Scarce complete WWII-era photographic booklet:
"LES PONTS MEURTRIS" - LYON1 & 2 Septembre 1944
A remarkable photographic record of the destruction of the bridges of Lyon,France during the closing stages of World War II and the German withdrawalfrom the city in September 1944.
The booklet contains a series of black-and-white photographic views showingLyon's damaged and destroyed bridges and surrounding cityscape immediatelyfollowing the destruction.
IMPORTANT: This booklet is COMPLETE. No photographs/pages are missing.Only a selection of the interior views has been photographed for this listing.
The cover is dramatically illustrated and dated:"1 & 2 Septembre 1944""LES PONTS MEURTRIS""LYON"
Back cover markings include:
ImpressionsGOUTAGNY & FILSLYON
M.D. 4, Rue BelfortLYONReproduction interdite
The back also bears an old handwritten Lyon notation with 1945 dates,appearing to read "Lyon - 5/26/45 to 6/1/45."
The photographs document multiple destroyed Lyon bridges, an importantvisual record of the liberation-period destruction of the city.
Individual images from the "Les Ponts Meurtris" series are preserved inFrench archival and museum collections. Complete surviving bound examplesare considerably more difficult to locate than individual loose images.
Excellent WWII / Liberation of France collectible with appeal to collectorsof WWII photography, French Resistance and liberation history, Lyon history,military ephemera, bridge and engineering history, and European wartimephotography.
Complete booklet sold exactly as shown.
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