COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F006.jpg
Title:
Russian women fB5rom the "Battalion of Death" recovering in a hospital
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
9/18/17
Description:
Attached: "S/W-I58824 F.C. COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. BRAVE RUSSIAN WOMEN WOUNDED FIGHTING THE TEUTONS ON THE EASTERN FRONT. This is the first photograph to reach the United States of the brave Russian women of the "Battalion of Death" who were wounded while fighting against the Teutons on the Eastern Front. These heroic women took up arms when Russian men were throwing them away, fleeing. They organized themselves into the "Battalion of Death" and gave a mighty good account of themselves in battle. 9/18/17."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Decade:
1910s
Type:
Still Image
Genre/Form:
war photography
Genre/Form:
black-and-white photographs
Genre/Form:
group portraits
Format:
Photograph; black and white
Extent:
6 1/2 x 8 5/6 in.
Digital Publisher:
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center.
Collection:
Underwood and Underwood World War I press photographs
Physical Location:
Box 1, Folder 6
Rights Statement:
Public Domain. There are no known restrictions.
General Note:
The description for these photographs is transcribed from paper descriptions that are attached to the photographs with adhesive. These paper descriptions are brittle and acidic. For presentation and accessibility purposes, the descriptions have been cropped out of the image.
