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PCT4259238: War of 1914-1918 - War propaganda postcard: photographic montage showing, under the tricolour flag, two French babies happy to have thrown two weeping German babies to the bottom of a trench (one of them wearing a tip helmet). Legend: We'll get them!, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4267200: War of 1914-1918: those who returned. The elegant soldier photographed before leaving the front in 1914 returned after the war to his village of Normandy where he practiced his sabotier. We see him here, photograph in his studio, shortly before the beginning of the Second World War., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4285303: First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): French soldier (hairy) with his dog inside his “” cagna” (makeshift shelter in the trench, made of recuperation materials) - trchees - front - negative anonymous photographic, private collection -, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4286615: First World War 14-18 (1914-1918) - from the beginning of the conflict, many civilian vehicles were requested by the army and sent to the front, such as the famous taxis de la Marne in September 1914 - photo published at the time in a newspaper - see also GUT6589 and GUT6693 -, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4286629: War of 14-18 (1914-1918) - Propaganda - Photographic stereoscopic glass plate LSU (L.S.U. La Stereoscopie Universelle) edited in 1914: removal of the great spur of Notre-Dame de Lorette (commune of Ablain-Saint-Nazaire - Ablain Saint Nazaire, Pas-de-Calais - Pas de-Calais) - This scene is thought to be taken on by the Commander Dupont is a reconstruction, as evidenced by the light equipment of the French soldiers, inompatible with the fighting at the front. In addition, you can see some soldiers smiling at the photographer, an attitude that cannot be imagined under the fire of the machine gun, while his comrades fall to the ground fatally wounded! Legend suggests that the Germans mirrored the extras of this reconstitution, actually doing a carnage. The photo was published in the largest French and foreign newspapers, placing the scene in various places on the battlefield and sometimes even in Belgium (in the Belgian press!) - Publishers during the First World War regularly published in the newspapers calls to hairy people to transmit their photos. These produced in large quantities were sold by the publishing companies. LSU is one of the most important (if not the most) for the sale of these series of positive glass clicks -, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4287209: Toulouse (31, Haute-Garonne) at the beginning of the 20th century (circa 1900): the Grand Rond (square, public garden) with a concert at the music kiosk - colorized postcard sent on July 29, 1914, the day after Austria's declaration of war against Serbia, the first stage of the world conflict (First World War of 14-18, 1914-1918). The handwritten text on the back of the map says: “” In Toulouse people are not happy because war and declared (is declared), I do not know what we will become” (sic) - The choice of this light and festive image to express a strong sense of concern is certainly not innocent -, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4287853: First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): in northern France, at the entrance of a shelter, French infantrymen uncovered a German 77 shell - original photo on paper of the photo reporting agency Meurisse, broadcast during the war by the agency Syral., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
LBY4593704: Pont Neuf in Paris. The oldest bridge in Paris. Henry III (1551-1589) laid the first stone in 1578. Interrupted between 1588 and 1599 by civil wars, it was not inaugurated until 1607 by Henry IV (1553-1610). In 1854 candelabres were installed by Victor Balard (1805-1874). Architect Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (circa 1515-1585). / Bridgeman Images