Holt tractors towing artillery, 1917

Lantern slide, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1917.

The Holt Company of California manufactured two models of tractor (the 75 and 120) for the British Army during the war. By 1916 over 1,000 of these vehicles were in use with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) for the purpose of hauling its heavy artillery.

From a box of 50 lantern slides.