PBA Galleries

30 gelatin silver prints, mounted one per leaf in an album. Images approx. 16.5x22.5 cm. (6½x9"); album is 31.2x43 cm. (12¼x17"), boards with morocco border, stamped in blind on front cover "Documents de la Section Photographique de l'Armee Francaise," and in gilt above that "Cercle de l'Union a San-Francisco."

The arrival of the United States troops in France in June of 1917 under the command of General John J. Pershing. Pershing is seen walking the deck of the troop ship, saluting his French counterparts upon disembarking, the troops lined up for review on the dock, boarding trains to their training camps, Pershing meeting with French generals, American troops parading through the streets, etc. A very interesting pictorial record of the American Expeditionary Force in France, raw untrained troops who where to turn the tide against the Germans in World War I. Provenance: rubberstamp of Alliance Francaise on front free endpaper.