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Keystone View Company Watching "the Crimson Chorus of the Guns" Playing to the Enemy.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.163 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Germany Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

In the foreground, we see the backs of two soldiers' heads as they look out over a hill. Clouds from artillery fire rise in the background.

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