Tired, Hungry Frenchmen-Heroes of the Trenches Retiring for a Rest After Hours of Ceaseless Fighting
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Keystone View Company
American, 1892–1963
Tired, Hungry Frenchmen-Heroes of the Trenches Retiring for a Rest After Hours of Ceaseless Fighting
ca. 1918
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7.8 x 7.6 cm (each image)
Mount: 8.6 x 17.8 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2009
2009.0294.0006
Inscriptions recto (printed in black): Keystone View Company / Manufacturers / Publishers / COPYRIGHTED / MADE IN U.S.A. /
Meadville, Pa., New York N.Y. Portland / Oregon. London, Eng., Sydney, Aus. /
18097-Tired, Hungry Frenchmen-Heroes of the Trenches / Retiring for a Rest After Hours of Ceaseless Fighting.
verso (stamped in black): 18
(printed in black): 18097-Tired, Hungry Frenchmen-Heroes of the Trenches Retiring for a Rest After / Hours of Ceaseless Fighting. /
These are the men who have made France / glorious. Their grim courage has been shown / on many a battlefield. At the battle of the / Marne, from August 23 to September 6, they / were "ceaselessly engaged without one single / day's halt or rest of any kind, marching under / a torrid sky, on scorching roads, shoes stuck / to their feet with blood, parched and suffo-/cating with dust, worn out with fatigue, faces black with powder," yet they still fought on, / refusing to retreat, and finally, under Foch (fosh) and Manuary they struck Von Kluck's / flank like a thunderbolt and turned an appar-/ently certain German victory into a great / defeat. [more extended text] /
Copyright by The Keystone View Company.
Meadville, Pa., New York N.Y. Portland / Oregon. London, Eng., Sydney, Aus. /
18097-Tired, Hungry Frenchmen-Heroes of the Trenches / Retiring for a Rest After Hours of Ceaseless Fighting.
verso (stamped in black): 18
(printed in black): 18097-Tired, Hungry Frenchmen-Heroes of the Trenches Retiring for a Rest After / Hours of Ceaseless Fighting. /
These are the men who have made France / glorious. Their grim courage has been shown / on many a battlefield. At the battle of the / Marne, from August 23 to September 6, they / were "ceaselessly engaged without one single / day's halt or rest of any kind, marching under / a torrid sky, on scorching roads, shoes stuck / to their feet with blood, parched and suffo-/cating with dust, worn out with fatigue, faces black with powder," yet they still fought on, / refusing to retreat, and finally, under Foch (fosh) and Manuary they struck Von Kluck's / flank like a thunderbolt and turned an appar-/ently certain German victory into a great / defeat. [more extended text] /
Copyright by The Keystone View Company.
