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(42) N.449 - Old Frenchwoman in Amiens evacuating her house leaving her pet canary to the tender mercies of a British Tommy

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(42) N.449 - Old Frenchwoman in Amiens evacuating her house leaving her pet canary to the tender mercies of a British Tommy

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(42) N.449 - Old Frenchwoman in Amiens evacuating her house leaving her pet canary to the tender mercies of a British Tommy
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DescriptionEvacuee from Amiens giving her canary to a British soldier, in France, during World War I. A Frenchwoman - wearing a French military helmet - hands over her pet canary to a British soldier for safekeeping, during an evacuation of Amiens. Although the photograph’s original caption does not include a date, it is possible that this photograph was taken during the German Spring Offensive of 1918, when the town was again facing up to the prospect that the Germans might gain control of the town for a second time. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. An old Frenchwoman in Amiens evacuating her house leaving her pet canary to the tender mercies of a British Tommy. She is wearing a tin hat.']
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Tom Aitken
DescriptionTom Aitken was a newspaper photographer from Glasgow who was assigned in December 1917 as a war photographer along with David McLellan and Armando Consolé. McLellan's work also features in the National Library of Scotland’s Haig Papers. War photographers held a hybrid position during World War I, being part of yet not ultimately responsible to the military.
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DescriptionBlack-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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