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  • Collection: Coffman Photo Album - AEF

Floyd Wilmer Coffman's life was changed by and he found new purpose in his wartime experience between 1917 and 1919. Wilmer, as he was known, hailed from the hamlet of East Point in Rockingham County, Virginia, where he was born on September 14,…

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Writing on inside of album cover reads "My travels with the AEF carried me from Brut down to St. Maixent in central France there to Tour, there to the Zone of Advance Station, Columbe-le-Belle, there to the 2nd Day Bombing Group on the Meuse River at…

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Caption below image reads "A busy Corner near the Madeline Church. Rue-De-Italian." Image shows several cars and people on a busy street with the Grands Magasins du Louvre department store in the background.

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Caption above image reads "American Y.M.C.A Refreshment Station for allied soldiers." Image shows a street with several parked cars. A tram is visible in the background and the enterence to the YMCA is on the other side of the street from the…

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Caption to the left of image reads "A typical "Metro" or Paris Subway Station enterence (sic)." The image shows an enterence to a metro station on the edge of a park.

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Caption to the right of image reads "Another busy Subway enterance (sic) near the Palais Royale. A portion of the Louve Department Store can be seen in the immediate background."

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Caption near image reads "Captured German Tank and Cannon in the Place de Concorde shown at side and top of page." Image shows a captured German Cannon.

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Caption near image reads "Captured German Tank and Cannon in the Place de Concorde shown at side and top of page." Image shows a captured German Tank with several artillery guns next to it.

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Caption near image reads "Captured German Tank and Cannon in the Place de Concorde shown at side and top of page." Image shows a captured German cannons placed around the Place De La Concorde with the Luxor Obelisk visible.

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Caption below image reads "Victory Arch." Image shows the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel from the left front.

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Caption below image reads "The Seine." The image shows the Saint-Jacques Tower from The Seine. The Pont au Change bridge is visible.

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Caption below image reads "Wall at Versaille where the first constitution of the French Republic was Written." Image shows a room at the Versaille Palace with Jacques-Loius David's Serment Du Jeu De Paume painting visible on the wall at the back of…

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Caption below image reads "In The Shopping district." The image shows a Rue Saint Honore with cars on it with a portion of the Grands Magasins du Louvre visible.

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Caption above image reads "The Beautiful Paris Opera." The image shows the front of the Palais Garnier Opera House.

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Caption below image reads "An aged French "newsboy."

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Caption to right of image reads "Typical Paris Café scenes. The chair and tables sit right on the street." Image shows The Hotel Scribe with a café on the first floor.

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Caption to right of image reads "Typical Paris Café
scenes. The chair and tables sit right on the street." Image shows a café with outside seating with several men sitting at one of the tables.

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Image shows the front of the Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris.

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Image shows an unnamed street in Paris with several pedestrians crossing the street and a horse drawn cart and a electric tram visible on it.

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Caption to right of image reads "German wire entanglement on the Hindenburg Line near Da".

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Caption to left of image reads "Direct hit of a an Amercan 155 shell on a German Billet . Charey France." Caption below image reads "Corporal Chester Clark, Marshfield, Oregon." Image shows Corporal Clark standing in a hole in the German Billet.

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Caption above image reads "The Wilson Escort." Caption near image reads "These views show scenes of a famous war painting in Paris depicting the activites of the Allied armies during the four years of war to its finish. The exhibit is in a special…

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Caption below image reads "The British Group." Caption near image reads "These views show scenes of a famous war painting in Paris depicting the activites of the Allied armies during the four years of war to its finish. The exhibit is in a special…

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Caption to the right of image reads "Mourning." Caption near image reads "These views show scenes of a famous war painting in Paris depicting the activites of the Allied armies during the four years of war to its finish. The exhibit is in a special…

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Caption near image reads "These views show scenes of a famous war painting in Paris depicting the activites of the Allied armies during the four years of war to its finish. The exhibit is in a special building erected specifically for it. By a…

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Caption above image reads"The French Legion" Caption near image reads "These views show scenes of a famous war painting in Paris depicting the activites of the Allied armies during the four years of war to its finish. The exhibit is in a special…

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Caption next to image reads "Statue of the 'Venus de Milo' in The Louvre Art Gallery in Paris."

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Captions next to image read "Famous statue of 'The Thinker' by Rodin the celebrated French sculptor" and "Paris."

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Caption next to image reads "Spad Aeroplane in Invalides Palace used by a famous French ace in shooting down a lot of Huns." The image shows an airplane hanging in a room with a painting visible on the wall next to it.

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Caption next to image reads "Statuary group in the Palace Gardens at Versailles." Image a large rock which have been cut into. There are several statues situated on different parts of the rock.
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