Image showing various types of shells used in pyrotechnic research by Richter in the Chemical Warfare Service Research Division during World War I. The photograph captures six 75m/m shells partially buried underground, six 75m/m shrapnel gas shells suspended on poles 12 feet high on the left, and six gas shells suspended on poles 12 feet high on the right. The photo was taken three seconds after an explosion occurred. This image is labeled as Subject: 55639 and was received from the Chemical Warfare Service Research Division on July 12, 1918. Photographer information and description are a


Image showing various types of shells used in pyrotechnic research by Richter in the Chemical Warfare Service Research Division during World War I. The photograph captures six 75m/m shells partially buried underground, six 75m/m shrapnel gas shells suspended on poles 12 feet high on the left, and six gas shells suspended on poles 12 feet high on the right. The photo was taken three seconds after an explosion occurred. This image is labeled as Subject: 55639 and was received from the Chemical Warfare Service Research Division on July 12, 1918. Photographer information and description are also provided.


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