Stereoscopic card
Category
Photographs
Date
Unknown
Materials
Measurements
89 x 178 mm
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Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1458554
Summary
Stereoscopic viewcard (number 23) showing a group of soldiers charging over the sandbags during the First World War. Several of their comrades bodies are visible in the foreground. Caption reads "The Leicester's attack baffles the Kaiser's bid to wipe out "Old Contemptibles" at Ypres". On the left hand side is printed "Realistic Travels - Publishers, London, Cape Town, Bombay, Melbourne, Toronto". On the right hand side is printed "By Royal Command to their Imperial Majesties King George V and Queen Mary".