On Maubeuge Rd. -- coming from 1st line trenches – Antique 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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On Maubeuge Rd. -- coming from 1st line trenches 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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On Maubeuge Rd. -- coming from 1st line trenches
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This glass negative shows a road that its caption identifies as Maubeuge Road, with the note that it is traveling back from the first line trenches. Maubeuge is a town in northern France near the Belgian border, a region that saw heavy fighting during the First World War. The Bain News Service, a New York photo agency, distributed pictures from the war front, and its negatives often carry captions that were written quickly and not always checked. The record gives no date, so the exact moment is uncertain, but the image offers a glimpse of the supply and movement routes behind the front lines.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 7,138 × 5,208 px · prints to 24 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-27290 |
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