Category: LOAN
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Date: 1917-09
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 4 x 5 inches; 10.16 x 12.7 cm
Accession Number: NYT.2016.0272.0081

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: 3-00; stamped: OFFICIAL PRESS BUREAU / [lion and unicorn emblem] / PASSED FOR PUBLICATION ABROAD; stamped: STOCK PURCHASED / SEPT 22 1917 / NEW YORK TIMES; typed: [adhered with paste] CANADIAN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE / WESTERN FRONT / 1833. Canadian officers inspecting the new Boche "Life / Buoy" liquid fire thrower, captured on Hill 70.; handwritten: 8 [circled]; handwritten: 8 [circled]; handwritten: 4864-L5 [circled]; stamped: PHOTO BY AMERICAN / PRESS ASSN'; stamped: ACKNOWLEDGE: / CANADIAN WAR RECORDS. / This photograph is issued [for CANADIAN WA]R RECORDS OFFICE / [by CENTRAL NEWS] AGENCY.; printed: [newsprint adhered with paste] CANADIAN / OFFICER / DONS THE NEW / GERMAN "LIFE- / BUOY" LIQUID / FIRE THROWER / CAPTURED ON HILL 70. / Very Few Other / Photographs, If Any, / of This Form of / Liquid Fire Thrower / Have Previously / Reached This Coun- / try. / (American / Press Assn.); stamped: [outline] PUBL / SEP 23 1917; handwritten: 131-L [boxed and struck through]; handwritten: [obscured] [circled] / [obscured] / 3 15/16 circle [obscured]

Credit Line: The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection