LA FAYETTE'S TOMB PICPUS CEMETERY PARIS FRANCE 1918 BRANGER ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH

Description

En présence de Mr. Wallace ambassadeur d'Amérique, du Général Pershing et de Mr. Tardieu, on dépose des couronnes sur la tombe de La Fayette.

 

Description: Original rare vintage photograph featuring a. solemn wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the Marquis de La Fayette, located in the Picpus Cemetery in Paris.
 
The period caption in French describes the event, highlighting the presence of important political and military figures from the World War I era:
 
Hugh Campbell Wallace: The United States Ambassador to France (1919–1921).
 
John J. Pershing: The renowned General commanding the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in Europe.
 
André Tardieu: A prominent French political figure, three-time Prime Minister, and a close associate of Georges Clemenceau during the Paris Peace Conference.
 
The Picpus Cemetery plays a key role in Franco-American diplomatic relations. Since the United States' entry into World War I in 1917, American and French delegations have chosen this symbolic place to pay homage to Lafayette, hero of the American Revolutionary War. It was in front of this tomb that the famous historic phrase was uttered on July 4, 1917: "Lafayette, we are here!".
 
Date: 1918 ( undated )

Dimensions: Photograph size approx.: cm 17,9 x 13,1

Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Sheet uncolored.  Conditions are as you can see in the images.

 

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