<I>5 LES FÊTES DE LA VICTOIRE, 14 JUILLET 1919 – Les Troupes noires.</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1919
name: label: Created by
content: Levy Fils et Cie, French, 1862 - 1920
notes: label: Caption
content: This World War I postcard shows veteran French Senegalese Tirailleurs marching in the July 1919 Victory Parade up the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Most Germans hated having to pay high war reparations and being forced to accept blame for the war. Some also hated that African colonial soldiers were among the French occupying forces.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white collotype postcard depicting troops marching down a street during a victory parade in Paris, France. Bystanders are standing on the side of the street watching. Text at the top of the postcard reads [15 LES FÊTES DE LA VICTOIRE, 14 JUILLET 1919 – Les Troupes noires. – L.L.]. The back of the postcard has [CARTE Postale] in scripted font, above a black line with a center mark consisting of [S] emblem surrounded by a laurel wreath. Beneath the line on the left side is [Correspondance] and [Adresse] on the right.Two vertical lines divide the back down the middle. Written vertically on the left side of the lines is [LEVY FILS ET CIE, PARIS].
place: label: Place captured
content: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
title: label: Title
content: Postcard of WWI Infantry men marching in a Victory parade in France
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: World War I
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.88.1
objectType: label: Type
content: collotypes
label: Type
content: postcards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)