Zeebrugge -- gun spoiled by Gers. – Antique 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Zeebrugge -- gun spoiled by Gers. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Zeebrugge -- gun spoiled by Gers.
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A gun at Zeebrugge, the Belgian North Sea port, is the subject here, and the caption says the Germans, called "Gers" in wartime slang, spoiled it, meaning they disabled it before it could be used. Germany held Zeebrugge for most of the First World War and used it as a base for submarines and raiding craft, and British naval forces attacked its harbor works in April 1918. The George Grantham Bain Collection came from the New York news photography business Bain News Service, but the record gives no date for this negative and the title is unverified, so treat the details as provisional.
| 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 × 4,228 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-29429 |
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