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Victoria League : Slides relating to World War I - P1997-026

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Reference NumberP1997-026Datec.1914 - c.1918DescriptionThis material consists of 156 glass lantern slides relating to World War I. There are two selections :Set B - selection 5, and set A - selection 2. The sequences are numbered and a description included in papers housed in the Hocken Photographs Collection. Thirty-three slides are missing of those described.

Only a small part of this collection is digitised and available through Digital Collections. Information about other items can be found on the Hākena catalogue, through the Library Catalogues link above.History / BiographyLantern slides were a technology used to give lectures and slide-shows. These slides served the increased focus on photographic propaganda. Lt. Ernest Brooks, the first official British photographer, was posted to the Western Front in 1916, consequently, the Battle of the Somme was the first battle to be extensively officially photographed by the British.ProvenanceUnknownMediaLantern slides

Photograph

Two mortally wounded German soldiers in the ruins of their trench

German barbed wire entanglements

An Anzac sentry on duty through the long watches of the night

Australians returning from the trenches with their mascot

Courcelette in ruins

Ruins of an observation station used by the Germans

The Road of Death, the name given to the sunken road behind Courcelette

A view of Ovillers battlefield

German barbed wire entanglements

Depicts Or Relates To

NamesVictoria LeaguePlacesGreeceIraqEgyptFranceSommeSubjectsWorld War, 1914-1918

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