Tangled ruins of Marne Bridge blown up by Germans and Red Cross train wreck
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Underwood & Underwood
American, 1880–1931
Tangled ruins of Marne Bridge blown up by Germans and Red Cross train wreck
ca. 1914
Gelatin silver print
Each Image: 8 x 7.6 cm (3 1/8 x 3 in.)
Mount: 8.7 x 17.8 cm (3 7/16 x 7 in.)
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2011
2010.1013.0008
Inscriptions recto (printed in black): European Publishers / Underwood & Underwood (London, Ltd.) /
Underwood & Underwood / New York & Ottawa, Kas. / SUN SCULPTURE / TRADE MARK / Works, Arlington, N.Y. /
11898-Tangled ruins of Marne Bridge blown up by Germans and Red / Cross train wreck. / © Underwood & Underwood. U-176375
verso (printed in black): 11898 Tangled Ruins of Marne Bridge Blown Up by Germans, / and Red Cross Train Wreck. / After the Germans were defeated on teh Marne in 1914 they did everything consistent / with a hasty retreat, to hamper the pursuing / French. In this case they avhe wrecked a rail- / way bridge to cut what would otherwise be / the route of the supply trains for the French / army. The fact that a Red Cross train was on / the bridge was not considered of any conse- / qunece. As a matter of fact, a train amidst / the ruins of the bridge madet eh river all the / more impossible as a water route. / / The "Nord"one sees on the engine is the / French "North"and alludes to the French / "Department" by that name. / / One does not see the pistons or steam / chests on this locomotive as one does in / America. These are located underneath, on / most European types. There are no "cow- / catchers"on these locomotives: instead there / are the metal buffers behind which are strong / springs, to take up the shock when coupling.
Underwood & Underwood / New York & Ottawa, Kas. / SUN SCULPTURE / TRADE MARK / Works, Arlington, N.Y. /
11898-Tangled ruins of Marne Bridge blown up by Germans and Red / Cross train wreck. / © Underwood & Underwood. U-176375
verso (printed in black): 11898 Tangled Ruins of Marne Bridge Blown Up by Germans, / and Red Cross Train Wreck. / After the Germans were defeated on teh Marne in 1914 they did everything consistent / with a hasty retreat, to hamper the pursuing / French. In this case they avhe wrecked a rail- / way bridge to cut what would otherwise be / the route of the supply trains for the French / army. The fact that a Red Cross train was on / the bridge was not considered of any conse- / qunece. As a matter of fact, a train amidst / the ruins of the bridge madet eh river all the / more impossible as a water route. / / The "Nord"one sees on the engine is the / French "North"and alludes to the French / "Department" by that name. / / One does not see the pistons or steam / chests on this locomotive as one does in / America. These are located underneath, on / most European types. There are no "cow- / catchers"on these locomotives: instead there / are the metal buffers behind which are strong / springs, to take up the shock when coupling.
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