Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of two WWI soldiers sitting in a foxhole
ca. 1917
Mort Homme, Verdun, Lorraine, France, Europe
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black and white photograph of two World War I soldiers in military uniform sitting in a foxhole with a large machine gun. A large cache of ammo can be seen behind them. The back of the photograph has two pieces of paper adhered, both with black type reading, [Machine gunners operating German / Machine gun on Dead Man's Hill / the scene of terrible fighting.].
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Catalog reference: 2012.171.12
