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(134) D.1367 - Open air dispensary just behind the line
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (134) D.1367 - Open air dispensary just behind the line |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548168 |
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| Description | Outside of a field tent wooden crates have been turned on their sides and covered with a cloth. On top of this makeshift table various bottles and potions have been laid out. There is a queue of soldiers snaking in and out of the other crates strewn around the scene. The first soldier is drinking from a glass whilst his companion laughs. It is thought that John Warwick Brooke took this photograph. Quinine, root bark and moss were the most commonly used healing tools during this period. All of these proved quite successful and were further developed during the post-war years. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. An open air dispensary just behind the line.'] |
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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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