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PHOTOGRAPHS

Title
Cautiously working their way across the shell-swept plain of Picardy in great Somme push
Object Name
Stereoscope Photograph
Maker
Realistic Travels Publishers (Primary maker)
Date Made
c.1914-1918
Place Made
England: London
London
Description
Stereoscope Photograph showing a view of soldiers elbowing their way acrss ground with shells bursting in front of them. ‘Cautiously working their way across the shell-swept plain of Picardy in great Somme push’ The Somme lasted from July to September and a million men on all sides may well have become casualties (killed, wounded, captured or missing) on all sides. The 36th and 16th Division, containing Irish soldiers, fought in it but also a wide range of other predominantly Irish units.
Materials
paper
Place Collected

Catalogue Number
BELUM.W2012.53
Copyright
National Museums NI
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