A photograph of the a Steel Tree or observation post used throughout the Western Front. Bomb damaged trees were replaced by steel replicas to use as camouflaged observation posts in order to watch enemy troops from a safer vantage point than looking up out of a trench. This was begun by the French troops. Trees like this could be found throughout the Western Front.

In Collection:

• World War One Photographs and Journals

Subject

• Camouflage (Military science)
• World War (1914-1918)
• Military architecture

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1914 to 1918

Relation

• Part of the Wills Photograph Album.

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 photograph

Geographic Coverage

• France--Neuville-St Vaast

Coordinates

• 50.35556, 2.75806

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• World War One Photographs and Journals

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• photographs
• black-and-white photographs

Archival item identifier

• AR394_03_09_18_02

Fonds title

• Archie H. Wills fonds

Fonds identifier

• AR394

Is referenced by

• Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/archie-h-wills-fonds

Date digitized

• June 8, 2007

Technical note

• Original metadata listed the following as contributors: Christopher Rickinson, Alyssum Nielsen, and Chris Petter. Migration metadata by KD.

Rights

• This material may be protected by copyright. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/gsj9-0c95

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