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Distant view of Montfaucon, France


Title	Distant view of Montfaucon, France
Date of Original	1918?
Description	The city of Monfaucon France is visible in the distance. War damage to the landscape is visible in the foreground.
Ordering Information	http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html
General Subject	Military Rural views
Subject (LCTGM)	War damage Trees Dirt roads
Subject (LCSH)	World War, 1914-1918
Location	Montfaucon (Meuse, France)
Decade	1910-1919
Item Number	10895-1-3-05
Format of Original	Photographic prints
Transcription	"In the distance in [is] Montfaucon. It took two days and nights of hard fighting to take this place. I viewed it from the point this picture was taken a number of times while we were forcing the Germans out."--Handwritten on back of photograph.
Notes	Photographer unknown. Title created by staff.
Relation	[Is Part Of] North Dakota History textbook materials
Biography/History	Montfaucon was a town in the midst of the battle of the Meuse-Argonne in World War I.
Repository Institution	State Historical Society of North Dakota
Repository Collection	Howard R. Huston Papers, Mss 10895
Collection Finding Aid	Consult http://www.history.nd.gov/archives/manuscripts/inventory/10895.html
Credit Line	State Historical Society of North Dakota (10895-1-3-05)
Rights Management	Copyright transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota.
Digital ID	sh108951305
OCLC number	77210679

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