Image depicting a gas shell explosion during pyrotechnic research conducted by Richter in the Chemical Warfare Service's Research Division. The shell contains Chloro-picrin and stannic-chloride. The photograph was taken on July 12, 1918, and is part of Description Number 55595 recorded by the Chemical Warfare Service.

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