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Merviller
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Merviller

War Department · 1918-04 · watercolor (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

Charcoal and ink wash sketch on paper. This rough sketch depicts a village street with a camouflage apparatus hung over the street. Soldiers are in the thoroughfare, under the camouflage screen. The museum's catalogue card for this drawing reads, "The road through Merviller is on the slope of a hill and is exposed to German observation. But by the use overhead camouflage screening, one strip of which is here shown, the traffic along this road is entirely concealed."

National Museum of American History’s own description
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Credit lineMerviller. 1918-04. War Department. National Museum of American History, War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff. CC0.

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