Debris Collection (#6)

L'Eglise de Louppy-le Chateau (Meuse), 1914. Creator: Unknown
L'Eglise de Louppy-le Chateau (Meuse), 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Stone pool in ruined courtyard

Les ruines de Sermaize-les-Bains (Marne), 1914. Creator: Pierre Vignal
Les ruines de Sermaize-les-Bains (Marne), 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Le sac de Senlis; La rue Belion, a Senlis, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Le sac de Senlis; La rue Belion, a Senlis, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Les Combats Devant Soissons; L'eglise de Crouy, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Les Combats Devant Soissons; L'eglise de Crouy, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Les Combats Devant Soissons; Les ruines de la distillerie de Vauxrot, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Les Combats Devant Soissons; Les ruines de la distillerie de Vauxrot, entre Soissons et Cuffies, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Les Combats Devant Soissons; L'interieur du Palais, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Les Combats Devant Soissons; L'interieur du Palais, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Nos regions Devastees; Les ruines de Sermaize-les Bains, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Nos regions Devastees; Les ruines de Sermaize-les Bains: cette petite ville d'eaux de 3, 000 habitants, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I"

A Perthes-les Hurlus; Une maison et la rue de l'Eglise a Perthes-les Hurlus, 1915. Creator: Unknown
A Perthes-les Hurlus; Une maison et la rue de l'Eglise a Perthes-les Hurlus, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Les Combats Devant Soissons; La cour du Palais de Justice incendie, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Les Combats Devant Soissons; La cour du Palais de Justice incendie, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Un chef-d'oeuvre de destruction; Une rue de la petite ville d'Albert (Somme), 1914. Creator: Unknown
Un chef-d'oeuvre de destruction; Une rue de la petite ville d'Albert (Somme) bombardee depuis le 23 septembre, avant que la bataille l'eut encore atteinte, 1914

Premieres visions de Guerre; Au cours de son avance, l'ennemi s'exaspere de la resistance qu'il rencontre, 1914

La pris de Clery-sur-Somme (3 septembre); Clery et son eglise dans les brouillards de matin, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La pris de Clery-sur-Somme (3 septembre); Clery et son eglise dans les brouillards de matin, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

La pris de Clery-sur-Somme (3 septembre); Entrée principale et ruines de l'eglise, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La pris de Clery-sur-Somme (3 septembre); Entree principale et ruines de l'eglise, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

La pris de Clery-sur-Somme (3 septembre); Lisiere Sud de Clery: vue sur les marais, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La pris de Clery-sur-Somme (3 septembre); Lisiere Sud de Clery: vue sur les marais, vers Ommiecourt-les-Clery, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Contrastes sur le front de la Somme; Un fortin allemand pres du Bois de Hem, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Contrastes sur le front de la Somme; Un fortin allemand pres du Bois de Hem, demoli par notre artillerie, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Les destructions de monuments a Reims; Premier etage de l'Hotel-Dieu de Reims, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les destructions de monuments a Venise et a Reims; Premier etage de l'Hotel-Dieu vu de l'arrivee du grand escalier: au fond

Les destructions de monuments a Venise et a Reims; L'Hotel-Dieu de Reims, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les destructions de monuments a Venise et a Reims; L'Hotel-Dieu de Reims apres le bombardement et l'incendie du 11 aout: l'escalier Louis XVI a double revolution

Les destructions de monuments a Venise; Interieur de l'eglise Santa-Maria Formosa, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les destructions de monuments a Venise et a Reims; Interieur de l'eglise Santa-Maria Formosa, apres le bombardement de Venise par les avions autrichiens, le 9 aout, 1916

Vue prise d'une fenetre de la "Maisonnette"sur des batiments en ruines, ou les Allemands... 1916
Vue prise d'une fenetre de la "Maisonnette"sur des batiments en ruines, ou les Allemands etablirent leur premiere ligne quand le chateau fut occupe par nos troupes, 1916

La croix d'Avocourt: restee debout au milieu du village aneanti, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La croix d'Avocourt: restee debout au milieu du village aneanti, elle semble avoir protege la fontaine qui distribue l'eau fraiche a nos soldats, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

La Bataille de la Somme; Etat actuel du chateau de la Maisonnette, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La Bataille de la Somme; Etat actuel du chateau de la Maisonnette, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

La Bataille de la Somme; Dans les ruines de Biaches, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La Bataille de la Somme; Dans les ruines de Biaches: au centre, derriere le poteau du telegraphe, une petite chapelle dont les Allemands avaient fait un reduit puissamment fortifie, 1916

Le Christ aux ruines; La nef, envahie deja par les plantes sauvages, d'une eglise, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Le Christ aux ruines; La nef, envahie deja par les plantes sauvages, d'une eglise de village derriere le front de bataille de la Somme, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Demolition of the Halle aux bles (wheat exchange), 1888. Creator: Henri Ferdinand Bellan
Demolition of the Halle aux bles (wheat exchange), 1888

Arkady, Frances Benjamin Johnston House, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1945. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Arkady, Frances Benjamin Johnston House, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1945. Patio court before renovation, 1132 Bourbon St. New Orleans, Louisiana

Ruins of Hill house, Scott's Hill, Falmouth, 1928. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Ruins of Hill house, Scott's Hill, Falmouth, 1928. Photograph shows stones and bits of lumber scattered on the ground, all that remains of Frank Hill's old house at Scott's Hill

Explosion on Board HMS "Cordelia", 1891. Creator: Unknown. Explosion on Board HMS "Cordelia", 1891
Explosion on Board HMS "Cordelia"; the Bursting of a Gun, scene of the accident on Upper Deck, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

Interieur de l'Hotel de Ville d'Ypres. c1915. Creator: Francois Flameng
Interieur de l'Hotel de Ville d'Ypres, c1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916"

Mort du député Alphonse Baudin le 3 décembre 1851, 1902. Creator: Jean-Paul Laurens
Mort du depute Alphonse Baudin le 3 decembre 1851, 1902

L'Eglise des Feuillants en démolition, c1804. Creator: Hubert Robert
L'Eglise des Feuillants en demolition, c1804

Ruins of Tuileries, after the fire of 1871. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of Tuileries, after the fire of 1871

La chapelle de la Sorbonne avecla voûte de la nef effondrée, c1800. Creator: Hubert Robert
La chapelle de la Sorbonne avecla voute de la nef effondree, c1800

La Démolition de l'église Saint-Jean-en-Grève, en 1800, c1800. Creator: Hubert Robert
La Demolition de l'eglise Saint-Jean-en-Greve, en 1800, c1800

Ruins at Varna, after the recent fire, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Ruins at Varna, after the recent fire, 1854. Crimean War. Varna, which is one of the dirtiest labyrinths of modern times, was very nearly destroyed by the recent fire

Clearing the colonnade of the Louvre, 1764. Creator: Unknown
Clearing the colonnade of the Louvre, 1764

Demolition of the Palais de l'Industrie, in the Champs-elysees, 1899. Creator: Eugene Trigoulet
Demolition of the Palais de l'Industrie, in the Champs-elysees, 1899

Ruins of the former abbey of Montmartre, known as the lower abbey, c1840. Creator: Felicie Tiger
Ruins of the former abbey of Montmartre, known as the lower abbey, c1840

Interior view of ruins of the old Court of Auditors, Quai d'Orsay, 1888. Creator: Georges Rouard
Interior view of ruins of the old Court of Auditors, Quai d'Orsay, 1888

Interior of Saint-Gervais church, after the bombing of Good Friday, March 29, 1918. Creator: Alice Mallaivre
Interior of Saint-Gervais church, after the bombing of Good Friday, March 29, 1918

Plaster Kiln in Montmartre, 1834. Creator: Henri Arsene Macaire
Plaster Kiln in Montmartre, 1834

Episode of July 29, 1830, in the morning, 1831. Creator: Paul Claude-Michel Carpentier
Episode of July 29, 1830, in the morning, 1831

View of Quai de Gesvres during demolition of houses at the Pont au Change, c1788. Creator: Pierre-Antoine Demachy
View of Quai de Gesvres during demolition of houses at the Pont au Change, c1788

Saint-Germain fair after a fire of the night of March 16 to 17, 1762, c1762. Creator: Pierre-Antoine Demachy
Saint-Germain fair after a fire of the night of March 16 to 17, 1762, c1762

Clearance of the Louvre colonnade, c1755. Creator: Pierre-Antoine Demachy
Clearance of the Louvre colonnade, c1755

Clearance of the Louvre colonnade, 1764. Creator: Pierre-Antoine Demachy
Clearance of the Louvre colonnade, 1764

Clearance of the colonnade at the Louvre, c1756. Creator: Pierre-Antoine Demachy
Clearance of the colonnade at the Louvre, c1756

Ruins of the Great Fire in Mark-Lane - sketched from Seething-Lane, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Great Fire in Mark-Lane - sketched from Seething-Lane, [in the City of London], 1850. The three warehouses belonging to Mr. Joseph Barber...burned down, were insured by Mr

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