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Keystone View Company Ripped and Battered to Death by the Enemy- a Derelict tank, Cambrai

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.175 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Cambrai, France Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

This photograph is of a tank that has been destroyed by battle. The shells that struck it were powerful enough to rip through the large machine.

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