37. Vauquois mine Craters. (Argonne Sector) (over 200 ft. in diameter), 1918/19

Plate 37. Vauquois mine Craters (Argonne Sector), from an album of World War I aerial photography assembled by Edward Steichen, in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Plate 37, from an untitled album of World War I photographs, 1918/19

Gelatin silver print
Gift of William Kistler, 1977.713

As can be seen in the satellite images, these massive craters still exist.

Inscribed recto, on album page, lower left, in black/brown ink: “Vauquois mine Craters (Argonne Sector [sic] / (over 200 ft in diameter)”; printed recto, on album page, lower right, in black ink: “Photographic Section. / Air Service. American Expeditionary Forces.”; inscribed recto, on album page, lower right, in blue ink: “37”; unmarked verso