Summary
One of 185 black and white photographs in an album, taken in France during World War I by Sergeant John Lord. Some pages are blank.
Photographs in the album depict army camps, hospitals, trenches, early tanks, landscapes, cemeteries and graves and groups of posed Australian soldiers. The places Lord mentions in his captions are La Boiselle, Quarry Siding, Pozieres, Albert, Bapaume and Favreuil.
The album was one of many souvenirs brought back to Australia after World War I by John Lord (service # 6252). He donated photograph albums, images, documents and World War I memorabilia to Museum Victoria.
The same scene is photographed in MM 120206
Description of Content
Railway track with two full carts visible and the back of another cart. In the foreground of the image in front of the railway track there is one soldier on horseback and a ground of soldiers in the front left. An observation balloon is in the sky. A complex of unclear constructions in the background.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photographic print.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from J. Lord, 1986
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Photographer
Sergeant John Lord, Montauban-de-Picardie, Somme, France, circa 1916
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Hand-written in pencil on the secondary support on the left side of the photograph: '745' Hand-written in pencil on the secondarysupport on the right side of the photograph: 'Observation / Balloon / Quarry Siding' Etched into the bottom left of the photograph: '[illegible]4' Etched into the bottom right of the photograph: '[illegible]4s'
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
44 mm (Width), 38 mm (Height)
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Image Dimensions - Photograph album page
100 mm (Width), 162 mm (Height)
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Keywords
World War I, 1914-1918, Battle of the Somme (Somme Offensive), 1916
