Girl in regional Brittany dress with bicycle, France, 1943

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Photograph. Girl in regional Brittany dress with bicycle in front of store window. Translated German caption on photo reverse: "A Trip through Brittany. Breton traditional dress. Even in the poorest farmstead one still finds the gold-threaded vests, the large headdresses with the pincushion folds and the unique caps. Brittany. 16/2/43." Northwest France. 16 February 1943

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02/16/1943
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Collection consists of 270 photographs from Germany, taken as propaganda photos to demonstrate the might of the German military.
Geography: 
Bretagne
Latitude: 
48.000
Longitude: 
-3.017
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Women--Clothing & dress--France