Digging trench at Porte Maillot, Paris – Vintage 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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This rare historic photograph captures Digging trench at Porte Maillot, Paris in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Digging trench at Porte Maillot, Paris
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A glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection shows a digging trench at Porte Maillot, the gate on the northwestern edge of Paris where the city meets the Bois de Boulogne. The record gives no date, and the title comes from caption cards that the Bain News Service wrote and that have not been verified. Because the Bain agency worked mainly in the early twentieth century, the scene most likely belongs to the years of the First World War, when defensive trenches were dug in open spaces around the capital. Viewers may want to compare the crew's tools and the ground being turned to see how the work was carried out.
| 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 | 5,735 × 4,191 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-18601 |
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