Château de Meudon. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
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Genre: War Photography View of garden façade of the ruined chateau. Occupied by the Prussians during the war of 1870, the chateau caught fire shortly after the signing of the armistice in January 1871. The site is now occupied by an observatory.
Froschweiler [Froeschwiller], Schloss des Grafen Türkheim, Hauptquartier Mac Mahon's während der Schlacht bei Wörth. Photographer: Lucke, Ernst
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the chateau from the garden, used by General MacMahon as his headquarters during the battle for Woerth.
Versailles, das Schloss, die Gallerie des Glaces mit Verwundeten belegt. Photographer: Lucke, Ernst
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Genre: War Photography View looking along the gallery, here seen in use as a hospital ward, with wounded German soldiers in two rows of beds. The view has been taken with a lens of insufficient coverage for the plate size, with consequent vignetting of the image.