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Title
Exterior view of a damaged church in World War I-era France, ca.1916
Contributor
Conrich, Robert S
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1916
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of a damaged church in World War I-era France, ca.1916. The large stone church can be seen at center. Two tall towers can be seen on the front side of the building, and a round stained-glass window can be seen between the towers. The roof of the building has been destroyed, and the walls at right are badly damaged. Several trees can be seen around the building, and another building can be seen in the background at left.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
7 x 11 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m24552 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-39518
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m24552
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-39518.jpg
Subject
War
Military
Churches
Soldiers
Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1916
Place
France
Source
39518 [Accession number]
CHS-39518 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: ARCH-229 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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