Belleau Woods, Belleau Torcy Hill, France, 1919 – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Belleau Woods, Belleau Torcy Hill, France, 1919. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Belleau Woods, looking toward Belleau Torcy Hill 193 and the German lines
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Belleau Woods, Belleau Torcy Hill, France, 1919
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Belleau Wood, on the hills west of Château-Thierry in northern France, was the site of one of the bloodiest American engagements of the First World War. In June 1918, Marines of the 2nd Division fought German troops there for several weeks before taking the wood, and the fighting left the ground torn by shell craters and littered with wreckage. By 1919, after the armistice, the Americans who remained in France were still clearing the battlefield, and the surrounding villages of Belleau and Torcy were largely ruins. The wood and its hill were already known across the United States as a symbol of the Marine Corps' sacrifice, and families back home followed news of the dead and the reburials closely.
| 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 × 1,303 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Belleau Woods, looking toward Belleau Torcy Hill 193 and the German lines |
| Reference | FRANCE Belleau Woods, Belleau Torcy Hill 1919 |
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