View of soldiers nailing coffins shut in France during World War I, ca.1916

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Photograph of a view of soldiers nailing coffins shut in France during World War I, ca.1916. Two plain wooden coffins can be seen, one at left and one at center. The one at left is open and its lid can be seen in the foreground near two wooden crosses. Uniformed soldiers can be seen putting nails into the lid of the coffin at center, while more soldiers stand around and watch. One soldier at right has a Red Cross emblem on his arm.

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Title View of soldiers nailing coffins shut in France during World War I, ca.1916

Subject Cemeteries (adlf), Cemeteries (lcsh), Military (lcsh), Soldiers (lcsh), War (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place France (countries)

Temporal Subject 1916

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 7 x 11 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1916

Contributor Conrich, Robert S. (donor)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m24563

Identifier 39529 (accession number), CHS-39529 (call number), CHS-39529 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-23833 (legacy record id), chs-m24563 (legacy record id), USC (project), ARCH-239 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 23833

Unique identifier UC126122

Legacy Identifier CHS-39529.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 29.2 in × 17.2 in at 300dpi
74.2 cm × 43.8 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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