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German engineering troops under a bridge building for an ammunition railroad on the Western Front, 1914-1918
Vintage gelatin silver print on paper
11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.21 x 22.86 cm)
Creation Place:
Europe
Technique:
Photography
Credit Line:
Restricted gift of Michael Mattis, Judy Hochberg, Fernando Barnuevo and Gloria Ybarra
Accession Number:
P2020.6.541
Provenance
Purchased by the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College on August 12, 2020 from Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York.
Commentary
German engineering troops under a bridge building for an ammunition railroad on the Western Front. The Western Front was the main theater of war during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France.
Marks
Negative number in plate. Typewritten title in Danish affixed to recto.
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
Ammunition,
Bridges,
Construction,
Construction Equipment,
Engineers,
German Army Engineers,
Railroads,
Western Front (WWI),
World War I
- Ammunition
- Bridges
- Construction
- Construction Equipment
- Engineers
- German Army Engineers
- Railroads
- Western Front (WWI)
- World War I
Dimensions
- Overall Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.21 x 22.86 cm)
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