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Image Not Available for Pontavert. - A bridge on the Aisne blown up. The new pontoon ready some days later
Pontavert. - A bridge on the Aisne blown up. The new pontoon ready some days later
Image Not Available for Pontavert. - A bridge on the Aisne blown up. The new pontoon ready some days later

Pontavert. - A bridge on the Aisne blown up. The new pontoon ready some days later

DateNovember 1917
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 × 17 cm (4 3/4 × 6 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 17 × 23.3 cm (6 11/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Album: 18.9 × 26.6 × 2.7 cm (7 7/16 × 10 1/2 × 1 1/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2004
Category
  • Photographs
Object number2004/594.14
Place CreatedPontavert, France
LocationNot currently on display

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