COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F059.jpg
Title:
British soldiers bringing food to the front line
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1918-02-15
Description:
Attached: "168554 F.C. COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. CARRYING FOOD TO THE BOYS IN THE FRONT TRENCHES. The Front line trenches afford no places for the storing of any quantity of food, but the boys up there must get their regular rations just the same. This official British photo shows how their food is gotten to them. A squad of Tommies is advancing along the duckboard path to bring the food to the men in the trenches. Notice that every man though lacking a gun is equipped with a gas mask. 2/15/18."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Subject:
Trenches
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 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 59
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.
