Dozens of soldiers pulling a 9.2 inch Howitzer by rope in WWI. The number of soldiers is indicative of the weight of the piece of artillery: 15.5 tons in total.

In Collection:

• World War One Photographs and Journals

Subject

• Howitzers
• World War (1914-1918)
• Soldiers
• Transportation, Military
• Artillery
• Battlefields
• Military weapons

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 ; 6 x 8.5 cm

Geographic Coverage

• Western Front (World War (1914-1918))

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_39_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 19, 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/hhf9-1120

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