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Great Shell Hole Near Cierges
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Great Shell Hole Near Cierges

War Department · 1918 · pencil (overall production method/technique)

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

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Pencil sketch on paper. This landscape depicts a shell-torn area with damaged buildings and a large shell hole in the foreground. The crater is partially filled with water. Two soldiers stand on the far edge of the crater, looking down at the water.

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Credit lineGreat Shell Hole Near Cierges. 1918. War Department. National Museum of American History, War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff. CC0.
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