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RURAL GENDARMERIE / 1930
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RURAL GENDARMERIE / 1930
A French policeman stands outside his rural gendarmerie. He stands waiting for some action with his thumbs tucked into his belt. Date: 1930
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Action Belt Gendarmerie Policeman Stands Thumbs Tucked Waiting
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This evocative photograph captures the quiet vigilance of a French gendarme on duty in a rural community during the 1930s. The gendarme, dressed in his uniform with a peaked cap perched on his head and his thumbs tucked into his belt, stands outside the gendarmerie, the small French rural police station. The serene expression on his face belies the importance of his role as the guardian of law and order in this remote area. The gendarmerie, a simple stone building with shuttered windows, sits nestled among the rolling hills and verdant pastures, a testament to the close relationship between the rural population and their local law enforcement. The peaceful scene is punctuated by the occasional sound of a horse's hooves or the distant call of a farmer tending to his crops, but the gendarme remains ever watchful, ready to respond to any disturbance or emergency. This photograph offers a glimpse into the past, transporting us back to a time when the presence of a gendarme was a reassuring sight in the French countryside.
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