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(Top) On the road to Bois-le-Prêtre (Bottom) Fontaine du Père Hilarion

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Friends of France: The Field Service of the American Ambulance Described by its Members (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1916) was published by the American Ambulance Field Service during World War I.  The first edition was published in August 1916, and the second edition (in large-paper and regular formats) was published in October in 1916. A French translation of the book was completed in 1917. Both images can be found between pages 78 and 79 in all English editions of the publication. The bottom image is of the Fontaine du Père Hilarion, a spring in   Bois-le-Prêtre where French and German soldiers fraternized in the early days of the war.

Also available as a high resolution JPEG or JPEG 2000. Mat board: 9" x 11.5". Photographs: 4.5" x 2.75".

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American Field Service World War I Photographic Collection, 1910-1987 Series 1: Photographs and Negatives, 1910-1987 (bulk 1915-1917) Subseries 1F: Friends of France Matted Prints, circa 1915-1916 Box 4 Folder 14: (Top) On the road to Bois-le-Prêtre (Bottom) Fontaine du Père Hilarion, undated

Photographed using a Canon EOS 5D Mark II by staff at the Internet Archive in 2013.

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