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Two women on a motorcycle, France, ~1921

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Mothers and children sheltering from German sniper fire, Paris, France, WW2, 1944

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Senegalese soldiers in the French Army on the Western Front, WW1, 1917

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Patrons at Le Monocle, a lesbian nightclub in Paris, France, 1930s?

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French Tchangues (Big Legs), stilt walking shepards who watched over their herds, Gascony/Landes, France, 1936

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Context: These stilts provided a higher vantage point for shepards to keep an eye out for wolves. They also helped with walking through soggy/marshy terrain.

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Barricade of the Paris Commune, March 18, 1871

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Volunteer "Doughnut Girls" preparing treats for the troops in the trenches, Western Front, WW1, 1917 or 1918

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British troops receiving rations from a field kitchen, the Somme, France, WW1, 1916

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Celebrations in free Paris after the fall of the Nazis, France, 1945

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American troops indulging our legendary sweet tooth during some down-time from the trenches, Western Front, WW1, 1918

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American nurses on the beaches of Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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American soldiers riding atop French-made Renault FT tanks, Western Front, WW1, 1918

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British advance in France, WW1, 1917

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American soldiers displaying a German Panzerschreck and the small (but deadly) penetration hole resulting, France, WW2, 1944

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ARL-44 Tanks on parade, France, 1951

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British-recruited Nepali Gurkhas at kit inspection, France, WW1, 1915

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French cavalry patrol, photo colorized, WW1, 1914

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Men of the Harlem Hellfighters decorated with the Croix de guerre by France in WW1 for valor in battle, photo taken postwar, 1919

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Man trying a sample of Coca-Cola, France, 1950

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Autochrome photo of French Zouave infantry, WW1, 1914

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French soldiers in camouflage, WW1, ~1916

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Shepherds on stilts to help traverse marshy ground, Gascony, France, ~1895

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People trying out this newfangled 'Coca-Cola' stuff, France, 1950

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French man tries Coca-Cola for the first time, 1950

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One must imagine a French philosopher happy - Albert Camus dancing, 1950s?

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'Captured' Nazi decoy guns and turrets, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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US soldier in camo heating up some rations, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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Jazz legend Louis Armstrong signing a French punk's head, 1961

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French soldiers with a Chauchat Light Machine Gun, Western Front, WW1, 1918

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Japanese officers and French military advisers, Boshin War, Japan, 1868-1869

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French girl with her cat, 1958 or 1959

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Three Canadian soldiers at Caen, Liberation of France, WW2, 1944 and 1988

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Three Canadian soldiers at Caen, Liberation of France, WW2, 1944 and 1988
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French civilians greeting an American soldier, Liberation of France, WW2, 1944

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French civilians greeting an American soldier, Liberation of France, WW2, 1944
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Autochrome of French cuirassiers, 1913

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Autochrome of French cuirassiers, 1913
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Janet Flanner, pioneering journalist and queer woman, during the Liberation of Paris, with Ernest Hemingway, WW2, 1944

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Janet Flanner, pioneering journalist and queer woman, during the Liberation of Paris, with Ernest Hemingway, WW2, 1944
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British forces during the Normandy Invasion, WW2, 1944

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British forces during the Normandy Invasion, WW2, 1944
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US medics with an injured dog, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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US medics with an injured dog, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944
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320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, a segregated African-American unit, coast of Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, a segregated African-American unit, coast of Normandy, France, WW2, 1944
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