ORIGINAL- WW1 US ARMY at NAPOLEON'S PONTANEZEN BARRACKS FRANCE YARD LONG PHOTO

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ORIGINAL- WW1 US ARMY at * NAPOLEON'S PONTANEZEN BARRACKS BREST FRANCE YARD LONG PHOTO c1918-1919 FRAMED
RARE (PANORAMIC VIEW) OF THE WW1 US ARMY at * NAPOLEON'S PONTANEZEN BARRACKS BREST FRANCE.
U.S. ARMY SOLDIERS STAND IN A CHOW LINE WITHIN NAPOLEON'S OLD BARRACKS HE USED DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. MANY FINE DETAILS CAN BE SEEN IN THE YARD LONG TYPE PHOTOGRAPH IN ITS ORIGINAL FRAME UNDER GLASS.
AT THE FRONT LOWER LEFT CORNER IN THE NEGATIVE IS THE CAPTION:
THOMPSON
ILLUSTRAGRAPH
Co.
PETERSBURG
VA. (VIRGINIA)
AT THE FRONT LOWER CENTER IN THE NEGATIVE IS THE CAPTION:
NAPOLEON'S PONTANEZEN BARRACKS BREST FRANCE
IMAGE TAKEN
c1918-1919.
PHOTO PUBLISHED c1919
Photo condition is Very Fine with some light surface cracks on the left side and some damp staining and the right edge.
(please see pictures)
Focus is sharp with very good focus.
Sepia.
Frame condition is fine with handling and wear consistent with its 103 years.
The outer frame measures 8 1/2" x 35 5/8".
(please see pictures)
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*
Camp
P
ontanezen several miles outside the city of Brest
France
. Pontanezen Barracks, is where the camp took its name. Napoleon Bonaparte (b.1769-d.1821) had housed troops and prisoners in them.