1918 -1920 Military & Social Visual History: Photograph Album Oklahoma & Western U.S.; Washington DC; Wernersville PA & Others

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Photograph album with over 325 black and white images; many of these are identified below in occasionally faint white ink; some with identification penned on the image border as well; dated 1918-1920; from internal evidence, the album assembled by one of the women pictured. Images include: Over 100 are of Oklahoma and surrounds: Fort Sill, the barracks and grounds, candid shots of the personnel, the post airfield, aircraft, fliers, hangars and including an aerial view by the Aerial Photographic Section; horses and riders; a couple of Native Americans; Chickasaw & Mustang train station buildings; Knights of Columbus Home in OK city; several images of a wreck of a tank truck; one of nurses arriving via train; several of women visitors & with their base personnel friends during social activities. About 90 are personal photos & tourist views of Washington, DC including small commercially-printed imagery; several of military personnel, including officers. One image of a woman entering an automobile is identified below, "The Colonel's Packard & I Wash. DC." The car has the military identification of the quartermaster corps. With various other candid military & civilian portraits taken in that city; also architectural views of Federal buildings, homes and images taken from altitude. About 25 images were taken in Denver and on a Pikes Peak CO excursion; another 15 from Texas, the border area and Burkburnnet. Another group of about 30 images are identified as taken in the Wernersville PA area, mostly of family members; these are not identified. The balance of the photographs are of family and friends in various places. Photos vary in size, from 2" x 3" to 6" x 8"; the album pages approx. 7" x 10" size. The leaves are disbound, with only the bottom cover here. Some of the images are detached from the pages and loose; these may match some of the open, identified spaces on the leaves. Some images with fading and edge-wear or crinkling; generally the photos were well-taken and are in good to very good condition. N° de ref. del artículo 027793

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