Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

German Dead in the La Basse Area
1914-1918
Keystone View Company
USA: Pennsylvania, Meadville
Photograph on paper mounted on board
overall: 3-1/2"h x 7"w x 1/4"d
Gift of Karen Jacobsen Lenthall
2014.074.1

Black and white stereocard photograph of German trench in La Bassee during World War I. Title is stamped in black at bottom right and reads "V18858 'And the Trench was a Reeking Shambles.' / German Dead in the La Basse Area." Mounted on a dark gray card. Double image of a muddy trench filled with a shallow pool of water and several dead soldeirs. Stamped in black on the ends of the card "Keystone View Company / Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood / Manufacturers Made in U.S.A. Publishers" and "Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y., Portland, / Oregon, London, Eng., Syndney, Aus." Printed in black on back is title and detailed description of image.