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Keystone View Company Huge Shell Hole beside a Highway, France

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.165 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: France Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

Smoke billows from a large crater made by an exploding shell, covering the road and forest behind it.

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