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First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- |
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First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.808 - From an advanced area a batch of prisoners is seen going back [74549188] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Date created: 1917 |
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First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.810 - Picturesque view of the ruined town of Bethune [74549190] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918 |
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First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.815 - This old lady is sitting on ruins which were once her home [74549192] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Date created: 1917 |
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First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > X.36003 - High explosive shell exploding in a building in Amiens [74549636] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/75171409 |
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| Description | Tom 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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| 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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