52443: Leisure and Entertainment During the First world War

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posted on 2024-05-09, 12:56 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Leisure and entertainment at the Front: Men of the Army Service Corps playing cards on a duckboard in a shell hole at Poperinghe. Cards, being light and portable, were ubiquitous at the front.

History

Identifier

3550.jpg | CXTIWMPHOq2758.jpg

Subject

Allied Forces | Group | Western Front

Creator

Brooks, Ernest

Date

22nd August 1917

Date Created

22/08/1917

Spatial

Poperinghe, Belgium

Source

Photograph

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

Contributor

Jennifer Dunn

Rights

The Imperial War Museum

Collection ID

Q 2758

Repository Name

Imperial War Museum Photographic Archive

Repository Address

Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, UK

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

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Keywords

First World War Poetry Digital Archive World War One Photographs Allied Forces Group Western Front

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0