In Bomb - proof near Avricourt – Historic Print
(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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Step back in time with In Bomb - proof near Avricourt, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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In Bomb - proof near Avricourt
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A dugout-style bomb-proof shelter near Avricourt, a village in eastern France close to the German border, is the subject of this glass negative. Shelters like this, dug into the earth and roofed with timber and sandbags, were a common sight in the Lorraine sector during the First World War, a region that had passed between France and Germany several times. The Bain News Service, a New York agency that distributed news photographs, made many images of wartime Europe, but the place name on this record comes from unverified caption cards and should be read with that in mind.
| 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 | 4,209 × 5,816 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-21070 |
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