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CITIES and VILLAGES

ENJOYMENTS and PAINS

LENS

Lens

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Lens ww1 guerre mondiale 1914 1918 destruction

Lens, France, the devastated coal mining region of northern France, 220 coal pits rendered useless

1919

Schutz Group Photographers (Washington, D.C.), photographer

Copyright deposit; Schutz Group Photographers (Washington, D.C.); May 10, 1919

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

Lens ww1 guerre mondiale 1914 1918 destruction

Lens, France, the devastated coal mining region of northern France,

220 coal pits rendered useless

1919

Schutz Group Photographers (Washington, D.C.), photographer

Copyright deposit; Schutz Group Photographers (Washington, D.C.); May 10, 1919

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

Lens ww1 guerre mondiale 1914 1918 destruction

Lens, France, April 11, 1919.

General view of Lens, taken from the location shown in no. W-94

April 11, 1919

Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Lens ww1 guerre mondiale 1914 1918 destruction

Lens, France.

General view of Lens, taken from overhead railway bridge, below,

laborers clearing away debris from the main road toward Lille.

The entire city of Lens with a pre war population of 28,000, is in the condition shown in this picture

April 11, 1919

Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Lens ww1 guerre mondiale 1914 1918 destruction

Lens, France, April 11, 1919.

Man and wife, living in cellar of their former home which is in complete ruins.

They were in Lens for thirty months during the German occupation,

and were repatriated thru Switzerland and by way of Evian, in January 1917

The wife remained in southern France some months after repatriation.

They have now been three weeks in Lens,

and plan to keep their present quarters in the cellar for an indefinite period of time

April 11, 1919

Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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