Photographs from the Western Front of World War I by a Boston photographer

France, Belgium & Luxembourg, 1917-1919. 129 vintage silver prints, comprising 1 panorama (5-3/4 x 21 inches), 27 larger format prints (6 x 8 & 8 x 10 inches) and 103 smaller format prints (various sizes, generally 2-1/2 x 4-1/4 & 3-3/4 x 4-3/4 inches), many prints docketed on the verso by Fineberg, a few with alphanumeric code that corresponds to the Catalogue of Official A.E.F. Photographs, 1919. Occasional creasing and wear, small chip from corner of panorama, generally in very good condition Archive of photographs from the Western Front of World War I by the American photographer Sergeant First Class Morris Fineberg, 79th Division, Photographic Unit of the American Expeditionary Forces Signal Corps. These are Fineberg's own retained copies, many with his docketing and captioning on the rear. Images include a three-panel panorama (“Looking towards Woevre Plain between St. Michel & Verdun”), aerial reconnaissance images, captured German munitions, battlefields with casualties, Fineberg with other members of his Photographic Unit (Harry Rathburn and Henry Paschen).Fineberg (ca. 1892-1949) was killed while on assignment for the Boston Post. He was photographing a US Marines and Navy mock invasion drill at Carson Beach in South Boston when shrapnel from an exploded mortar hit him in the head. His final words: “That ought to make a good picture.” The Boston Press Photographers Association presents an annual Moe Fineberg Award for first place in the feature still photography category.