Bet Etain - Verdun, France, 1919 – Vintage Photo Print
(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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Step back in time with Bet Etain - Verdun, France, 1919, a historic image rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Anti-tank barrier, made of reinforced concrete posts & heavy cables, front of German lines, Bet Etain & Verdun
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Bet Etain - Verdun, France, 1919
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In 1919 the Verdun district of northeastern France was still recovering from the German offensive of 1916, a ten-month battle that had reduced many villages to rubble and left the ground pocked with shell craters. The war had ended in November 1918, and the surrounding Meuse countryside, including the area around Étain, lay in the zone American forces had fought through that autumn. Peace talks in Paris were under way, and the question of how to rebuild farms, roads, and rail lines was pressing on local officials and families who had returned to find little standing. Many residents of such towns expected reconstruction to take years, and some ruined villages were never rebuilt at all.
| 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 × 1,421 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Anti-tank barrier, made of reinforced concrete posts & heavy cables, front of German lines, Bet Etain & Verdun |
| Reference | FRANCE Bet Etain - Verdun 1919 |
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