C01524 Accession Number: C01524

Description

View of Shell Green, formerly a cotton field, on the seaward slope of a ridge inland from Anzac Cove. The name derived from the number of shells that fell there.

Details

Accession Number
C01524
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Major J M Herbert
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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