Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Postcard, Picture |
Scope & Content |
Postcards Removed From Joseph Dutilh WWII Scrapbook, Page 4, 1944. Page contains three black-and-white postcards from Argentan, France. One shows a chateau's chapel and the other two show interiors of a church or cathedral. "L.L. 26 ARGENTAN La Chapelle du Chateau et Rue Laulour-Labroise" (on front of postcard A); "L.L. 19 ARGENTAN Interieur de l'Eglise Saint-Germain" (on front of postcard B) |
Date |
c. 1941-1945 |
Catalog Number |
2017.045.001.4A-C |
Extent of Description |
Items removed from acidic scrapbook page (which was discarded) by Curator Dana Neitzel. Original scrapbook page 15.5 x 12.5 |
Collection |
Archival Collection |
Notes |
"During World War II, the city [OF ARGENTAN, FRANCE] was almost totally destroyed. On 5 June 1944, on the eve of the Allied D-Day landing on the beaches of Normandy, the city suffered an important air raid in which the train station was destroyed.[2] The city suffered further damage when it was bombed on 6 and 7 June by B-17 and B-24 bombers of the U.S. Eighth Air Force.[3] The greatest part of the city was, however, left in ruins two and half months later, at the end of August, during the battle of the Argentan-Falaise Pocket. The U.S. Third Army, under the command of general George S. Pattonliberated Argentan after eight days of violent combat against the German 9th Panzer Division and the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich. The U.S. 80th Infantry Division liberated the city in the morning of 20 August." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentan] |
Search Terms |
Dutilh, Joseph V. World War II World War Two WWII Photography |
Subjects |
Photograph albums Postal cards World War II Photographic postcards Photography |
People |
Dutilh, Joseph V. |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the Estate of Alice Dutilh |