The pulverised ruins of Ypres, in Belgium, viewed from an observation balloon. The high white ...

Accession Number E01255
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres
Date made 31 October 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

The pulverised ruins of Ypres, in Belgium, viewed from an observation balloon. The high white building near the road was the Post Office. Ypres suffered bombardment after bombardment until it was obliterated.

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