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 120203
Description of Content
Three half cylinder constructions made of timber and corrugated iron roof in the left of the photograph. Cart in the right of the image with one soldier working on in and two leaningagainstitt and looking towards the photographer. Two soldiers in the middle ground of the photograph. One is leaning over and one is looking out to the photographer. Smoke rising from a drum next tot the two soldiers. The landscape in which the camp is located is full of rubble and rocks.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photographic print.
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from J. Lord, 1986
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Photographer
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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: '[illegible] S[illegible] Huts'. Arrow points this inscription to this photograph as well as MM 120203 Hand-written in pencil on the secondary support on the right side of the photograph: '754' Etched into the photograph: '754'
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
60 mm (Width), 40 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
