Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0120Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of a desolate battlefield, several bodies are visible on the ground. Above the image "W44 (Star)" is printed, below the image "V18874 Proud Men of the North Who Fought on Flander's Fields" is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood, Inc. Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
V18874
PROUD MEN OF THE NORTH WHO FOUGHT ON FLANDERS FIELDS
On this shell-torn waste, pitted and pimpled by high explosives, with the barbed wire curling dangerously around, and the blackened stumps of trees rising here and there, we see the fallen flower of Scotia's manhood.
The men of Scotland have through all history distinguished themselves by their love of a just cause and their readiness to sacrifice their lives for freedom. Their blood has mingled with the land of every continent. They have been leaders in the cause of liberty wherever it was endangered, whether the offender was a royal Edward or a Prussian William.
Here before us is the mute evidence that the blood of heroes still flows in Scotch veins, for these men died facing the machine guns of the enemy. Statistics show that the losses of those famous Scothch regiments were among the heaviest. The Germans spoke of the Scotch as the "Ladies from Hell" because of their fierceness in attack and their bravery under fire, alludin also to their peculiar attire.
The strange dress they insist on wearing has been an inspiration to many a harassed people. The French loved them, and a story is told of a tribe of Afghans who, wishing to show unflinching valor under fire, dressed in kilts and marched to the tune of improvised bagpipes.
Copyright by The Kyeston View CompanyCollection
Photograph Collection