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"Where the dewy star of evening shone in tears" [Battlefield of Menin Road, France]
ca. 1917
Underwood & Underwood
USA: New York, New York; USA: Kansas, Ottawa; USA: New Jersey, Arlington; United Kingdom: England, London
Photograph on paper mounted on board
3 1/2"h x 7"w x 1/8"d
Gift of William Caleb Loring
88.38.31

Black-and-white stereograph or stereocard mounted on a gray card, showing an overturned tank amid a barren landscape strewn with rubble and debris. In front of the tank, there is a body of a fallen soldier. Printed in black on the front of the card is "European Publishers / Underwood & Underwood (London) Ltd. / Underwood & Underwood / Sun Sculpture / Trade Mark /New York & Ottawa, Kas. Work, Arlington, N (.?) J. / 14399 - "Where the dewy star of evening shone in tears" - battlefield / of Menin Road, France. [copyright symbol] Underwood & Underwood U262060." Printed in black on the back of the card is "14399 Wrecked British Tank on Battlefield of Menin Road, France," followed by four paragraphs of didactic text.



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