Sidney A. Cook Photographic Collection, 1935 | Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs

Scope and Contents: The Sidney A. Cook Collection contains twelve black and white photographic prints depicting French landscapes in 1935. The prints are all 1” x 1.5” and appear to have been clipped from a contact sheet.  Each print has a handwritten caption on the back.   Images include views of Verdun and Reims, significant locations to an AFS veteran of the First World War.  The American Field Service had helped evacuate the wounded in 1916 at the Battle of Verdun, the lengthiest and largest battle in the First World War.  Reims had its cathedral severely damaged in 1914 and was subject to ongoing German bombardment throughout the war.