5. Vertical photograph from 9,000 feet showing ruined town of Nomeny (all roofs shot in), August 25, 1918

Plate 5. Vertical photograph, Nomeny, from an album of World War I aerial photography assembled by Edward Steichen, in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Plate 5, from an untitled album of World War I photographs, August 25, 1918

Gelatin silver print
Gift of William Kistler, 1977.681

Inscribed recto, in negative, lower right, diagonally, in white: “N / [arrow pointing up]”; recto, in negative, along bottom edge, in white: “9566. / U.S. 4 A.C. 90SQ. 4 PHOTO. SEC. B463 NOMENY 89.7-33.4 25.8.18 11 H 2900 M 52 CM.”; inscribed recto, on album page, lower left, in black/brown ink: “vertical photograph from 9000 feet / showing ruined town of Nomeny [underlined]. (all roofs shot in [sic]”; 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: “5”; unmarked verso