Armistice after World War I

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20044385

Description

Copy of a print from "The War of the Nations," printed by the New York Times. The image shows the German and Allied delegates standing outside of a railroad car on a line near Compiegne, France. Generalissimo Ferdinand Foch, carrying portfolio, is surrounded by staff officers of the German delegation. In the railroad car is where the conference took place in which armistice terms were discussed to end World War I. Text below the image reads (partially obscured): "Marshal Foch, carrying the signed armistice...to take the train for Paris."

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

Foch, Ferdinand; Compiegne forest; Railroad cars; Railroad trains; Armistice Day; World War, 1914-1918