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Photograph of integrated American Expeditionary Forces in France

1917-1919

Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Nièvre, France, Europe

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black-and-white photographic print on a cardboard mount depicting a group of soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces serving in France during World War I. Some of the soldiers are sitting on motorcycles. Buildings and vehicles can be seen behind the soldiers. The print is pasted on a card mount with a printed decorative frame around the opening. The photographer's name is printed in the lower left corner and the place of the studio is printed in the lower right corner. Handwritten in graphite on the reverse is the text "2119 G Hamilton".

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Catalog reference: 2014.63.78

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