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 120242
Description of Content
The photograph shows a campsite's cook houses. In the foreground there are two men walking away from the photgrapher on a wooden boardwalk. In the background other men can be seen standing outside the cook houses. The image content is related to the photograph on the opposite page (793).
Physical Description
Sepia-toned black and white silver gelatin photographic print.
More Information
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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 on secondary support to the left hand side of the image: '793A'
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
67 mm (Width), 44 mm (Height)
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Image Dimensions - Photograph album page
100 mm (Width), 162 mm (Height)
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