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Dog delivering a message, a shell hole being used as a temporary post
Dog delivering a message, a shell hole being used as a temporary post
Messenger dog bringing a message to soldiers in a shell hole in France, during World War I. A dog-handler unfastening the collar of a messenger dog, so as to read the message that has been sent to his unit. Scrolled up messages placed inside waterproof containers would have been attached to the dog’s collar, as it moved between units in the front line trenches. Messenger dogs were recruited by…
Contributors
- Thomas Keith, b. 1879 Aitken
Subject
- Delivering
- Dogs
- Holes
- Messengers
- Scrolls (information artifacts)
- Shells (ammunition)
- Soldiers
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- Thomas Keith, b. 1879 Aitken
Subject
- Delivering
- Dogs
- Holes
- Messengers
- Scrolls (information artifacts)
- Shells (ammunition)
- 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
- 74549028
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
- 2014-04-06T13:22:43.344Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:46:09.089Z