<I>13962 A colored brigade building trenches at Camp Devens, Mass.</I>

Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s · 1917-1919

An undated stereograph produced by Underwood & Underwood of an outdoor military scene titled: "13962 A colored brigade building trenches at Camp Devens, Mass./ © Underwood & Underwood/ U-256656", below the image. The stereograph is rectangular in shape with two identical albumen photographs that are square-shaped with a curved top edge attached to a gray piece of cardboard. Both images feature a large group of African American soldiers in the middle of an open field lined with trees on the left side. The soldiers are busily digging and building trenches in the open field. The left edge of the stereograph contains the following textual information: "European Publishers/ Underwood & Underwood (London), Ltd." while the right side contains the following textual information: "Underwood & Underwood/ New York & Ottawa, Kas./ Works, Arlington, N.J.".