Varenness railroad yard, France, 1919 – Antique 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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This rare historic image captures Varenness railroad yard, 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: Varenness [sic] showing railroad yard constructed by Americans
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Varenness railroad yard, France, 1919
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Varennes, the Argonne town in northeastern France, sat on the rail corridor along the Meuse, and in 1919 its yards were still being repaired after four years of war. The line through the valley had carried American troops and supplies during the Meuse-Argonne offensive of autumn 1918, and the yard shown here was one of many that had to be restored before freight could move north and east again. Locals would also have known Varennes for an older event: in June 1791, Louis XVI was stopped here during his flight from Paris, an arrest that became a turning point in the French Revolution. By 1919, though, the town's prospects depended more on the railway, which had to work again before fields, villages and damaged farms could be resettled.
| 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 × 1,712 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Varenness [sic] showing railroad yard constructed by Americans |
| Reference | FRANCE Varenness railroad yard 1919 |
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