"Dead End" Ypres
Title
"Dead End " Ypres
Description
This photograph features the "Dead End " of the Ypres Canal in the foreground of the image. Behind it appears the officers ' and noncommissioned officers ' billets and the mess hall . The caption reads : "All comforts of home . Roulette , Tea and boating in the afternoon. "
Historical note
A billett is a military housing term . In this area , it generally referred to a barn or an old house that was set up to accommodate a certain number of men . "Set up" might only mean that straw was thrown on the ground in preparation for occupation .
Date
1918
Creator
Warfield, Francis B.
Place
Ieper (Belgium)
Collection name
Frierson-Warfield Papers, 1813-1928
Collection finding aid
http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/frierson-warfield-papers-1813-1859-1925-1928.
Accession number
90-288
Education Tags
US.28 World War I
Subjects
War World War, 1914-1918 Canals Barracks Military camps Officers' quarters Mess halls
Owning Institution
Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#
30575
Digital Type
Still Image
Digital format
Image/jp2
Media Type
Photographs
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