Keystone View Company Mass in the Allied Trenches on the Western Front

GLC09584.104

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GLC#
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Type
Images
Date
1918
Author/Creator
Keystone View Company
Title
Mass in the Allied Trenches on the Western Front
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm
Primary time period
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
Sub-Era
World War I

During the war, priests of the Catholic Church held services for the soldiers. Masses were often held in dug-outs in the front line trenches. It was a solemn scene because of the reality of death these men faced.

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