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Keystone View Company Wrecked Building in Amiens, France

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.218 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Amiens, France Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

This photograph shows absolute destruction of buildings. There are a couple men in this shot. Shells used during the war were strong enough, according to the photograph, to bring entire buildings crumbling down.

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