Photographic postcard of two WWI soldiers
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Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Description
- Photographic postcard of two unidentified World War I soldiers. Two soldiers stand facing the camera in full uniform: high-collared center-buttoned jackets, wool trousers, and wool puttees wrapped from ankle to knee. Each soldier stands leaning against a long legged table in the center against a studio backdrop with leaves and foliage. The soldier on the right of the image has a mustache. The top left corner has two distinct crease marks where the post card had previously been folded. The image is vertical while the postcard is horizontal. The back of the postcard has the words, [CARTE POSTALE] on the top in faded letters. The top is covered in brown lines that obscure the title. Below are four lines for text that begin with [M]. Written, covering the entire postcard, is the inscription in graphite, [1918 - 1919 / 1st world war / my brother on left].
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
- 1918-1919
- Object number
- 2018.105.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- photographic postcards
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 13/16 × 3 1/4 in. (12.3 × 8.3 cm)
- Place made
- France, Europe
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Military
- Photography
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2018.105.20
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f881c4cc-b0ae-4caf-ab68-d599da11dab4
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