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(25) D.789 - Forest Lumber Works - officers of the Forest Control on the bank of the canal
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Allies > Canadian and Newfoundland > (25) D.789 - Forest Lumber Works - officers of the Forest Control on the bank of the canal |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548460 |
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| Description | Five officers pose for this photograph, most likely taken by John Warwick Brooke. Four of them are standing on what appears to be some form of small loading bay or jetty. Although it is difficult to tell from the photograph itself, the caption suggests there is a canal directly beside the men. In which case the jetty was probably used to load piles of timber - carefully stacked to one side in this image - on to a barge. In an area criss-crossed by rivers and canals, transporting supplies across the Front by water was particularly effective. This is one of a series of photographs in the Haig papers, most probably taken by John Warwick Brooke, showing the Forest Lumber Works behind the front line. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE FRONT IN FRANCE. Forest Lumber Works - officers of the Forest Control on the bank of the canal.'] |
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| Description | Photographs from the Haig series that are connected with Canadian troops and the Newfoundland Regiment of the British Army. |
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| Description | Photographs of various nationalities allied to the British. |
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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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