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Keystone View Company French Soldiers Resting in the Trenches

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.112 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 lie, crowded, in a Communicating trench, waiting to relieve those on the front lines.

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