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Title
Captured German artillery on display in a Paris square, ca.1915
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1915
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 captured German artillery on display in a Paris square, ca.1915. Three circles of howitzers are visible, two in the foreground at left and another in the distance at right. They are arranged in a circular pattern with the muzzles of the guns pointed outward. A massive palace is behind the guns at center. It has three stories, large windows, rectangular columns, and is flying American flags from its roof. There is a statue of a seated woman on a pedestal at center. Cars are parked in front of the palace at left, and a man is walking at right. Picture file card reads "Where all nations met".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprint, b&w
10 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7145
USC-1-1-1-7269 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-11630
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7145
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-11630.jpg
Subject
U.S. History - World War I - American Expeditionary Force
World War, 1914-1918
Artillery
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1915
Place
France
Paris
Source
1-233- [Microfiche number]
11630 [Identifying number]
CHS-11630 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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