General Pershing and Marshall Foch's final handshake, Brest, France – Historic 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 photograph captures General Pershing and Marshall Foch's final handshake, Brest, France in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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General Pershing and Marshall Foch's final handshake, Brest, France
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General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, clasps hands with Marshal Ferdinand Foch, the Allied supreme commander, at Brest on the Atlantic coast of France. The port was a vital landing point for American troops and supplies during the war, which gives the meeting added weight. The caption calls it a final handshake, though that detail is unverified, and the photoprint, copyrighted by W.L. Mann around 1919, shows the formal warmth of the Allied partnership as the fighting ended.
| Created / published | c1919. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photoprint copyrighted by W.L. Mann. No. 8. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; WWI; France--Brest. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,142 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150684 |
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