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A Moment of Levity at the Almost-End of WWI (October, 1918)

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In a moment of levity at the end of WWI, these sailors from America, Great Britain, and France got together for a bit, and turned their little doggie mascot into a small attraction of sorts, entertaining themselves and the small curious crowd surrounding them.  The photograph was made anonymously by the Western Newspaper Union and is stamped “British Official Photograph”, and published on 10 October 1918, a month before the end of the war which at this point seemed to be not so imminent.

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Which is a delightful detail from the full scale image:

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