Fromelles - Uninjured figure in wrecked church (LOC)

    Bain News Service,, publisher.

    Fromelles - Uninjured figure in wrecked church

    [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

    1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

    Notes:
    Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
    Photograph shows a crucifix in a ruined church in Fromelles, France during World War I.
    Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

    Subjects:
    World War, 1914-1918.

    Format: Glass negatives.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

    Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19579

    Call Number: LC-B2- 3550-14

    Comments and faves

    1. swanq (2 weeks ago | reply)

      Page 104 of Corporal Hitler And The Great War 1914-1918: The List Regiment
      books.google.com/books?id=RD5Pzt6CJF8C&pg =PA104&l...
      mentions that the crucifix in Fromelles had been undamaged -- "The Bavarians took this for divine intervention."

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