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[Three British soldiers in trench under fire during World War I] – Vintage Print

[Three British soldiers in trench under fire during World War I], c1916 Aug. 15. — historic photograph
[Three British soldiers in trench under fire during World War I], c1916 Aug. 15.. Historic photograph 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: [Three British soldiers in trench under fire during World War I], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Three British soldiers crouch in a trench under fire, captured on a stereo card that was meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, which gave the scene a sense of depth. The card is dated to about August 1916, when the Western Front was locked in the grinding trench fighting that defined much of the war. Stereographs like this were popular at home, bringing the war into parlors for civilian viewers. Many wartime images of this kind were carefully staged or reconstructed, so the scene is best read as a view of trench life rather than a record of one moment.

Created / publishedc1916 Aug. 15.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.Stereographs 1910-1920.
NotesJ217850 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Realistic Travels.
SubjectsWorld War, 1914-1918--Military personnel--British. World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,213 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-148227

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