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Spahis cross boat bridge, Compiegne (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Art Siegel said:
    Seems like there is no reason to omit the word "Boat" on the negative in the caption. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_boats
  • Arden said:
    artolog: Thanks for catching the omission of "boats" in the title. We will add it back in when we update.
  • Wystan said:
    Other Bain/LOC photos of Spahis:
  • Art Siegel said:
    Original photo from Agence Meurisse at Gallica site, published 1914, with caption: Compiègne : un pont de bateaux construit par le Génie Français (boat bridge built by French engineering) Meurisse catalog number at middle left of Bain negative. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90418274
  • Arden said:
    Wystan: Thanks for gathering other images of the Spahis. artolog: Thank you for matching this image with the one from Gallica. We will add more details when we update.

Spahis of Algeria at Furnes (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Wystan said:
    Other Bain photos of Spahis, posted earlier:
  • Art Siegel said:
    An almost identical shot of the same scene elsewhere in the LOC collections:
    On Their Way to the Battlefields of the World War (LOC)

Spahis in camp at Arsy after battle (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsy
  • Art Siegel said:
    Cropped from original in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France's Gallica online collection of photos from Agence Meurisse. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90417805 That photo (which does not have Bain's copyright markings) identifies the Spahis as Moroccan, and the location as Ribecourt, not Arsy. "A Ribecourt : un campement de spahis marocains" Pub. Date 1914
  • Arden said:
    Artolog: Thanks for finding the matching image with differing location information in the Gallica website. Its great to have the men identified as Moroccan and the name of the press agency, Agence Meurisse, who were probably responsible for the image which Bain copied. We will include some of these details in the image description when we update. Seems like the Gallica website may be a fruitful source for more information about some of the Bain World War I images.
  • Wystan said:
    Other Bain/LOC photos of Spahis:
  • shoebomber2010 said:
    Art Siegel GREAT research, Artolog! Great photo. I love the detail and the sense of seeing a 'day in the life of a moroccan soldier'.