FRENCH ARMY, officers, parades, soldiers, monuments, 1932/35 - Lot 264

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FRENCH ARMY, officers, parades, soldiers, monuments, 1932/35 - Lot 264
FRENCH ARMY, officers, parades, soldiers, monuments, 1932/35 13 photos by Henri Manuel, vintage silver prints Captioned (with dates) on all backs and stamped on some Dimensions: 13 x 18 cm each Annotations on images. Sign of ageing on one photo. Note: A set of photographs dedicated to the French army, dating from 1932 to 1935, including officers, military parades, official ceremonies and commemorative monuments. These images bear witness to the public and ceremonial events associated with the military institution in interwar France. During this period, military ceremonies, parades and commemorations played an important role in public life, particularly in the context of the memory of the First World War and the central role of the army in French society. The photographs are by photographer Henri Manuel (1874-1947), whose Paris studio produced numerous press reports on political, social and military events in the first half of the XXᵉ century. This set is a visual testimony to the military iconography and official ceremonies of the period.
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