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Damage to orchards by exiting German armies during World War I
- Title (English):
- Damage to orchards by exiting German armies during World War I
- Collection:
- Human Ecology Historical Photographs
- Set:
- World War I
- Creation Date:
- 1875-1979
- ID Number:
- RMA00749_M-W-W-01
- Catalog Record:
- 2081762
- Archival Collection Number:
- 23-2-749
- Previous Filename:
- M-W-W-01.jpg
- File Name:
- RMA00749_M-W-W-01.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Subject:
- Fruit trees
Orchards
Destruction and pillage
France
World War, 1914-1918
- Description:
- Four leafless, toppled orchard trees in France, chopped down at the stump, photographed for French government to illustrate damage to orchards perpetrated by exiting German armies during World War IEntire orchards were chopped down when the German armies were driven from occupied portions of Northern France last year. This picture is one of a set of official photographs made for the French government, showing the thoroughness with which this destruction was carried out by the Germans. In many instances the Germans found themselves short of time, and instead of cutting the trees down, merely hacked, or girdled the trunk so that the tree, if left alone, would bleed to death. The French, fully aware of the food value of their highly prized orchards, soon found a method of circumventing the Hun, and saved many girdled trees by having squadrons of soldiers equipped with first aid materials, such as tar or cement, accompany the advancing French soldiers for the purpose of saving as many orchards as possible by binding the trees and staunching the flow of sap through the injured trunks.
- Cite As:
- New York State College of Home Economics records, #23-2-749. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- New York State College of Home Economics records
- Box:
- 39
- Folder:
- 45
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This item is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of its creation date and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections (http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright). Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. For questions about this item or other items in the New York State College of Home Economics records, please contact rareref@cornell.edu.
