COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F070.jpg
Title:
Heavy British gun in action in the Mesopotamian Desert
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1918-02-20
Description:
Attached: "169043 F.C. COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. HEAVY BRITISH GUN IN ACTION ON OPEN MESOPOTAMIA DESERT. A heavy British gun just as it was fired on the open Mesopotamia desert where the British are engaged in a successful drive. The warfare here is entirely different from the fighting on the Western Front. The gun is in the open. Most of the fighting is done in the same way, no trenches here. 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:
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 70
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.
