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Keystone View Company German Prisoners Well Housed, near Belleau Woods, France.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.237 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Germany Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

German prisoners of war lined up against a barbed wire fence outside of their barracks in a prison camp.

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