The Snapshots in Time Collection

Rural Landscape with Village Church Spire - WWI-Era Negative, England or France

Rural Landscape with Village Church Spire - WWI-Era Negative, England or France

A rural landscape scene, likely photographed in England or France circa 1917-1918 by a serviceman connected to Scott Field, Illinois, a major U.S. Army Air Service training installation during World War I. The damaged original negative reflects the fragile survival of personal wartime photography a century later. Project: 218366