From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.

Accession Number P10550.048
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original postcard negative
Maker Thuillier, Louis
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Vignacourt
Date made c 1916-1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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Portrait of an unidentified signaller on a despatch motorcycle wearing a sheepskin vest and mittens. The winter of 1916-17 was one of the coldest in decades in France.

From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.