Revealed: Extraordinary collection of 5,000 WWI photographs salvaged from RUBBISH DUMPS

[oneshooter]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2587919/Former-dustman-salvaged-5-000-historic-photographs-WWI-heroes-action-RUBBISH-DUMPS.html#ixzz2y8PqaLFF

An amazing amount of history, that was being thrown away.

[KittyWampus]

1. a favorite posted:

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. excellent

Excellent

[LVdem]

2. Wow... I'm glad they were saved.

Here's a link to a BBC webpage wondering how so many survived the trenches of WWI.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3kgjxs

It's pretty interesting.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Couple of things:

All that beautiful copperplate handwriting is disappearing.

Notice the horse in pic 5...why on earth was he shaved from mid chest back to hocks?

[enlightenment]

5. This might help answer the horse shaving question.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sunnybrook100/3223792393/
The caption is quite informative, although it doesn't show that particular shave.

This book suggests they were clipped to prevent mange.
http://books.google.com/books?id=mkFdAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=why+were+horses+clipped+in+WWI&source=bl&ots=IzISucmvtG&sig=i2lKu3UWtAwK-jIbj0xxqmndgQ4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZzlHU4-QGYaayQHc8oGYDA&ved=0CHUQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=why%20were%20horses%20clipped%20in%20WWI&f=false

[senseandsensibility]

4. k and r

Thanks for posting.