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Keystone View Company View from Stage of a Serbian Army Audience in an Outdoor Theater at the Front -- Prompter in the Foreground.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.061 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: s.l. Type: Stereocard Date: 1914 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

View from the stage as Serbian soldiers watch their fellow men perform plays for the rest of the army during a rare moment of downtime. In the foreground, a concealed prompter feeds them their lines, and in the front row, men play instruments to accompany them.

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