Belg. -- burying horses after battle – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Belg. -- burying horses after battle comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Belg. -- burying horses after battle
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Belgium, the setting named in this title, saw some of the heaviest fighting of the First World War, and this scene of horses being buried after a battle likely belongs to that conflict, though the record gives no date. Armies on both sides relied on enormous numbers of horses to haul supplies, pull artillery, and carry riders, so when animals died in the fighting, their bodies had to be removed quickly to prevent disease and clear roads and fields. The negative was made by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that distributed news photographs, and its title comes from caption cards that have not been independently verified.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 1,071 × 776 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-18632 |
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