C01381 Accession Number: C01381

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Unidentified soldiers stand at a railway yard where they have been transferring crates of stores from the heavy gauge railway cars on the left to the light railway trucks for transport to the front line. Note the extremely muddy ground.

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Accession Number
C01381
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original quarter plate negative
Date Made
c 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Captain Williams
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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