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Barber Shop and First Aid Station of the Red Cross at Essey
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Barber Shop and First Aid Station of the Red Cross at Essey

War Department · 1918-09-17 · ink wash (overall production method/technique)

From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Graphite with brush and black ink wash. The sketch depicts a shell-torn building with an automobile parked inside. A line of clothes is visible through the large hole in the building. A group of men gather around a chair, where one man is being attended to by a barber. Army truck at right of building. The sketch is done on beige wove paper mounted on beige card ruled with decorative graphite lines.

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Credit lineBarber Shop and First Aid Station of the Red Cross at Essey. 1918-09-17. War Department. National Museum of American History, War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff. CC0.

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