Hindenburg line [model] – Historic Photograph Print
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(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.)
Description
Hindenburg line [model] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hindenburg line [model]
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Rather than a battlefield, this picture records a model of the Hindenburg Line, the German fortified defensive system built across northern France in 1916 and 1917 and named for Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg. Relief models like this were often made to explain terrain and trench layouts to officers and the public during the war years. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., firm that photographed many subjects in the 1910s and 1920s, made the glass negative around 1920. Its surface may show streaks and blemishes from the natural breakdown of the original coating, which can soften some of the model's fine detail.
| Created / published | [ca. 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,414 × 5,153 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-258719 |
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