Bread to German prisoners, Champagne – Historic Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Bread to German prisoners, Champagne, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Bread to German prisoners, Champagne
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Bread distribution to German prisoners in the Champagne region is the subject of this glass negative, one of the many pictures the Bain News Service sent out from the Western Front during the First World War. The caption that accompanied it was never verified, so the exact place, date, and circumstances remain uncertain. Bain's agency was a commercial photo service in New York that relied on wire photographs and staff prints, and images like this one were meant to show American readers the daily conditions behind the lines. The Champagne sector saw heavy fighting between 1914 and 1918, and prisoners taken there were often held in temporary enclosures where food supply was a constant concern.
| 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 | 5,741 × 4,147 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-27281 |
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