69. U.S. Motor overhaul park near Dijon, small dots are motor cars and trucks in repair, February 12, 1919

Plate 69. U.S. Motor overhaul park, Dijon, from an album of World War I aerial photography assembled by Edward Steichen, in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Plate 69, from an untitled album of World War I photographs, February 12, 1919

Plate 69, from an untitled album of World War I photographs, February 12, 1919 (detail)

Gelatin silver print
Gift of William Kistler, 1977.745

Printed recto, lower center [perpendicular to page], in black ink: “MOTOR OVERHAUL PARK / DIJON / 2ND C.A.S – – FEB. 12. 1919 / PHOTOGRAPHIC – SECTION / U. S. AIR SERVICE AMER. E. F.”; inscribed recto, on album page, lower left, in black/brown ink: “U.S. Motor overhaul park near Dijon / small dots are motor cars + trucks inrepair [sic]”; printed recto, on album page, lower right, in black ink: “Photographic Section. / Air Service. American Expeditionary Forces.”; inscribed recto, on album page, lower right, in blue ink: “69”; unmarked verso