CC0 · no rights reserved
Street Fighting
From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A charcoal, pastel and watercolor drawing on beige textured paper. Depicted is an American soldier in oliver drab uniform firing his M1903 Springfield rifle with a trail of yellow fire coming out of the gun barrel. To the left of the soldier is the body of another American soldier lying face down on the street, presumably dead. Surrounding the soldiers are piles of debris from destroyed buildings. Part of a wall has collapsed behind the firing soldier, and a pile of red, white, and blue cloth can be seen among the rubble. Signed by the artist at bottom right, "Harvey Dunn, AEF"
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStreet Fighting. ca 1918. Dunn, Harvey Thomas. National Museum of American History, War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff. CC0.
