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Keystone View Company One of the Notorious U-boats Stranded on the South Coast of England after Surrender

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.221 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: England Type: Stereocard Date: 1914 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

This photograph shows people on rowboats and on land, surrounding a U-boat after British victory against Germans. There are also people standing on the boat.

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