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Keystone View Company The World Renowned Cathedral at Reims, France, Ruined by the Germans.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.087 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: s.l. Type: Stereocard Date: 1914 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

A view of the buttresses and steeples of the Cathedral of Reims, which was shelled by German troops as they left the city. The cathedral was used as a hospital during wartime.

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