river bottoms, raising grain and tending orchards, and their work followed the seasons. In June 1918 the German advance toward Paris was checked in the fighting at Belleau Wood, where United States Marines suffered heavy casualties, and in the weeks that followed Allied troops pushed through Torcy and the neighboring villages. By the time this view was made, the town had been shelled and badly damaged, and for Americans at home the name Torcy became linked with the battles that turned the summer of 1918.
| 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 × 1,310 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The town of Torcy near Belleau Woods, showing Hill no. 193 the German position of resistance in 1918 |
| Reference | FRANCE The Town of Torcy near Belleau Woods 1918 |
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