Hemingway in his Red Cross Ambulance Service uniform – an unofficial “lieutenant” – with ribbons for bravery
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Café de Deux Magots (still there today), a favorite haunt of the American expatriates in Paris. “Magot” is French for monkey, not maggot.
With Sylvia Beach and others outside Shakespeare and Company, a bookstore and hangout spot for the expatriates. The bandage on Hemingway’s forehead is from an unusual accident involving drink, a skylight, and a toilet.
Shakespeare and Company, present day, in a slightly different location from the original store, but still on the Left Bank