Picture No | 10822936 |
Date | 1916 |
Description | French officers in an underground shelter, WW1 |
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French officers dining in an elaborately constructed underground shelter on the Western Front, somewhere in Northern France in the winter of 1915/16. The shelter, dug of bare earth boasted wattle walls and hinged doors as well as tables and chairs. The walls are graced with many pictures and portraits and a big mirror. Behind the officers can be seen pin-ups by the artist Raphael Kirchner.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in The Sphere, 8 January 1916 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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