COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F051.jpg
Title:
British soldier on the front line during winter in Flanders, Belgium
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1918-02-13
Description:
Attached: "168476 F.C. COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. ON GUARD IN THE SNOW ON FLANDERS FRONT LINE. Gun, helmet and coat covered with snow, this sentry is guarding the British front line in Flanders. Though it is tiresome and cold work maintaining this post in the snow the sentry is vigilantly keeping an eye out for Hun movements across No Man's Land. British official photo. 2/13/18."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Geographic Area:
Belgium
Decade:
1910s
Type:
Still Image
Genre/Form:
war photography
Genre/Form:
black-and-white photographs
Genre/Form:
portraits
Format:
Photograph; black and white
Extent:
6 1/2 x 8 1/2 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 51
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.
