Waiting in trenches near Arras for our creeping barrage to lift before pushing on.

Waiting in trenches near Arras for our creeping barrage to lift before pushing on.

Photograph

Waiting in trenches near Arras for our creeping barrage to lift before pushing on.

From The Great War


ca. 1917
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Each image: 8 x 7.7 cm
Mount: 9 x 18 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2005
2005.0805.0048
Inscriptions recto (stamped in black ink): REALISTIC TRAVELS / LONDON-CAPETOWN-BOMBAY-MELBOURNE-TORONTO / 78 / BY ROYAL COMMAND OF THEIR IMPERIAL MAJESTIES / KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY / Realistic / (c) / Travels / Waiting in trenches near Arras for our creeping / barrage to lift before pushing on.

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