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Keystone View Company Boyish Germany Prisoners at a Dressing Station, Longpont

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.167 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: s.l. Type: Stereocard Date: 1917-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

A young German soldier, taken prisoner of war, sits on a rock beside a Red Cross worker. In the background are a few other soldiers and a medical attendant.

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