Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a shell bursting in front of a trench at Fort de la Pompelle in Reims, France, ca.1919. A large cloud of dirt has been thrown skyward by the impact of the shell at right. A French-occupied trench is at center and the three soldiers manning it are ducking to avoid the flying debris. A large pallet of sandbags is also at center. The top of the trench is surrounded by a tangled web of barbed wire. There are low hills in the distance.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w 10 x 18 cm. photographic prints photographs
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