50. Frontline trenches (Apremont), May 15, 1918 | Edward Steichen's World War I Years

Plate 50. Frontline trenches (Apremont), from an album of World War I aerial photography assembled by Edward Steichen, in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Plate 50, from an untitled album of World War I photographs, May 15, 1918

Plate 50, from an untitled album of World War I photographs, May 15, 1918 (detail)

Gelatin silver print
Gift of William Kistler, 1977.726

Inscribed recto, in negative, along left edge, sideways, in white: “Sq.1_B24G. NW. APREMONT. 454.311-F: 0.52.11H [“H” in superscript/underlined] 900M [“M” in superscript/underlined] .15.5.1918. 5298 N [with arrow through it pointing diagonally towards upper left]”; inscribed recto, on album page, lower left, in black/brown ink: “Frontline trenches (apremont)”; 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: “50”; unmarked verso