World War I Combat Scene Near Verdun
| Description: |
Rowland Allen left Harvard University in 1917 to serve in France as an ambulance driver. This photograph, taken by Allen, captures a World War I combat scene near Verdun in France. This scene shows soldiers standing near a large mounted weapon partially camouflaged by netting. The trench area around the artillery includes rolls of wire and several wheelbarrows heaped in a pile. Exhibited as part of Treasures from the Collections - Celebrating 175 Years: 1830-2005. First rotation. |
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| Origin: | 1917 |
| Created By: |
Allen, Rowland, 1897-1973 |
| Source: |
http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/dc014/id/22 |
| Collection: |
Treasures from the Indiana Historical Society |
| Copyright: |
Use must be accompanied with the attribution: Indiana Historical Society. |
| Geography: |
France |
| Subjects: |
Soldiers Artillery (Weaponry) Campaigns & battles World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France Wheelbarrows Verdun (France) |
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