Spahi Convoy in Forest of Compiegne (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Spahi Convoy in Forest of Compiegne
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the
negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.17652
Call Number: LC-B2- 3274-13
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bior added this photo to their favorites. (13 months ago)
George (13 months ago | reply)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spahi - Light cavalry regiments in the French Army.
artolog (13 months ago | reply)
Hi, George!
Bain collection has two copies of this same Agence Meurisse photo. Here is the other one:
From Meurisse photo at Gallica site (pub. date 1914), caption is:
"les Spahis Marocains traversant la forêt de Compiègne"
[Moroccan Spahis crossing the forest of Compiègne ]
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90418526
jsewell added this photo to their favorites. (13 months ago)
Anne (LOC P&P) (13 months ago | reply)
artolog: Thanks for linking us to the other copy of this image, and to the original caption and date. We'll include some of this info next time we update.