Caption

View of Oosterweel with destroyed houses after an explosion of a munitions factory in 1889, Vue générale d'Austruweel, page, photomechanical print, number: '11', photographer: Henri Colon, Oosterweel, cliché maker: anonymous, Belgium, printer (person): J. Maes (possibly), Antwerp, publisher: J. Maes, 1889, Henri Colon, J. Maes, photographer, cliché maker, printer (person), publisher, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 165 mm x width 230 mm, Image on page 11., ruin of a building, architecture, Explosion of a munitions factory in Oosterweel in 1889, A wide, sepia-toned scene shows a row of damaged buildings with exposed wooden roof frames and missing roof sections, interspersed with trees behind and between the structures; in front of the buildings there are scattered fences, piles of debris, and small figures of people standing or sitting near doorways; the foreground is dominated by marshy grassland and shallow water with reflections of the buildings and vegetation, and a lone person stands on the grassy area closer to the buildings.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B09_084

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Rights managed

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34.7Mb (7.3Mb) / 12.9in x 10.5in / 3862 x 3138 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Oosterweel destroyed houses explosion munitions factory 1889 Vue générale d'Austruweel page photomechanical print number 11 photographer Henri Colon cliché maker anonymous Belgium printer person J Maes Antwerp publisher paper collotype photoprint height 165 mm x width 230 mm Image page 11 ruin building architecture Explosion wide sepia-toned scene row damaged buildings exposed wooden roof frames missing roof sections interspersed trees structures front buildings scattered fences piles debris small figures people standing sitting near doorways foreground dominated marshy grassland shallow water reflections vegetation lone person stands grassy area closer buildings