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Maker(s):Peirce, Waldo
Culture:American (1884-1970)
Title:Postcard: Algerian "cleaners up" of trenches
Date Made:1916
Type:Drawing
Materials:graphite and crayon on postcard
Place Made:Europe; France
Measurements:Overall: 3 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in; 9.5 cm x 14.6 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1972.90.4
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Earl Booth and Mrs. Maynard Kearny (George Bellows' daughters)
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
World War I; postcard; trenches; Algerians; knives; blood; execution

Label Text:
The postcard was sent to George Bellows at the East 19th Street, New York City Etats Unis by Waldo Peirce. Sometime on or after 1914, Peirce joined the American Field Service, a volunteer ambulance corps that served the French battlefields. This postcard has was mailed in March of 1916. The title is written on the verso of the picture.

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