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A soldier thrown up into a tree by the explosion of an undermine or shell – Historic Reproduction

A soldier thrown up into a tree by the explosion of an undermine or shell, c1926. — historic photograph
A soldier thrown up into a tree by the explosion of an undermine or shell, c1926.. 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 soldier thrown up into a tree by the explosion of an undermine or shell 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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A soldier flung into the branches of a tree by a mine or shell blast is the striking subject here, a scene that came to stand for the violence of trench warfare in France. The card is a stereograph, meant to be viewed through a stereoscope so the two side-by-side images merge into a single picture with depth. Copyrighted by Over There Review, Inc., it dates to around 1926, long after the fighting ended, when such views still reached audiences who remembered the war. The record notes that its caption information is unverified, so the exact location and circumstances of the scene remain uncertain.

Created / publishedc1926.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
SubjectsStereo copyrighted by Over There Review, Inc. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Soldiers; War dead; WWI--France; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,349 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-131532

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