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| Keywords: Exposition de la société de protection des Alsaciens et Lorrains demeurés français.jpg Alsace and Lorraine are two regions in the North-East of France next to the German border In 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War they had been ceded to Germany This print shows the 1878 World Fair exhibition about Alsace-Lorraine The exhibit was created by the Society of protection of French people living in these territories Alsace-Lorraine was given back to France after the First World War then was conquered again by the Germans during the Second World War and finally ceded back to France in 1945 1879 engraving 22 5 x 22 5 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line accession number 1254181957603206 PD-old Engravings of Paris Images of Paris from the Brown University Library Exposition Universelle 1878 1879 engravings History of Alsace History of Lorraine L'Exposition universelle de 1878 illustrée | ||||
