Dug Out Collection

Gordon Highlander officers' mess, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub
STC404034 Gordon Highlander officers' mess, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

A German officer in a heavily sandbagged observation point during WWI, from The Pageant of the Century, pub.1934
3502708 A German officer in a heavily sandbagged observation point during WWI, from The Pageant of the Century, pub.1934; (add.info)

A ruined trench, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404022 A ruined trench, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mont St)

Dans la Bataille; Tranchee de repli occupee par des reserves d'infanterie, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Dans la Bataille; Tranchee de repli occupee par des reserves d'infanterie, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Dans la Bataille; Fusiliers mitrailleurs au bord d'une route, sous des pommiers, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Dans la Bataille; Fusiliers mitrailleurs au bord d'une route, sous des pommiers, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

'Bonne tranchee, bon equipement et bon "jus".1916. Creator: Unknown
Bonne tranchee, bon equipement et bon "jus".1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916"

Les Gaz Allemands; Cloche installee pres d'un abri de guetteur pour lui... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les Gaz Allemands; Cloche installee pres d'un abri de guetteur pour lui permettre de signaler l'arrivee d'une nappe gazeuse ; des qu'elle sonne

World War 1: British soldiers sleeping in shell holes
3787046 World War 1: British soldiers sleeping in shell holes; (add.info.: World War 1: British soldiers sleeping in shell holes. British Offical War Photograph, published on postcard. Series 10, No)

World War 1: Tommy at home in German dug-outs
3787044 World War 1: Tommy at home in German dug-outs; (add.info.: World War 1: Tommy at home in German dug-outs. Offical War Photograph published on postcard. Series III. No.2)

A young Nigel Clough joins his dad Brian Clough in the dugout to watch Nottingham Forest beat Sheffield United 6 - 1. Picture taken when the sixth goal was scored. 9th October 1976

Australian troops in Turkey, First World War, 1915, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Australian troops in Turkey, First World War, 1915, (c1920). Behind the Firing Line at Anzac Cove: " Splinter Villa", one of the Australian dug-outs

A Dug-Out in What Was Once A Sylvan Wood, (1919). Creator: Unknown
A Dug-Out in What Was Once A Sylvan Wood, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: The desolation and havoc wrought on the face of the country by modern guns baffles description

WW1 - Dug-outs at Feuilleres, France - March 1917

YMCA hut in a dug-out in Ypres during WW1

YMCA dug-out hut during WW1

WW2 Canadian Soldier And Dugout
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a Canadian soldier standing with his equipment, while the right picture represents D for dug-out

At Nootka, 1915, photogravure by John Andrew & Son (photogravure)
STC225358 At Nootka, 1915, photogravure by John Andrew & Son (photogravure) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) (after); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

The Daugherty home, Warm Springs district, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Daugherty [or Dougherty] home. Note siphon which brings irrigation water from the opposite bench. Warm Springs district, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Wardlow bakes her own bread in her dugout house, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939
Mrs. Wardlow bakes her own bread in her dugout house. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Wardlow baking corn bread in her dugout basement home, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Wardlow baking corn bread in her dugout basement home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Botners storage cellar on Botner farm, Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Botners storage cellar on Botner farm. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon]

Storage cellar on Botner farm, Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Storage cellar on Botner farm. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon

The youngest Wardlow boy copies out a recipe for his mother, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The youngest Wardlow boy copies out a recipe for his mother. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Free in doorway of her basement dugout home, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Free in doorway of her basement dugout home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mr. and Mrs. Wardlow at entrance to their dugout basement home, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mr. and Mrs. Wardlow at entrance to their dugout basement home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mr. and Mrs. Wardlow at entrance to their dugout... home, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939
Mr. and Mrs. Wardlow at entrance to their dugout basement home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

The Free children in doorway of their home in Sunday clothes, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Free children in doorway of their home in Sunday clothes. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

The Wardlow family in their dugout basement home on Sunday, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Wardlow family in their dugout basement home on Sunday. The youngest boy copies out a recipe for his mother. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Entrance to Mr. and Mrs. Wardlows dugout basement home, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Entrance to Mr. and Mrs. Wardlows dugout basement home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Wardlow, Friends church (Quaker), Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Wardlow after church services at the Friends church (Quaker). Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon]

All the members of the congregation, Friends church (Quaker), Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
All the members of the congregation. Friends church (Quaker). Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Wardlow after church services, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Wardlow after church services. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Friends church (Quaker), Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Friends church (Quaker), Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. The entire family after Sunday morning services. Preacher is a young farmer. Man at left holding baby

New farm in Cow Hollow, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
New farm in Cow Hollow, Malheur County, Oregon. Note basement dugout house and excavation for new house in foreground

Interior of Dougherty basement house, Warm Springs district, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Interior of Dougherty basement house. Mrs. Dougherty thinks it useless to put in screens since the house has so many cracks. [Note flies]. Warm Springs district, Malheur County, Oregon

Bartheloma basement house, Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bartheloma basement house. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Hull drying corn, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Hull drying corn. She hopes to sell enough to help her son through Bible school. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Hull in one-room dugout basement home, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Hull in one-room dugout basement home (note blackboard.) " I wanted a blackboard for a long time for my Bible verses, to keep them in our mind

Mrs. Hull and corner of her one-room basement dugout, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939
Mrs. Hull and corner of her one-room basement dugout. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. [Note L. & H. Economy stove]

The Browning home, a partial dugout, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Browning home, a partial dugout. Seven children live here. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Corner of Roberts one-room basement dugout, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Corner of Roberts one-room basement dugout. Malheur County, Oregon

Home of the Williams family, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of the Williams family. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. [Note entrance to below-ground dwelling]

Storage cellar, typical of area, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Storage cellar, typical of area. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Two-year old barn, sage bush thatched (name: Hull), Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Two-year old barn, sage bush thatched (name: Hull). Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Wardlow has 500 quarts of food in her dugout cellar, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon
Mrs. Wardlow has 500 quarts of food in her dugout cellar. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Wardlow getting dinner after church in her basement... Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Wardlow getting dinner after church in her basement dugout home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. [Note plates upside down to prevent contamination by flies]

Congregation leaving after services, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Congregation leaving after services. Preacher in doorway. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Botner arranging her storage cellar, Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Botner arranging her storage cellar. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon

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"Dug-outs: Witnessing History's Sheltered Secrets" In the depths of war, amidst the chaos and uncertainty, dug-outs emerged as sanctuaries for soldiers seeking respite from the relentless battles. These subterranean shelters became a symbol of survival during times of conflict. March 1917, Feuilleres, France - Dug-outs at Feuilleres stood strong against the ravages of World War I. A testament to human resilience and ingenuity, these underground havens provided solace for weary soldiers yearning for a momentary escape from the horrors above. Ypres during WW1 witnessed an extraordinary sight - a YMCA hut nestled within a dug-out. Amidst the deafening sounds of artillery fire, this humble refuge offered soldiers comfort and camaraderie in their darkest hours. The YMCA dug-out hut became an oasis where laughter mingled with tears. As time marched on into World War II, Canadian soldiers found solace within their own makeshift dwellings known as dugouts. These brave warriors sought shelter in these modest structures while bravely defending their homeland. Within those walls lay stories untold but etched forever in history. Across continents and oceans away, Australian troops found themselves entrenched in Turkey during World War I. In 1915 (c1920), they discovered temporary sanctuary within another YMCA dug-out hut—a beacon of hope amidst desolation. Not all dug-outs were born out of war; some were birthed by necessity or circumstance. Nootka's photogravure captured life beyond battlefields—where simple homes carved into nature's embrace provided shelter against harsh elements—an embodiment of resilience even outside wartime struggles. In Warm Springs district, Oregon (1939), Dorothea Lange immortalized the Daugherty home—a stark reminder that not all trenches belonged to battlefields alone. This humble dwelling served as both haven and hearth—a place where dreams were nurtured amidst the rugged terrain. Mrs.