COLLECTION NAME:
J. Patras WWI Photographs
Record
Title:
Fort de Nogent l'Abbesse
Description:
R.2. 'Fort' of Nogent l'Abbesse North Reims, occupied by the boche 4 years, damaged by our heavy artillery. Octob.1918. A soldier wearing a medic's armband stands in the middle foreground beside a planked ramp outside an arched doorway of the wall built in the hillside. A second soldier stands farther back, near the image's center, where rubble and caved-in dirt fill a broken portion of the wall. In the background walls are braced with logs extending from their facades to the opposite hillside.
Date/Date Range:
1914-1918
Photographer/Studio/Creator :
Patras, J.
Keyword(s)--Subject(s) :
World War, 1914-1918; Forts and fortifications
Keyword(s)--Location(s) :
France; Reims (France)
Original Size:
18.18 x 12.97
Original Format:
Black/White Print
Digital Object Identifier:
283-00058
RG Number/MS Number:
MS 283
Collection Title:
J. Patras, World War I Photographs
Collection Creator:
J. Patras
Collection Collector:
J. Patras
Repository:
Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Containers:
B1, Group R
Original Item Number:
283-58
Copyright Ownership:
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Digitization Date:
2007, Jul. 31
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Publisher:
Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Digital Collection Title:
J. Patras WWI Photographs
