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Keystone View Company Searching the Ruins. "Somewhere in France."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.101 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: France Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

French soldiers search the wreckage of a razed French village, attacked by German forces. No buildings remain, only rubble.

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