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Keystone View Company Repairing Field Telephone Lines During a Gas Attack at the Front.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.239 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: s.l. Type: Stereocard Date: 1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

Two men wearing gas masks repair field telephone lines at the front line during a chemical attack. The background is hazy and clouded with gas.

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