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Night bombing by aeroplanes on a road near Soissons – Historic Reproduction

Night bombing by aeroplanes on a road near Soissons, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
Night bombing by aeroplanes on a road near Soissons, [no date recorded on shelflist card]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Night bombing by aeroplanes on a road near Soissons, preserved in this historic print. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Night bombing by aeroplanes on a road near Soissons

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A road near Soissons, a town in the Aisne valley of northern France, is the focus here, shown under night bombing by aircraft. During the First World War, both sides bombed roads and supply routes behind the front, since disrupting the movement of troops and munitions could slow an offensive. The record gives no date and no verified maker, and the name noted on its shelflist card is unconfirmed, so the picture is best read as a view of the wider fighting around Soissons, which was heavy in 1918, rather than of one documented moment.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Jonas.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,210 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-114940

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