Cleaning Out Boche Machine Gun Nest
date: label: date made
content: 1918-09-12
label: associated date
content: 1917-1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Harding, George Matthews
notes: label: Description
content: Crayon and charcoal on paper. The work depicts a tank overrunning a German machine gun emplacement. There are American soldiers behind the tank. In the foreground, two German soldiers, with multi-colored camouflaged helmets, man their machine gun. The German soldier on the right holds a rifle. A barbed-wire entanglement is visible on the right.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted; referenced
content: France: Grand Est, Saint-Mihiel
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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content: Military
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content: World War I Art
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content: Art
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content: Combat Art
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25740
label: catalog number
content: 25740
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: crayon (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 3/4 in x 28 1/4 in; 52.705 cm x 71.755 cm