Armistice after World War I

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20044384

Description

Copy of print of a French war map from "The War of the Nations," printed by the New York Times. On the map is a star indicating the exact place near Rethondes, France, where the armistice with Germany was signed on November 11, 1918, which ended World War I. Text below the map reads: "Star on map indicates the exact place near Rethondes, France, where the armistice with Germany was signed." A part of another map of France is shown above (photograph cropped), and the text below it says: "Map showing the distance traveled by German armistice envoys from Spa to Compiegne."

Archival Date

1940-06-21

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1193

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White;Copy of Original Image

File Format

JPG

Rights

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License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Subjects

Maps; France; World War, 1914-1918; Armistice Day