French Reservists going to R.R. station in Paris – 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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This rare historic photograph captures French Reservists going to R.R. station in Paris in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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French Reservists going to R.R. station in Paris
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Reservists heading to a Paris railway station capture how France called its reserve soldiers back to the colors, since these men had to reach their regiments by train. The record gives no date, and the title comes from caption data that Bain News Service supplied without verification, so the exact moment is unconfirmed. The scene fits the general mobilization France ordered in early August 1914, when trainloads of reservists left the capital for the front. The glass negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, the archive of a New York news picture agency that supplied newspapers in the early twentieth century.
| 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 | 5,791 × 4,216 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-18201 |
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