COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F094.jpg
Title:
Italian troopers strengthening the wire entanglements in front of the trenches on the Piave River
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1918-03-06
Description:
Attached: "237362 COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. STRENGTHENING THE WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS ALONG THE PIAVE. Italian troopers strengthening the wire entanglements in front of the trenches on the Piave, where the Italian, British and French troops are now fighting, and driving back the Teuton horde. The examining of the wire entanglements if a duty that is performed daily. The Teuton advance is on the backward march and the Italian once more hold the upper hand. 3/6/18."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Subject:
Trenches
Geographic Area:
Italy
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 94
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.
