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Making Nets and Camouflage Material
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Making Nets and Camouflage Material

War Department · ca 1918 · charcoal (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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Charcoal and ink wash sketch on blue-gray paper. Women are making nets and camouflage material in a large tent-like structure in Dijon, France. The structure appears to be fortified with sand bags at one end. There is a label attached to the bottom center of the sketch that reads: "MAKING NETS AND CAMOUFLAGE MATERIAL/Central Camouflage Depot at Dijon/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/3004."

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Credit lineMaking Nets and Camouflage Material. ca 1918. War Department. National Museum of American History, War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff. CC0.

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