COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F080.jpg
Title:
Post-air raid damage to Paris buildings
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1918-02-26
Description:
Attached: "239250 F.C. S/169247 F.C. COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. FIRST PHOTOS OF GERMAN AIR RAID OVER PARIS. Upper photo - View of several of the houses which were wrecked by the bombs dropped by the Germans. These places of "military importance" to the German were the homes of the people who live in the poorer section of Paris. Lower photo - Bombs were dropped on the dormitory of a children's hospital, which fortunately had been vacated in time by the 200 children, and none were injured there. The building is a mass of wreckage. If the children had not been removed, doubtless every one of them would have been killed. Over a hundred were killed in the Paris air raid, practically all women and children. Many were seriously wounded. German air raids over Paris have been very few for they are very costly and usually the airmen do not come back. Several of the raiding planes were brought down by the French, and it is not likely that the Germans will attempt another raid soon again. 2/26/18."
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:
10 x 8 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 80
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.
