[WWI]. [PHOTOGRAPHY]. American Soldier’s Large Photo and Po...

[WWI]. [PHOTOGRAPHY]. American Soldier’s Large Photo and Postcard Album of His Service in France During World War I. [1917-1920]. Oblong 4to. 50 leaves, photos on rectos and versos. Leaves approximately 230 x 350 mm. Photos approximately 125 x 78 mm. Postcards approximately 87 x 139 mm. Bound in contemporary full black levant morocco over limp boards (binding heavily worn, one leaf loose, hinges starting, leaves generally worn, a few photos are loose, photos toned, rubbed, occasionally creased or torn, some wear to postcards, some captions faded). Nearly 432 mounted original albumen snapshots and nearly 173 mounted postcards of scenes in France during the war. Photos feature American soldiers and officers in various locations, including battlefields (not during battles, but during the aftermath of battles); postcards include scenes in France (mainly Paris; postcards also include several scenes of damaged buildings). The original snapshots are on leaves with manuscript captions in white ink. Some captions are as follows: “Group of Yanks near Chaumont Dec 11 17”, “French Indo-China Troops at work on railway Dec 1919”, “Captured German Cannon at Arche de Triomphe de l’Etoilles March 1919”, “German tank disabled on the Hindenberg [sic] Line Near Rheims, France May 1919”, “Corner in Rheims. The whole city of 45,000 houses was in ruins like these May 1919”, “German Dead. Battle of Belleau Woods May 1919”, and many more.