Gers. in trenches in Argonne Forest – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Gers. in trenches in Argonne Forest. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Gers. in trenches in Argonne Forest
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The record's title, "Gers. in trenches in Argonne Forest," points to German soldiers in the dense, hilly woodland of northeastern France, though the abbreviation and attribution come from unverified notes made by the Bain News Service. The Argonne saw trench fighting for much of the First World War, and in autumn 1918 it became the scene of the Meuse-Argonne offensive, the largest American operation of the war. Bain News Service was a New York agency that supplied news photographs to newspapers, so pictures like this one were made to show readers what the front looked like. The glass negative format places the image in the era before film became common for press work.
| 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 | 5,685 × 4,141 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-19640 |
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