Etain (N. Verdun) destroyed by Germans, France, 1919 – Historic Photo 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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This rare historic image captures Etain (N. Verdun) destroyed by Germans, France, 1919 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Etain, north-east of Verdun, destroyed by the Germans
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Etain (N. Verdun) destroyed by Germans, France, 1919
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Etain, a town in the Meuse department of northeastern France roughly 15 miles northwest of Verdun, lay close to the front for much of the First World War. German forces occupied it in 1914, and it stayed under German control until the advances of late 1918 freed it. Its railway junction made it valuable to the army that held it, and the shelling and fighting in the Verdun sector left most of its buildings in ruins. By 1919, residents who had fled or been displaced were returning to flattened streets, and rebuilding the devastated northeast became a long task for the French state and local councils. This panorama records a town whose ruins were still largely in place the year the Treaty of Versailles was signed.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Creator | schutz group photographers (washington, d.c.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--France |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,271 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Etain, north-east of Verdun, destroyed by the Germans |
| Reference | FRANCE Etain (N. Verdun) destroyed by Germans 1919 |
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