Summary
Lantern slide - photograph of soldiers at a casualty clearing station. German prisoners are assisting with the wounded soldiers.
Description of Content
Photograph of soldiers at a clearing station in a denuded landscape. On the left, some lie on stretchers, still wearing helmets and uniforms; a few are covered with blankets. On the right, soldiers walk along a road, some bearing a stretcher. They also wear helmets, and their mess tins are visible at their waists.
Physical Description
Lantern slide, square, printed with black and white photograph. Typed text beneath. Attached to slide on slight angle. Thin black border.
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Format
Lantern Slide, Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.), Black & White
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Inscriptions
Typed text at bottom: Men wounded in the Ypres battle, of September 20th, 1917, wait-/ing along the Menin Road in the clearing station/German prisoners are seen assisting at stretcher bearing.
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Overall Dimensions
82 mm (Width), 82 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Military History, Prisoners of War, Soldiers, Wars & Conflicts, World War I, 1914-1918, Lantern Slides