Church Bell of a Village in Champagne, Used As a Warning for Gas Attacks
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Keystone View Company
American, 1892–1963
Church Bell of a Village in Champagne, Used As a Warning for Gas Attacks
ca. 1916
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7.8 x 7.5 cm (each image)
Mount: 8.7 x 17.8 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2009
2009.0294.0002
Inscriptions recto (printed in black): Keystone View Company / Manufacturers / Publishers / COPYRIGHTED / MADE IN U.S.A. /
Meadville, Pa., New York N.Y. Portland / Oregon. London, Eng., Sydney, Aus. /
18658-Church Bell of a Village in Champagne, Used as a / Warning for Gas Attacks.
verso (stamped in black): 39
(printed in black): 18658-church Bell of a Village in Champagne, Used as a Warning for Gas Attacks. / In April, 1915, the Germans sprung a new / horror on their enemies in the form of poison-/ous gas. The men were surprised and unpro-/tected and the Germans claimed 6000 killed. / Since then both sides have experimented with / gas, trying to find something for which the / enemy is unprepared. / [extended text] / Copyright by The Keystone View Company.
Meadville, Pa., New York N.Y. Portland / Oregon. London, Eng., Sydney, Aus. /
18658-Church Bell of a Village in Champagne, Used as a / Warning for Gas Attacks.
verso (stamped in black): 39
(printed in black): 18658-church Bell of a Village in Champagne, Used as a Warning for Gas Attacks. / In April, 1915, the Germans sprung a new / horror on their enemies in the form of poison-/ous gas. The men were surprised and unpro-/tected and the Germans claimed 6000 killed. / Since then both sides have experimented with / gas, trying to find something for which the / enemy is unprepared. / [extended text] / Copyright by The Keystone View Company.
