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Image Not Available for A howitzer ready for firing. (A silhouette taken at Pilkem)
A howitzer ready for firing. (A silhouette taken at Pilkem)
Image Not Available for A howitzer ready for firing. (A silhouette taken at Pilkem)

A howitzer ready for firing. (A silhouette taken at Pilkem)

Creator Ernest Brooks (British)
CreatorPress Agency, The Central Press Ltd.
Date1917
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions22 x 17 cm (8 11/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2008
Category
  • Photographs
Object number2008/7848
Place CreatedBelgium
LocationNot currently on display

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Photograph
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