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| 1. |  | Adolphe Braun 1871 Maison à St Cloud [House at St Cloud] [Paris - 1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker |
| 2. |  | Adolphe Braun 1871 Ruines du Château de St Cloud [Ruins of the Château of St Cloud] [Paris - 1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker |
| 3. |  | Adolphe Braun 1871 Ruines du Château de St Cloud [Ruins of the Château of St Cloud] [Paris - 1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker |
| 4. |  | Adolphe Braun 1871 Ruines du Château de St Cloud [Ruins of the Château of St Cloud] [Paris - 1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker |
| 5. |  | Adolphe Braun 1871 Ruines du Château de St Cloud [Ruins of the Château of St Cloud] [Paris - 1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker |
| 6. |  | Adolphe Braun 1871 Ruines du Château de St Cloud [Ruins of the Château of St Cloud] [Paris - 1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker |
| 7. |  | Adolphe Braun 1871 Ruines du Château de St Cloud [Ruins of the Château of St Cloud] [Paris - 1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker |
| 8. |  | Adolphe Braun 1871 St Cloud, la place [St Cloud, the square] [Paris - 1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker |
| 9. |  | Adolphe Braun 1871 St Cloud, rue de l'Eglise [Paris - 1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker |
| 10. |  | Adolphe Braun 1871 Pont du Chemin de fer à Argenteuil [Railway bridge at Argenteuil] [Paris - 1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker This bridge was painted by Claude Monet in 1873. |
| 11. |  | Adolphe Braun 1871 Interieur des hautes Bruyéres et Viaduc d'Arceuil [Paris - 1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker |
| 12. |  | Adolphe Braun 1871 Interieur des Htes. Bruythres [Paris - 1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker |
| 13. |  | Adolphe Braun 1871 Château de Rosny [Paris - 1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker Rosny-sur-Seine lies a short distance from Paris on the road to Rouen. |
| 14. |  | Adolphe Braun 1871 Pont de Champigny [Paris - 1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker Champign-sur-Marne lies approximately 8 miles from the centre of Paris. |
| 15. |  | Adolphe Braun 1871 Asnieres, chemin de fer [Asnieres, the railway] [Paris - 1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker AsniÞres-sur-Seine is a northwestern suburb of Paris, a little under five miles from the centre of the city. |
| 16. |  | Adolphe Braun 1870-1871 Belfort le Château, vue prise du Glacis. [the castle at Belfort, seen from the glacis] [Théâtre de la Guerre, 1870-1871] Albumen print 6.3 in x 7.4 in (159 mm by189 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker A glacis in military engineering is an artificial slope of earth in front of works such as fortifications, so constructed as to keep any potential assailant under the fire of the defenders to the last possible moment. |
| 17. |  | Adolphe Braun 1870-1871 Belfort - les hautes et basses perches [Belfort - the high and low redouts] [Théâtre de la Guerre, 1870-1871] Albumen print 6.3 in x 7.4 in (159 mm by189 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker Les Perches at Belfort were the name of a geographical feature, ridges on which redoubts were situated. |
| 18. |  | Adolphe Braun 1870-1871 Belfort, vue générale [Belfort, general view] [Théâtre de la Guerre, 1870-1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker Despite being besieged and heavily bombarded by German forces, Belfort did not succumb until it was formally surrendered at the time of the general armistice. The buildings seen in the foreground of this photograph show some of the damage caused by the German bombardment of the town. |
| 19. |  | Adolphe Braun 1870-1871 Belfort, Le Fort de la Justice [Théâtre de la Guerre, 1870-1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker Along with the castle and the Fort de La Motte, the Fort de La Justice formed an important part of the defensive system at Belfort. |
| 20. |  | Adolphe Braun 1870-1871 Belfort, Les forts de la Justice et la Miotte [Théâtre de la Guerre, 1870-1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker The Fort de La Motte and the Fort de La Justice formed part of the defensive system at Belfort. |
| 21. |  | Adolphe Braun 1870-1871 Belfort, vue prise de la terrasse du Château vers les forts de la Justice et la Miotte [Belfort, view taken from the terrace of the Castle towards the forts of La Justice and La Miotte] [Théâtre de la Guerre, 1870-1871] Albumen print 6.3 in x 7.4 in (159 mm by189 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker |
| 22. |  | Adolphe Braun 1870-1871 Belfort, la Miotte et l'Etang de la forge [Théâtre de la Guerre, 1870-1871] Albumen print 6.3 in x 7.4 in (159 mm by189 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker The latter part of the title refers ot the waterway which can be seen on the plain beyond the ruined tower. 'Un etang' in French is a pool, lake or mere. |
| 23. |  | Adolphe Braun 1870-1871 Belfort - la Miotte [Théâtre de la Guerre, 1870-1871] Albumen print 7.4 in x 6.3 in (189 mm x 159 mm) Paul Frecker Courtesy of Paul Frecker Despite being besieged and heavily bombarded by German forces, Belfort did not succumb until it was formally surrendered at the time of the general armistice. The hill of La Miotte, on which a tower and fort were situated, lay to the northeast of Belfort. |
| 24. |  | Adolphe Braun 1870-1871 Belfort, la Miotte, le Mt. Salbert, et vallée du Valdoie [Théâtre de la Guerre, 1870-1871] Albumen print 6.3 in x 7.4 in (159 mm by189 mm) American Museum of Photography William. B. Becker Collection / American Museum of Photography Mount Salbert was a hill to the north of Belfort on which another fort was situated. The photograph appears as an illustration (page 26) in Image and Enterprise: The Photographs of Adolphe Braun, edited by Maureen C. O'Brien and Mary Bergstein (Thames and Hudson, 2000). |