French Legion St. Louis, Missouri, 1918 – 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.)
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A window into the past: French Legion St. Louis, Missouri, 1918, preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: French Legion at St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 26, 1918
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French Legion St. Louis, Missouri, 1918
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St. Louis in 1918 was a major river port and manufacturing center of roughly 750,000 people, with shoe factories, breweries, tobacco plants, and rail yards that drew workers from across the Midwest and from abroad. The United States had entered the war in 1917, and the city's civic life was organized around Liberty Loan drives, war bond rallies, and patriotic gatherings, many of them linking the American cause to France. The city's large German-American community found itself under suspicion that year, which made displays of loyalty to the Allies a matter of public concern. In October 1918 the influenza epidemic forced St. Louis to close schools, theaters, and other public gatherings, so a group photograph like this one captured a moment before that disruption. The armistice came only weeks later, in November.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Creator | schreiber |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Missouri |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,135 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | French Legion at St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 26, 1918 |
| Reference | MO French Legion St. Louis 1918 |
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