On the Somme, Fricourt
Production date
Sep 1916
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
The photograph is of a French aerial torpedo laying across a battle trench. The photograph has been glued to a page in Leo Bestall's diary. Above the photograph Leo has written, On the Somme in 1916. Underneath are the words: French aerial torpedo thrower on King Georges Hill, Fricourt. Self.
Leo is standing in a trench by the torpedo.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, September 1916.
Leo Bestall documented in his diary his time spent at Fricourt and the Somme, September 1916.
Leo is standing in a trench by the torpedo.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, September 1916.
Leo Bestall documented in his diary his time spent at Fricourt and the Somme, September 1916.
Production date
Sep 1916
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black & white photograph. Glued onto paper in an album.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 42 x 66mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
Sep 1916
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 19240
Other number(s)
19240, 91773
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