Goofy found photos record WWI soldiers posing with fake military props

c. 1910-1912

“Flight from the sand desert [i.e., military camp] Neuhammer.” Nuehammer Military Camp, Germany. Unidentified photographer.

Image: Collection of Christopher B. Steiner

While a variety of props – fake airplanes, hot air balloons, automobiles, trains — had been used in studio photography since the late...