COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F071.jpg
Title:
British soldiers handling an 18-pounder field gun in the Mesopotamian Desert
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1918-02-20
Description:
Attached: "169028 F.C. 169026 F.C. COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. OPEN WARFARE ON THE DESERT OF MESOPOTAMIA. A British eighteen pounder in action on the desert of Mesopotamia. The British campaign in Mesopotamia has been as successful as the drive through Palestine. The warefare in this country is different from the Western Front. A great deal of the fighting is done in the open and not from the trenches. This battery is not masked in any way, but does its bit right out in the open desert. The empty shell cases can be seen in the foreground. British Official Photo. 2/20/18."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Geographic Area:
Mesopotamia
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 71
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.
