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Keystone View Company German Steel Cupola for Machine Guns. Demolished by the Allies

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.145 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Germany Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

In this photograph is destruction of land in Germany by the Allies. There is also a machine gun covered by a cupola in the photograph. These were often hidden in the woods, according to the photograph.

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