COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F008.jpg
Title:
French officers teaching American soldiers how to use gun grenades
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1917-10-22
Description:
Attached: "S/229034 PHOTO FROM UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. OUR BOYS "OVER THERE" TAUGHT USE OF GUN GRENADE. This French Official photo, the latest to arrive in this country, showing the training of our boys in France, shows French officers teaching steel-helmeted Yankee fighters the use of the gun grenade, called Tromblons. The American troopers in France are receiving individual instruction in the ways of modern warfare. This scene is duplicated many times in different sections of the camp, a half dozen Americans being shown the intricacies of the new fire arm by their French comrades. The grenade is attached to the rifle, and is dispatched towards the enemy lines in much the same fashion as the bullet. 10/22/17."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Geographic Area:
France
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
Physical Location:
Box 1, Folder 8
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.
