Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0109Description
Stereograph backing with the image torn out. A small portion of the bottom right corner of the right image remains. on the top edge "W98 (Star)" is printed, on the left edge "Keystone View Company Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood, Inc. Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, on the right edge "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. --- Chicago, Ill., ----" is printed, on the bottom edge "V18863 "Throught it all like horror runs the red resentment of the guns." Oise, France. On the reverse the following is printed:
Enormous French Field Guns on the Oise, France.
Under the shelter of the embankment that runs alongside the plowed field you can see a batteryof those monster field guns which by their incessant hammering on the German lines struck terror into the heart of the enemy and opened up the lanes that led to victory and peace.
As you look at the muzzels poking over the edge of the ditch you can see the groups of attentive French soldiers who fed them, cared for them and loved them becasue of the tremendous part that they had in the battle that raged for years along the western front. These guns are along the Oise, a river in northern France more famouse beacasue of the blood of the soldier that has been spilled along tis banks than anything else.
Night and day these thick throated felllows hurled their tons of metal and high explosive over and into the German lines. The shells weigh over two hundred pounds and are filled with high explosive that sends a hurricane of splinered steel over the ground when they strike. They are the largest type of field gun that the French army used and were very difficult to move on account of their weight. In muddy soil and in a war of movement they would be practically useless.Collection
Photograph Collection