[three soldiers in uniform wearing gas masks in front of building]

[three soldiers in uniform wearing gas masks in front of building]

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[three soldiers in uniform wearing gas masks in front of building]
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • [three soldiers in uniform wearing gas masks in front of building]
Date1917–1918
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 1/16 × 5 1/4 in. (7.8 × 13.3 cm)
 Sheet: 3 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (8.3 × 14 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2014.313
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePeter J. Cohen, New York; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History“In A Snap: The Art of Vernacular Photography,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 12, 2014–February 22, 2015.

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