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"The Four Minute Men were a nation wide organization of public speakers under Government control during the period of America's participation in the World War Although the idea and early plans for the Four Minute Men originated in Chicago in the early part of April 1917 the work officially became a division of the Committee on Public Information on June 16 1917 when the national headquarters were removed to Washington The national organization and all its branches ended official existence on December 241 1918 Between these dates the Four Minute Men of America numbering about 75,000 speakers throughout 37 speaking campaigns delivered over 750,000 speeches to audiences totalling 315,000,000 persons The speeches were delivered almost exclusively in the motion picture theatres of the country during four minute intermissions The work was organized in 7,448 cities and towns including every State in the Union." books.google.com/books?id=SvQ-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA43&lp...

Description from Catalogue of Photographs and Stereopticon Slides , March 1 to June 1, 1918 " 4181 SATURDAY NIGHT IN FRANCE The Army scrub as undergone by our boys in France" Catalogue of Photographs and Stereopticon Slides United States Committee on Public Information. Division of pictures U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918 books.google.com/books?id=DYxDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA25&lp... French government archive dates picture as 3/19/18,, with caption: "Une méthode pour se laver loin d'être habituelle" [An unusual method for washing] www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/memsmn_fr?ACTION=RETRO...

From "Catalogue of official A.E.F. photographs", Published 1919 "4181 The Bath, Fifth Marines, St. Nazaire, France." archive.org/stream/cu31924027944598#page/n153/mode/2up

Thanks Art Siegel. we will add the location and other details to the description.

This is CPI photo 4177, at French Gov't. CPI photo archive with date of 3-24-18, and caption: "Jour de visite dans un camp américain. Les problèmes de langage disparaissent vite, à l'aide de sourires et autres gestes d'affection." [visiting day in an American camp. Language problems disappear quickly, with smiles and other gestures of affection] www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/memsmn_fr?ACTION=RETRO...

Art Siegel: Thanks. We will add the full caption next time we update.

From "Catalogue of official A.E.F. photographs", Published 1919 "4177. Visitors in Camp. Fifth Marines, St. Nazaire, France." archive.org/stream/cu31924027944598#page/n153/mode/2up

Thanks Art Siegel: We will add the location and other details to the description.