R.E.'s mine and counter-mine Messines Ridge, which dominated Ypres, blown up and stormed, June 7th, '17.

R.E.'s mine and counter-mine Messines Ridge, which dominated Ypres, blown up and stormed, June 7th, '17.

Photograph

Realistic Travels

R.E.'s mine and counter-mine Messines Ridge, which dominated Ypres, blown up and stormed, June 7th, '17.

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
2005.0805.0050
Inscriptions recto (stamped in black ink): REALISTIC TRAVELS / LONDON-CAPETOWN-BOMBAY-MELBOURNE-TORONTO / 80 / BY ROYAL COMMAND OF THEIR IMPERIAL MAJESTIES / KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY / Realistic / (c) / Travels / R.E.'s mine and counter-mine Messines Ridge, which / dominated Ypres, blown up and stormed, June 7th, '17.

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