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Picture No 10719483
Date 1915
Description The trench periscope, WW1
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Photographs demonstrating the efficacy of the hyposcope (the landsman's periscope) using one here constructed by Mr C. Baker - an optician of High Holborn. Ideal for seeing above trenches, around corners, over walls, through windows while avoiding unfriendly snipers.
Source Photographs by Clarke and Hyde reproduced in The Sketch, 17 February 1915
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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