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Keystone View Company Trophies of War -- German Torpedo from S. S. "Emden" and Floating Mines, London.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.071 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

A torpedo from the German S.S. Emden, an infamous commerce destroyer ship commanded by Capt. Von Mueller, on display at a war exposition in London.

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