Big Bertha's anniversary : this shell wrecked a subway tube

A huge shell crater is in the median of a Parisian street. It was made by the German long range cannon, the Krupp "WilhelmGeschutz" (commonly known as Big Bertha). The shell apparently hit a subway tunnel. Several men (at least one policeman) stand around the crater. Several bicycles are parked nearby. Onlookers form a rectangle at least four ranks deep about fifty feet from the crater.

Publication date: 1938-03-20

Size: 9.6 x 21 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Paris (France)

Subject(s):

• Crowds--France--Paris--1910-1920
• Streets--France--Paris--1910-1920
• Craters--France--1910-1920
• Police--France--Paris--1910-1920
• Bicycles & tricycles--1910-1920
• World War, 1914-1918--Destruction & pillage--France--Paris

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 (March 20, 1938), p. 7

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Meden