Detail View: Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs: French sappers, or civilian miners, at work underground

Identifier: 
C0502_B001_F003.jpg
Title: 
French sappers, or civilian miners, at work underground
Creator: 
Underwood & Underwood
Date: 
1917-05-18
Description: 
Attached: "I55240 F.C. COPYRIGHT BY UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. MOST REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN UNDER THE GROUND SHOWING SAPPERS AT WORK. One of very few photographs of its kind. The picture was made at a distance of 15 metres under the ground and shows French sappers at work. This work is the most dangerous on the fighting front. Mines and counter mines are always being dug and risk from cave-ins is always present. 5/18/17."
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: 
8 x 10 in.
Digital Publisher: 
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center.
Collection: 
Underwood and Underwood World War I press photographs
Finding Aid: 
https://aspace.gmu.edu/repositories/2/resources/640
Physical Location: 
Box 1, Folder 3
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.  
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