At_close_grips2.jpg

Description

LOC caption : "At close grips with the Hun, we bomb the corkshaffer's, etc." Two United States soldiers run past the remains of two German soldiers toward a bunker.

Note that this may well be a staged propaganda image. Also note the British style webbing and possible SMLE rifle. It is possible that the men photographed in this image are in fact British, not American.

Date

photographed circa 1917-1918, published 1922

Source

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress 's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID cph.3c04154 .
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing .

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Author

H. D. Girdwood (1878–1964)
Alternative names	Charles Hilton De Witt Girdwood
Description	British-American photographer
Date of birth/death	1878	1964
Location of birth/death	Ontario	Michigan
Authority file	: Q46116204 VIAF : 309662902 GND : 105500839X

Permission
( Reusing this file )

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929.

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Fully restored version of File:At close grips.jpg . Cropped to right frame. Dirt and scratches removed. Curves adjusted. See also File:At close grips1.tif (partial restoration) and File:At close grips2.tif (full resolution, uncompressed).

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