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ORIGINAL!RARE! WW1 U.S. MARINE CORPS 2ND INF. DIVISION DURING BATTLE OF BELLEAU WOOD PHOTO
RARE! WW1 U.S. MARINE CORPS 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION MARINES DURING THE BATTLE OF BELLEAU WOOD. OFFICIAL PHOTO.WORLD WAR ONE DURING THE BATTLE OFBELLEAU WOOD (FRANCE). AT U.S. MARINE HEADQUARTERS COMPANYIN A BOMBED OUT BUILDING, A MILITARY CARRIER PIGEON RECENTLY ARRIVEDWITH A MESSAGE ATTACHED FROM THE FRONT LINES. A U.S. MARINE REMOVES THE MESSAGE PREPARING TO HAND IT OFF TO ONE OF 2 MARINES (ONE WEARING A P-1917 U.S. MARINE CORPS JACKET). A DISPATCH RIDER ON HIS MUD SPLATTERED HARLEY DAVISON WITH SIDE CAR STANDS BY TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE TO DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS.
CONDITION IS EXTREMELYFINE THROUGHOUT WITH SOME VERY LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 106 YEARS.
PERIOD HAND OPAQUE ID'd IN THE LOWER LEFT NEGATIVE:
(X) 11365
PERIOD HAND TYPED CAPTION ON A LABEL ON THE LOWER FRONT MARGIN:
11365 - MOTOR CYCIES - A Motor cycle dispatch rider leaving Head-
quarters , ........, France .......... U.S.Marines in France.
U. S. Marines in France.
PERIOD ID'D AND DATE STAMPED ON THE REVERSE:
RELEASED BY
Committee Pub. Inf.
JUL 1. 1918
NOTICE
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Thisphotograph is sold on the express
condition that it is for private collection
purposes only.It is NOT to be used for
publication.Copyrighted by Committee on
Public Information.
Duplicate prints obtainable from
DIVISION OF PICTURES,
Committee on Public Information,
10 Jackson Place,
Washington, D. C.
SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST.
DIMENSIONS: 6 1/2" x 8 7/16"
(please see pictures)
THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY.
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