[Damaged Basilica of Notre-Dame de Brebieres, Albert, France]

Photograph of the damaged Basilica of Notre-Dame de Brebieres, Albert, France, circa 1914-1918. The Golden Virgin statue of Mary and the infant Jesus is visible at the top of the steeple, knocked askew by shelling and hanging at a right angle to the tower.

Inscription on album page: "Cathedral at Albert."

Part of Album Three from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.

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