French World War I Photograph Collection

by La Section Photographique De L'Armée

$1,250 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

n.p. n.p, circa 1917 . Engaging group of original WWI French propaganda photographs of soldiers, scenery, refugees, and damage from the front. Very good. Item #40536 Established in 1915 to counter the German photographic propaganda machine, la Section Photographique De L'Armée or SPA was the official photography corps of the French army. Their archives are now part of la Bibliothèque de Documentation Internationale

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