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.
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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