Road made by pioneers for German troops – Vintage Print
(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 Road made by pioneers for German troops, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Road made by pioneers for German troops
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A road built by pioneers for German troops is the subject the caption gives, and the title comes from Bain News Service notes that the Library of Congress has not verified. "Pioneers" was a common term for military engineer units that cut roads, bridges, and trenches ahead of the main army, so the scene likely shows military construction work rather than civilian settlement. The Bain News Service, run by George Grantham Bain in New York, sold photographs to newspapers and magazines in the early 1900s, and its wartime pictures were often rushed into print. The record gives no date or location, so the exact place and year remain unknown.
| 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 five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,816 × 4,134 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-21403 |
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