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Category: LSU (La Stéréoscopie Universelle)

Posted on 3 August 20199 September 2019

German A7V Tanks: The “Mephisto” and the “Elfriede”

The Germans were late to bring tanks to the Great War; while the Allies built over 5,000, the Germans built a mere 20. This essay examines the history of those 20 A7V-class tanks, and takes a closer, stereoscopic look at two of them.

Posted on 24 July 201924 July 2019

The Second Battle of Verdun: Scorched Earth Around Esnes-en-Argonne 1917

A month-long French offensive known as the Second Battle of Verdun is the subject of this 10-slide series put out by the SDV division of LSU. Featuring scenes from the recaptured regions surrounding Esnes, the series really portrays the devastation caused by 4 million shells impacting a region localized around a few miles of space.

Posted on 20 July 201924 July 2019

One-shot #31: La Stéréoscopie Universelle (LSU)’s SDV division really steps in it…

Bad puns aside, LSU really screwed the pooch on a 45x107mm glass plate stereoview - not only did they print the image horizontally reversed, but they managed to rotate the right-hand frame of the stereo pair by 180º. In this post, we explore the printing process that must have been employed by LSU in making an extremely goofy glass plate.

Posted on 29 June 201919 October 2019

One-shot #29: 1915 Capture of an Albatros B.II by Sgt Navarre and Lt Robert

On 1 April 1915, an MoS-3 piloted by Sergeant Jean Navarre took to the skies - where it encountered a German Albatros B.II. Some sharpshooting by the observer, Lieutenant Jean Robert, brought down the biplane - leading to the capture of the craft and its occupants, and the first victory for the MS 12 Escadrille, and medals for Navarre and Robert.

Posted on 21 June 201921 June 2019

One-shot #28: Camouflaged English batteries (LSU no. 9198)

Sometimes, whilst one is sorting through a newly acquired collection, a new slide or card proves just captivating - and one winds up just admiring it through their favorite stereoscope for minutes on end. This was one from my latest acquisition which had this effect on me.

Posted on 30 November 201823 June 2019

One-shot #24: Executing the “Snowboche”

In the final post in the Month of Remembrance series, we take a look at a merry band of soldiers preparing to "execute" what I've decided to call a "Snowboche" - a simple end to a complex series, much like the Great War itself.

Posted on 23 November 201823 June 2019

One-shot #19: A Cross at Ablain

A simple cross sits above a pile of German corpses - in a 1,000-year-old village that was completely leveled in a year, and finally came to be home to the largest military cemetery in France.

Posted on 21 November 201823 June 2019

One-shot #18: On the Road Again

As I head out to what I often describe as "a snowbound hellhole" of a hometown to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family, I share an image of soldiers trudging through an *actual* snowbound hellhole on their way to battle.

Posted on 11 November 201819 August 2019

Remembrance Day: 100 Years, 100 Photos

Today, on the centenary of the Great War's effective end with the 11 a.m. Armistice, I present 100 stereographic (and 2D) photographs from a soldier's-eye point of view. Lest we forget.

Posted on 10 November 201823 June 2019

One-shot #10: Cramped Quarters

An extremely brief Great War post about some German soldiers throwing in the towel, as a result of some unforeseen issues revolving around my internet connection doing the same.

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