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H. D. Girdwood  (1878–1964)  wikidata:Q46116204
 
Alternative names
Charles Hilton De Witt Girdwood
Description British-American photographer
Date of birth/death 1878 Edit this at Wikidata 1964 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ontario Michigan
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artist QS:P170,Q46116204
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A tank leads the infantry into action and breaks down the wire entanglements. 1915.

Collection: The photographs appear in a variety of sizes, shapes and colours including shades of blue, green and brown. They record scenes of military life as experienced by the Indian and British armies in France during the First World War. The battle scenes are not real but staged from maneouvres.

Added: The image of the tank has been left-right inverted.
A stereo card version of this photograph was issued as #106 in set 200-3 of stereographs of the Great War issued after the war by Girdwood's company Realistic Travels - [1]
An equivalent (or at least highly similar) photograph was issued as #139 of Volume 2 of a set of 600 stereographs of the war. [2], as "Our monster tanks break down the belts of barbed wire and completely surprise the Hun at Cambrai".
Date 1917 (?). Collection date 22 April 1921
institution QS:P195,Q23308
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Photo 21/(153)
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Image taken from 'India Office Official Record of the Great War'.

Originally published/produced in 22 April 1921.

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Catalogue entry: IOSM Photo 21/(153)

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