COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F048.jpg
Title:
Downed plane, known as a "Grass Cutter," in France
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1918-02-12
Description:
Attached: "168465 F.C. COPYRIGHT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION FROM UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. RELEASED FOR FEB. 14-1918." "GRASS CUTTER" BUMPS ITS NOSE IN FRANCE. This practice ground machine, usually called a grass cutter, used for training the dare devils who intend to become aces of the American Aviation squadron has bumped its nose into French soil. The aviatior [sic] was uninjured and is trying to pull the propeller out of the mud and right his machine. 2/12/18." Relleased [sic] for Feb.14-1918." Readers of the who [gap] wish a photographic copy of the picture can obtain it by sending ten cents to the Division of Pictures, Committee on Public Information, Wash., D.C. Inclose this clipping or mention photo No. 2380. 2/12/18."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Geographic Area:
France
Decade:
1910s
Type:
Still Image
Genre/Form:
war photography
Genre/Form:
black-and-white photographs
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 48
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.
