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Keystone View Company British Soldiers Gleaning in the Fields of War, Menin Road.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.039 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: s.l. Type: Stereocard Date: 1917 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

A British soldier uses a long plank to move a piece of wood aside on a ravaged battlefield at Menin Road, likely to pick up a valuable left behind by a fallen German.

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