An unexploded 42 centimeter shell

Two soldiers sit near an unexploded shell from a German heavy gun, knicknamed "Busy Bertha," resting in a damaged French trench on the Somme front during World War I.

Publication date: 1917-01-21

Size: 18 x 24 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• France

Subject(s):

• Artillery (Weaponry)--German--1910-1920
• World War, 1914-1918--Military personnel--French
• World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare--France

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (January 21, 1917), Rotogravure Section, p. 6

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Underwood & Underwood