French approach Essen – Historic Reproduction
(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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French approach Essen
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The title points to Essen, the industrial city in Germany's Ruhr valley, and to a French military approach to it. In January 1923, French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr after Germany fell behind on its World War I reparations payments, and Essen, a center of coal and steel production, was among the cities they entered. The record gives no date, and the title comes from unverified Bain News Service data, so the scene itself is unconfirmed. The picture is a small glass negative from the Bain News Service, a New York agency that sent news photographs to newspapers.
| 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 eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,078 × 3,640 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-36668 |
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