United States Army Signal Corps World War I photographs, circa 1917-1918

Summary

Creator:

United States. Army. Signal Corps

Date:

circa 1917-1918

Extent:

2 oversize_folders

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

United States Army Signal Corps World War I photographs, ms 1817, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of photographs taken by the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I. The photographs, undated, contain captions, and portray American soldiers, German prisoners-of-war; and observation balloons, in the Forest of Argonne, Saint-Mihiel, and an American military hospital in Aix-les-Bains. Some people identified include U.S. Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, Major General B. B. Buck, of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, Major General Adelbert Cronkhite and Chief of Staff Colonel William H. Waldron.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Soldiers -- France -- Photographs.
Prisoners of war -- Photographs.
World War, 1914-1918 -- France.
Photographs.

Preferred citation:

United States Army Signal Corps World War I photographs, ms 1817, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.