Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

French War Commission at Lincoln's Tomb, Springfield, Illinios
1914-1918
Keystone View Company
USA: Pennsylvania, Meadville
Photograph on paper mounted on board
overall: 3-1/2"h x 7"w x 1/4"d
Gift of Karen Jacobsen Lenthall
2014.074.24

Black and white stereocard photograph of French War Commission in Springfield, Illinois, after World War I. Title is stamped in black at bottom right and reads "18335--Marshall Joffre, Viviani, Chocheprat and Fabry--French War Commission--With Gov. Lowden and State Officials at Tomb of Lincoln, Springfield, Ill." Mounted on a dark gray card. Double image of group of about twenty men in front of a large stone facade that is President Abraham Lincoln's tomb. An American flag and French flag hang in the background. Stamped in black on the ends of the card is "Keystone View Company / Copyrighted / Manufacturers Made in U.S.A. Publishers" and "Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y., Portland, / Oregon, London, Eng., Syndney, Aus." Printed in black on back is title and detailed description of image.