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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
CITIES and VILLAGES
ENJOYMENTS and PAINS
REIMS
Reims
Ruins of former Kings Palace, Reims, France
Fletcher, H. A., copyright claimant
1919
Copyright deposit; H. A. Fletcher; October 2, 1919.
Copyright claimant's address: 702 9 St., N.W. Wash., D.C.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Hotel de Ville or City Hall of Reims, France after bombardment
Fletcher, H. A., copyright claimant
1919
Copyright deposit; H. A. Fletcher; October 2, 1919.
Copyright claimant's address: 702 9 St., N.W. Wash., D.C.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Ruins of the main square, Reims, France
Fletcher, H. A., copyright claimant
1919
Copyright deposit; H. A. Fletcher; October 2, 1919.
Copyright claimant's address: 702 9 St., N.W. Wash., D.C.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Leading business thoroughfare of Reims after bombardment, Rheims, France
Fletcher, H. A., copyright claimant
1919
Copyright deposit; H. A. Fletcher; October 2, 1919.
Copyright claimant's address: 702 9 St., N.W. Wash., D.C.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Reims Cathedral bombarded
1918
Photographer : International Film Service
Methodist Board of Foreign Missions. 12/13/18
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Reims.
Exterior of the canteen and dormitories furnished and supplied by the American Red Cross
for the refugees returning to Reims to rebuild their broken homes and lives
2 July 1919
Photographer: ARC
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Reims.
Interior of the dining hall in the canteen and lodging house equipped by the American Red Cross
for the refugees returned to the ruined city of Reims.
This room seats 300.
In the background are Captain Faure, Miss Bennet, and Miss Biddle Porter of the American Red Cross and Mlle. Faurière of the Rémoise committee.
They planned and directed the establishment of this canteen
6 May 1919
Photographer : Capt. Taures, ARC
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Photograph shows an explosion from an artillery shell striking the ground near a trench,
with soldiers taking cover.
Publisher not identified], 1919?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Le crime de Reims. Exposition . . .
au profit des victimes du bombardement de Reims et du refuge franco-belge
A view of the burning ruins of Reims Cathedral.
The city of Reims was shelled with explosives and incendiaries by the Germans during ten days
in September of 1914 with the cathedral as the main target.
Outraged, particularly by the attack on the cathedral,
the government at Bordeaux sent an official protest.
At the time of the shelling the cathedral was serving
as a hospital with a red cross hanging from its tower.
The Germans, however, believed it was also used as an observation tower by the French,
hence the heavy and unrelenting bombing.
The Germans had eyewitnesses who corroborated this story, but the French consistently denied it.
The tracery, towers, and nave of the cathedral were heavily damaged, but the walls were still intact.
Sénéchal, Adrien, 1896-1955, artist
Sceaux : Charaire, 1916
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.