The towers of the cathedral in Reims.
Picture made in 1917.

Reims was one of the most beautiful cities of France, until hit by bombardment after bombardment.
This picture, made in 1917, shows the university area. In the background stands the cathedral, heavily damaged.

A soldier's lunch at the Place Royal in the city of Reims, France.
Picture made in 1917.

Group of French soldiers in front of the entry of a shelter.
Picture made in 1917, near the village Hirtzbach on the frontline in Northern France.

Senegalese French soldiers.
Picture made near the village of Baschwiller, North-Eastern France, 1917

French soldiers having soup.
Picture made near the village of Largitzen, Northern France, 1917.

French trench.
Photographer unknown. Picture made c. 1916.

Group of French soldiers in front of a destroyed house, near the village of Eglingen in the French department of Haut-Rhin.
Picture made in June 1917.

Senegalese soldiers washing their linen in troughs on a farmyard near Saint-Ulrich.
Picture made in June 1917.

French soldiers doing a wash in troughs.

French soldiers doing a wash near a source.

Shirts and towels drying in the sun.

Entry of an Observation Post. In front of the entry, there is a panel indicating "Bowels of César".
Picture made near the village of Hirtzbach, 1917.

Landscape on the frontline.
Picture made in 1916/

French observator in a trench of the first line.
Picture made in June 1917, near the village of Hirtzbach, Northern France.

Heure de Repos: Resting hour. A group of Senegalese soldiers take a brake during a long march.
Picture made in June 1917, near the village of Saint-Ulrich.

Unknown prototype. The picture was taken outside the Farman aircraft factory in France. Some specialists doubt whether this plane ever advanced much beyond this prototype stage.

Picture made inside the Farman aircraft factory, 1917.

Looking out from Observation Station 26, on the frontline near the village of Eglingen in Northern France.
Picture made in 1917.

Soldiers have been using the cemetery next to the church of Gildwiller to bury their fallen comrades.
Picture made in 1917.

Just behind the trenches of the first line. A soldier is having his hair cut. The others wait for their turn.
In the middle the entry of a shelter. On the slope with barbed wire there is a sign announcing Line of resistance.
Picture made near the village of Hirtzbach, 1917.

The church of Seppois, Northeastern France, after a heavy bombardment.
Picture made in 1917.

The sun shines in the destroyed church.
Picture made in 1917.

German Prisoners-of-War look on how French soldiers do their punishment duty.
Photograph made in 1915

Three French soldiers in observation behind sand bags.
Picture made near Hirtzbach, 1917.

Soldiers in front of a theatre tent, 1917.
Picture made near Saint-Ulrich.

Girl playing with her doll.
Picture made in 1917 in Reims.

Sar Tinder from Senegal, soldier of the 7th regiment of artillery.
Picture made on June 22, 1917 near the village of Ballersdorf in Northern France.