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Image Not Available for The great destructive powers of the modern artillery. What was once a machine gun is now merely a twisted heap of iron + splintered wood
The great destructive powers of the modern artillery. What was once a machine gun is now merely a twisted heap of iron + splintered wood
Image Not Available for The great destructive powers of the modern artillery. What was once a machine gun is now merely a twisted heap of iron + splintered wood

The great destructive powers of the modern artillery. What was once a machine gun is now merely a twisted heap of iron + splintered wood

Creator Allied French
Date1914
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsAlbum: 31 × 25.7 × 2.5 cm (12 3/16 × 10 1/8 × 1 in.)
Image: 13.8 × 20 cm (5 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2004
Category
  • Photographs
Object number2004/686.20b
LocationNot currently on display

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