Mission Photograph Album - Europe #03 Page 0082

Mission Photograph Album - Europe #03 Page 0082

1900-1930

Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Missions

Europe

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60789 - Guns cut down much of Belleau Wood. French are picking up broken branches and sawing down the rest of the stumps and using it for firewood. Thousands of cords, thus prepared piled up and along road. Belleau Wood, France

60790 - Guns cut down much of Belleau Wood. French are picking up broken branches and sawing down the rest of the stumps and using it for firewood. Thousands of cords, thus prepared piled up and along road. Belleau Wood, France

60791 - Old lady lives here all alone. Entire house blown up, except front wall and tiny room just big enough for her bed, at one end of the house, and another small room at other end filled with scrapes of her destroyed furniture. All center of house, parlor, sitting room, kitchen, gone. All she could say "Misfortune!"

60792 - Old lady lives here all alone. Entire house blown up, except front wall and tiny room just big enough for her bed, at one end of the house, and another small room at other end filled with scrapes of her destroyed furniture. All center of house, parlor, sitting room, kitchen, gone. All she could say "Misfortune!"

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