Enemy seen, Fire! Pulling the trigger of a trench-mortar -- the shell on its deadly flight in mid-air.

Enemy seen, Fire! Pulling the trigger of a trench-mortar -- the shell on its deadly flight in mid-air.

Photograph

Realistic Travels

Enemy seen, Fire! Pulling the trigger of a trench-mortar -- the shell on its deadly flight in mid-air.

From The Great War


ca. 1914
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Each image: 8 x 7.7 cm
Mount: 9 x 18 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2005
2005.0805.0001
Inscriptions recto (stamped in black ink): REALISTIC TRAVELS / LONDON-CAPETOWN-BOMBAY-MELBOURNE-TORONTO / 2 / BY ROYAL COMMAND OF THEIR IMPERIAL MAJESTIES / KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY / Realistic / (c) / Travels / Enemy seen, Fire! Pulling the trigger of a trench- / mortar -- the shell on its deadly flight in mid-air.

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