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Keystone View Company German Gun Guarding the Mole, Zeebrugge

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.219 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Zee-Brugge, Belgium Type: Stereocard Date: 1914 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

This photograph depicts a gun by a German base. There is a body of water in the distance. Around the time of this photograph, the British attacked the Germans by way of sea.

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