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Keystone View Company President Pointcare and Marshall Joffre Visiting Officers' Quarters on the Somme Front.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.082 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

President Raymond Poincare and Marshall Joseph Joffre visit the Officers' Quarters at the Somme camp. In the center, President Poincare and an aide are in conversation. Marshall Joffre, the Commander-in-Chief of the French forces during World War I, stands to the left in a dark uniform.

Joffre, Joseph, fl. 1914-1918
Poincare, Raymond, fl. 1914-1918

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