In the French Foreign Legion

The New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial from Thursday, September 30, 1915 is a torn out page from the magazine. The page features three photographs. The top is a photograph of [Some American members serving in the Foreign Legion of the French Army]. It is a photograph of a group of military men, seven standing and three seated, in their Legion uniforms. The image on the bottom left is of a soldier, Corporal A.Z. Peschkoff, and three American women nurses. The third image, on the bottom right, is of men in the Foreign Legion standing by their tents and fire pits in camp. The bottom of the page has the name of the article in larger letters, [In the French Foreign Legion.] The back of the magazine page has half of a painting of a battle. Underneath the painting is the title, [In Pace]. On the bottom right is a decorative image of a rectangle with a scroll on top.
Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 16 3/16 × 11 1/8 in. (41.1 × 28.3 cm)
Object number: 2017.111.25
Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alan Laird
Subject of: French Foreign Legion, French, founded 1831 ; Corporal A. Z. Peschkoff
Place depicted: France, Europe
Photograph by: Modem Photo Service, American ; Georges Penabert, French, 1825 - 1903
Place: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture