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(2) C.1977 - Partitions for huts made by the lady carpenters are being shifted on to the barge for transport up the country
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (2) C.1977 - Partitions for huts made by the lady carpenters are being shifted on to the barge for transport up the country |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74546668 |
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| Description | A dirt road running along the left of the picture with a narrow grassy bank. Slightly below its level lies the canal. There is a soldier walking along the road and some standing on a deck but the rest of the men are wearing canvas dungarees and are involved with the move. There are two large tugboats moored with wide gangplanks connecting them to the shore. Various stages of the unloading process can be seen. Wartime conditions of continual rebuilding and constant movement of people meant that many structures were prefabricated to save on costs and materials. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Partitions for huts made by the lady carpenters are being shifted on to the barge for transport up the country.'] |
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| Description | John Warwick Brooke, of the Topical Press Agency, was the second British official war photographer to go to the Western Front in 1916. The demands placed on he and his colleague, Ernest Brooks, were heavy. They had to take as many photographs as possible, with as much variety as possible, a difficult task for two men covering an army of over two million. Despite this, Warwick Brooke managed to take what would become some of the most memorable images of World War I. As an officially appointed photographer, Warwick Brooke was assigned to the Western Front to follow the progress of the British Army. During his time there, between 1916 and 1918, Warwick Brooke is estimated to have taken over 4,000 photographs. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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