Alsace Collection

Map / Europe / Germany 1871
Imperial Germany after the Franco- Prussian War, showing Alsace and Lorraine as part of the country, not to mention huge chunks of Poland in East Prussia

Racial / French Alsace
Four women of Alsace in national costume Date: late 19th century?

Racial / French Alsace
Three people from Alsace in traditional costume Date: late 19th century

Racial / French Alsace
A group of women from Alsace in traditional costume Date: late 19th century

Racial / French Alsace
Three people from Alsace in traditional costume Date: late 19th century

Racial / French Alsace
A group of people from Alsace in traditional costume Date: late 19th century

Map / Europe / Germany 1880S
Map of the German Empire (southern part) after the war with France, including Alsace and Lorraine

Merchants Street, Colmar, Alsace, France - view from the steps of the ancient Custom House circa 1910s

Farmhouse, Orangerie Park, Strassburg (Strasbourg)
Bauernhaus (farmhouse) in the Orangerie Park, Strassburg (Strasbourg) -- at the time in Germany, now in France

Pro-German Alsacienne
ALSACE - A pretty Alsacienne and her German boyfriend smile at a wretched French soldier who asks the way to Bordeaux. Germans claimed that Alsace wanted to be part of Germany

Alsace Festival, 1911
Happy vineyard workers dance through the fields during the fete de vendanges (vineyard festival) in Alsace, France

Support French Alsace - Lorraine
Alsace-Lorraine was the name given to territory that was ceded by France to Germany in 1871 after the Franco-German War.The loss of Alsace-Lorraine was a major cause of anti-German feeling in France

Dassault Mirage IIIC 2-LA
Armee de l'Air - Dassault Mirage IIIC 2-LA (msn 55), of Escadron de Chasse 2 Alsace'. Date: circa 1962

VFW-Fokker 614 D-BABM (msn MG.13), of Air Alsace at the Paris Air Show, on 6 June 1977 at Le Bourget Airport, with airshow serial 312'. Date: 1977

Dassault Mirage F1CT 257 - 30-SD
Armee de l'Air - Dassault Mirage F1CT 257 / 30-SD (msn 257), of EC 1/30 Alsace, at Nordholz Air Base for an air display on 18 August 1996. (Armee de l'Air - French Air Force). Date: 1996

SNIAS SN. 601 Corvette F-BVPE
SNIAS SN.601 Corvette F-BVPE (msn 21), of Air Alsace - Air France, at London Heathrow Airport, on 3 May 1976. Date: 1976

Man and woman of Strasbourg, Alsace, France, 1818. The woman shows her wares on a table in a garden. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being

Peasamt women of the environs of Baden, Germany, 1818. One holds a round shield. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal

Poster, Bugatti cars and autorails

Alsatian peasant woman of Kochersberg, 19th century
Alsatian peasant woman in festival costume, Kochersberg, 19th century. Her bonnet and bodice are embroidered with silver thread. The black cravat is traditional to the town

Free French Air Force Memorial Arromanches
This is in the Place du Groupe d Alsace. The Lorraine and Alsace Groups were part of the FFAF formed by some 200 French pilots in England in July 1940

Women out shopping in traditional costume, Alsace, France
Women out shopping in traditional costume, including the distinctive winged headdress, Alsace, France. Date: 1922

Group of Chasseurs Alpins soldiers, Alsace region, France, specialising in mountain work. Date: 1922

Young woman in traditional costume, Alsace, France
Young woman in traditional Alsatian costume with a distinctive winged headdress with tricolour cockade, and a patterned shawl, Alsace, France. Date: 1922

Soldier reunited with his fiancee, Alsace, France
Soldier reunited with his fiancÚÑáafter the First World War, Alsace, France. He is wearing the uniform of the Chasseurs Alpins

Piper PA-31 Navajo G-BSTI (msn 31-717), of Air Alsace, at London Heathrow Airport. Date: 1970s

Woman of Alsace, 1577.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages (1796)

Human hair market in Alsace 1871
Human hair market in Alsace, France. Date: 1871

DE GAULLE ACROSS RHINE
The French cross the Rhine on 31 March, and a few days later De Gaulle in person is there to celebrate the liberation of Alsace and Lorraine from German occupation Date: April 1945

BENEDICTINE NUN, ALSACE
BENEDICTINE NUN OF MASMUNSTER, Alsace

Buswiller, Alsace, France - Ancient Farmstead and well
Buswiller (German: Busweiler) - a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France - An ancient alsacian homestead / farm courtyard. Date: circa 1905

En Alsace. Georges Scott, (1873-1943). Scott Started His Career In The 1890S And Worked As War Correspondent For The News Magazine L Illustration During The Balkan Wars Of 1912-13

Cartoon, Bismarck and Gambetta. Leon Gambetta, French statesman, is looking for some stolen property (Alsace and Lorraine), which Otto von Bismarck, German Chancellor, is hiding behind his back

Figure of Woman in the Kitchen. ca. 1500 BC - 1100 BC. Mycenaean art. Terra-cotta. FRANCE. ALSACE. BAS-RHIN. Strasbourg. Archaeological Museum. Proc: GREECE. PELOPONNESE. ARCADIA. Mycenae

Vessel (4th c. ). Roman art. Late Empire. Glass
Vessel (4th c.). Roman art. Late Empire. Glass and Crystal. FRANCE. ALSACE. BAS-RHIN. Strasbourg. Archaeological Museum. Proc: FRANCE

Poster advertising Bugatti automobiles and autorails

The Sixtus Affair, fighting over Alsace-Lorraine
Cartoon in Punch magazine entitled Discipline. The blackboard reads France ought to have Alsace-Lorraine Carl referring to the German suspicions that in March 1917 a secret message was sent

Map of Germany, Belgium, France illustrating Armistice
A map illustrating the Armistice at the end of World War One. The black line shows the battle line on Armistice Day, 11th November 1918

General Pau, French army officer, WW1
General Paul Marie Cesar Gerald Pau (1848-1932), French army officer during the early part of the First World War. He was recalled from retirement to command the Army of Alsace. Date: circa 1914

Folk in the traditional costume of Alsace Lorraine Date: circa 1910s

Alsace Lorraine Restored
Alsace and Lorraine are restored to France

Advertisement for Alsace, France
French railways advertisement for Alsace, France. 1946

Alsace by Gaston Leroux and Lucien Camille. First produced at the Theatre Rejane, Paris, November 1913. The German occupation of Alsace had long been an emotional issue for the French

Arrival of the storks to their nest - Strasbourg (now in Alsace, France, then in Germany). Date: circa 1905

The storks lay a precious egg in their nest - Strasbourg (now in Alsace, France, then in Germany). Date: circa 1905

Group photo, SR Colmar football team
Group photo, SR (Sports Reunis) Colmar football team, Alsace, eastern France, founded 1919. Date: 1930s

French Workers Homes
Cites ouvrieres at Mulhouse, Alsace - conveniently close to the factory, yet each with its own garden where vegetables may be cultivated. Date: 1861

Return to Alsace
Enfin de retour - a girl representing Alsace welcomes a French soldier who has toppled the German frontier sign and retaken the department occupied since 1870. Date: 1914

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