Strasbourg Gallery

France/Strasbourg 1590

A view of the ancient walled city of Strasbourg and surrounding countryside as it looked at the end of the 16th century

© Mary Evans Picture Library 2015 - https://copyrighthub.org/s0/hub1/creation/maryevans/MaryEvansPictureID/10145024

1590, 16th, Ancient, Battlements, Century, City, Country Side, End, Fortifications, Fortified, France, Historical, History, Looked, Medieval, Protected, Strasbourg, Surrounding, V Iew, Walled

Strasbourg, France - The Railway Bridge

Strasbourg, France - The (really rather remarkable) Railway Bridge linking Kehl and Strasbourg across the River Rhine. Sadly, this wonderful structure was destroyed (somewhat inevitably) during WW2 and replaced with a far less-interesting construction!! Date: circa 1910

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Architecture, Bridge, Dec15, France, French, Kehl, Railway, Rhine, River, Strasbourg

The Renaissance of the French Army

The Renaissance of the French Army: Impressions of Life in the Famous Light Camps for Recruits - From raw recruits to potential instructors in four months: selected conscripts leaving a light camp for training at the N.C.O.S school of Strasbourg - Army recruits inspection, France. Text at back of image: Illustrated London News 7/5/49, p636. Picture marked France, 1949
1949

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans