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Friend of a motor transport section placed in position by the roadside in France
Friend of a motor transport section placed in position by the roadside in France
Charlie Chaplin scarecrow, France, during World War I. This rather bizarre and macabre photograph shows two soldiers, identified in the caption as members of a transport unit, laughing at a scarecrow figure dressed as Charlie Chaplin, while a third man has written 'Our Charlie' on a rock. It is quite disturbing because the face appears very lifelike. The 'scarecrow' could possibly be a dead man, b…
Contributors
- David, British official photographer McLellan
Subject
- Charlie, 1889-1977 Chaplin
- Figures (representations)
- Laughter
- Roadsides
- Scarecrows
- Soldiers
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- David, British official photographer McLellan
Subject
- Charlie, 1889-1977 Chaplin
- Figures (representations)
- Laughter
- Roadsides
- Scarecrows
- 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
- 1916 - 1918
- 1916/1918
- 2005
Identifier
- 74548814
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
- 2014-04-06T13:22:55.162Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:46:16.361Z