On the ground outside were many beautiful specimens of all kinds of German shells.

Having passed the night in a shelter under shell fire, Grant Willard spent the afternoon developing many of the photos you're seeing in this blog. He'd bought a Kodak kit in Paris and developed the photos in camp.

Saturday, August 25, 1917:

Arose at 6 A.M. The Corporal gave us coffee with rum in it for breakfast and then felt insulted because we wouldn’t drink raw rum with him. On the ground outside were many beautiful specimens of all kinds of German shells. Éclat of various kinds from the size of a pea to the size of a man’s head and several sizes of shrapnel were lying all over the ground, inside and on top of our car, but the only scratch on the car itself was a slight dent in the fender. I gave most of the specimens to Johnny as he is making quite a sizable collection of junk. By 8 o’clock we were on our way hence with one blessé. Twenty four hours and one blessé.

Worked on the car until noon. Developed pictures with my new outfit from Paris all afternoon. Got fairly good results, but hope for even better next time. I think can save the boys considerable money with just as good satisfaction to them and possibly make a little money myself with my own equipment. The trial outfit cost me 27.30 FRF ($5.46)

Went to bed soon after dinner, but had to get up soon and run for an abri because Boche planes were bombing the district. Found a cot in the abri and passed a fairly comfortable night.