Keystone View Company Sharpshooters in Protected Position near Enemy Lines

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GLC09584.110
GLC#
GLC09584.110-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1914
Author/Creator
Keystone View Company
Title
Sharpshooters in Protected Position near Enemy Lines
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

This photo depicts sharpshooters hiding in the trenches, waiting to attack. They fashioned creative hiding places, using everything from bushes to shell crates for protection. New recruits died frequently because of these sharpshooters.

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