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Canaries which have been rescued from amidst the ruins in shelled areas
Canaries which have been rescued from amidst the ruins in shelled areas
British soldiers with rescued canaries, France, during World War I. Well known for their fondness of animals, this image shows British soldiers checking up on the health of some canaries who were found in residential areas that had suffered heavy shelling. Given the manner in which front line soldiers often adopted domestic pets that had been abandoned during a war as regimental mascots, perhaps i…
Contributors
- Thomas Keith, b. 1879 Aitken
Subject
- Birds
- Soldiers
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- Thomas Keith, b. 1879 Aitken
Subject
- Birds
- Soldiers
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Identifier
- 74548998
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T12:19:08.409Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:40.036Z