World War I images in France: effects of the war
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS 0016
Scope and Contents
Glass stereographs of battle scenes taken in France during World War I. Nearly all the images show the destruction caused by the war. The photographer is unknown, but was probably French as the hand-written captions on the slides are in French. The library also has modern prints and negatives of the image on one half of each slide.
Dates
- 1914-1918
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Biographical Note
Extent
0.78 Linear Feet (1 specialty box containing 50 stereographs: sepia + 1 viewer)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
World War I in France, glass stereographs. Fifty images from the First World War showing destruction caused by the fighting. Captions in French.
- Battlefields -- France -- Pictorial works Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- France -- History -- 1914-1918 -- Pictorial works Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mount Holyoke College Manuscript Collections Subject Source: Local sources
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Destruction and pillage -- France Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Pictorial works Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Slides Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- slides (photographs) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- stereoscopic photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- World War I images in France : effects of the war [slide]
- Subtitle
- Finding Aid
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Date
- © 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Repository Details
Part of the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections Repository
Contact:
50 College Street
8 Dwight Hall
South Hadley MA 01075-6425 USA
413-538-3079
archives@mtholyoke.edu
50 College Street
8 Dwight Hall
South Hadley MA 01075-6425 USA
413-538-3079
archives@mtholyoke.edu
