W283: Some of our Two Million Fighters Ready for Home, Brest, 1923
Scope and Contents
100 photographic prints on stereo cards (stereographs, b&w ; 9 x 18 cm. in case 19 x 19 cm) from the Keystone View Company's Stereographic Library Series (Rare Book Call No. D522 .W67). The slides were produced in 1923, but the photographs were taken from 1914-1921.
The stereoscopic views depict World War I scenes with lengthy captions (on back of cards). Included are images of battlefields and trenches, armaments, cavalry, buildings, hospitals and cemeteries, dirigibles, German prisoners, and Treaty of Versailles. Mainly images from France, but also Belgium, Germany, Turkey (Gallopoli), London, training in the U.S., ships at sea, and one view of submarines, battleships, and torpedo boats in San Diego Bay.
(Mss. Acc. 2009.178)
Dates
- Creation: 1923
Creator
- From the Collection: Keystone View Company (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Extent
From the Collection: 0.10 Linear Feet
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository