A Typewriter Message to the Kaiser
Title
A Typewriter Message to the Kaiser
Description
American machine gunners are letting go a strip of "typewriter" bullets from a gun emplacement in the frontline trenches somewhere in France . In Yankee trench slang a machine gun is called a "typewriter" because of the likeness of the rhythm and noise of the two machines
Creator
U.S. Committee on Public Information
Publisher
State Library of Iowa
Date
circa 1917-1918
Contributor
Ankeny Area Historical Society, Ankeny, Iowa
Rights
U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. For permission to use the digital image, please contact the Ankeny Area Historical Society
Format
pdf
Type
document
Identifier
2008.46.61
Coverage
World War I
Original Format
Newspaper photograph
File Name
typewriter_message_to_the_kaiser.OCR2.pdf
Repository
Ankeny Area Historical Society Museum
Contact information.
Ankeny Area Historical Society - phone (515) 965-5795
Digital item created
2016-12-20
Digital item modified
2017-03-23
Transcription
"TYPEWRITER" MESSAGE TO THE KAISER - American machine gunners are letting go a strip of "typewriter bullets from a gun emplacement in the front line trences somewhere in France. In Yankee trench slang a machine gun is called a "typewriter" because of the likeness of the ryhthm and noise of the two machines