Fismes, (vertical photos) compare with preceding: oblique photo of same town and note how much better the effect of artillery fire is shown by this vertical photograph, pratically not a roof left in the town

Photographic Section, U.S. Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) and Major Edward J. Steichen, A.S.A. (American, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973)

Date

August 21, 1918

Medium

Gelatin silver print, from loose-leaf album of aerial photographs from the Photographic Section, Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces, World War I

Dimensions

17 × 19 cm (image overall); 18 × 23.5 (paper); 24.5 × 31.8 cm (album page)

Department

Photography and Media

Credit line

Gift of William Kistler