Disinfecting German soldiers (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Disinfecting German soldiers
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the
negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19550
Call Number: LC-B2- 3548-1
Comments and faves
Cassies grandma (3 weeks ago | reply)
They must have lice.
Eli the Bearded (3 weeks ago | reply)
Probably more than that to be sitting there naked.
rjones0856 (3 weeks ago | reply)
Lice carry typhus -- it was a big problem. They're probably having their clothes disinfected, too
xiphophilos added this photo to his favorites. (3 weeks ago)
MisterBenz (3 weeks ago | reply)
These are Austro-Hungarian soldiers rather then German troops, looking at the uniforms and caps.
okkkiu added this photo to their favorites. (3 weeks ago)
KenjiB_48 (3 weeks ago | reply)
The uniformed official in the center looks a bit like a Serb, though...