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Photographic Prints (continued)
Washington, D.C., views and outdoor sites, 1909-1932 (continued)
Monuments and Statues
Call No.: LOT 12357-9 (F)
Note: A variety of views of monuments and statues in Washington Parks and in front of buildings in Washington, including a variety of views of Washington Monument.
Washington, D.C. Environs
Call No.: LOT 12357-10 (F)
Note: Views of buildings in Alexandria, Va. Including interiors and exteriors of Christ Church, Old Carlisle House, Court House, fire house, City Post Office, City Hotel, Alexandria School, and residential buildings, views of Anacostia including Anacostia Bridge, Anacostia "Flats", and parade decorations on commercial buildings in Anacostia, Streets with spectators and parade float, views of Fairfax, Virginia including interiors and exteriors of Old Fairfax Court House, interior and exterior of Pohick Church in Fairfax County.
United States military and World War I, 1909-1932, bulk 1914-1918
Call No.: LOT 12358 (F)
Extent: ca. 2,600 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 20 x 25 cm. or smaller.
Note: Title from cover of French's original numbered folder.
Note: Some images are captioned; a few have dates. Includes some copy photographs. Most images mounted on paper or cardboard.
Note: Includes reproductions of illustrations; one booklet, "The Hospital Corps of the Navy," illustrated with photographs in the National Photo Company Collection.
Corresponding Negatives: Found in LC-F8, LC-F81, and LC-F82. Some are in poor condition.
Summary: U.S. military and World War I. Includes military training camps; servicemen at drill, work, and recreation; portraits of officers. Women recruiters; draft activities; home defense training; war work in Washington, D.C. Military hospitals, Red Cross and Salvation Army workers; German prisoners of war; Belgian refugees. American, French, Polish, and Italian soldiers; trenches and battlefields in France. Disabled veterans being greeted by public figures including General Pershing; veterans organizations.
U.S. Army
Call No.: LOT 12358-1 (F)
Note: Includes scenes of U.S. Army training camps, individual and group pictures of U.S. Army service men, activities of U.S. Army War College, U.S. Army vehicles, members of and activities of U.S. National Guard, members of and activities of U.S. Signal Corps, U.S. Army equipment, indoor and outdoor recreational activities of U.S. Army servicemen including dances and sports, servicemen in YMCA reading huts, servicemen being entertained and dining.
U.S. Army Artillery
Call No.: LOT 12358-2 (F)
Note: Includes U.S. Army field guns and servicemen with field guns, U.S. Field Artillery at drill, U.S. Artillery units en route for maneuvers.
U.S. Army Cavalry
Call No.: LOT 12358-3 (F)
Note: Includes U.S. Cavalry at drill, U.S. Cavalry performing horse stunts, U.S. Cavalry performing in horse show, U.S. Cavalry band, Cavalry maneuvers, U.S. Cavalry field camp scenes.
U.S. Coast Guard
Call No.: LOT 12358-4 (F)
Note: Includes scenes of life in a Coast Defense Fortification including recreational activities, U.S. Coast Guard men with defense weapons, U.S. Coast Guard ships.
U.S. Military Air Service
Call No.: LOT 12358-5 (F)
Note: Military Air Service Activities including group pictures of the "Round the World Flyers," U.S. Army and U.S. Navy Aircraft including Navy Bombers, Seaplanes, Dirigibles, Torpedo Planes, aircraft in flight, U.S. Army Hydrogen Balloon Accident, activities at Aviation Schools including Naval Aviation School, views of exterior and interior of Lakehurst Hangar, activities at hangar including Dirigible construction, members of and activities of U.S. Army Air Service, members of and activities of Naval Air Service, Marine bombing pilots, activities of pilots including aerial photography, aerial target practice.
U.S. Marines
Call No.: LOT 12358-6 (F)
Note: Activities of Marine Institute of Learning in Washington, members of U.S. Marines with casket of Marine mascot, scenes of Marine training camp including training with courier pigeons.
U.S. Military Mascots
Call No.: LOT 12358-7 (F)
Note: Military Servicemen with mascots and pets, pictures of military pets.
U.S. Military Medical Care
Call No.: LOT 12358-8 (F)
Note: Red Cross workers with military personnel, military servicemen in Army Hospital, military servicemen in Walter Reed Hospital and Naval Hospital, hospital recreational activities including Christmas, recreational activities at Walter Reed Hospital, physical therapy at Walter Reed, Navy servicemen practicing emergency aid, medical corps training.
Military Personnel
Call No.: LOT 12358-9 (F)
Note: Portraits of military personnel including Navy and Air Corps Officers.
Recruiting
Call No.: LOT 12358-10 (F)
Note: Military Recruiting Activities including at Universities, children in training, home defense training, war registration, recruiting Washington employees of the Senate Office Building, Washington, hotel employees in training, recruiting activities in New York and Pittsburgh including parades, "Launching" ceremonies, recruiting by women, exemption board examination, group photos of drafted.
Uniforms
Call No.: LOT 12358-11 (F)
Note: Illustrations of American Revolutionary War and Civil War Uniforms from 1774 to 1866 including military uniforms of enlisted men and officers.
Veterans
Call No.: LOT 12358-12 (F)
Note: Occupational therapy in America and England for Veterans, convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars activities including pageant, White House garden party for veterans, rotary club ceremonies for deceased World War I servicemen, activities of the American Legion including preparation for American Legion Convention, group pictures of members of American Legion.
U.S. Military Women
Call No.: LOT 12358-13 (F)
Note: Women in U.S. Navy including U.S. Navy Women on review, Washington Y.M.C.A. Women of 1st Division, activities of Salvation Army Women including Salvation Army Women receiving medals from Admiral Perry, group picture of Army and Navy Legion of Valor, activities of Women's Defense League including training camp scenes, portrait of American female member of Arabian Army.
U.S. Navy
Call No.: LOT 12358-14 (F)
Note: Portraits of deceased U.S. Navy servicemen, scenes of U.S. Navy servicemen, scenes of U.S. Navy Yards in South Carolina, California, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania, activities of U.S. Navy including activities on U.S. Navy battleships and submarines, members of submarine crews, Navy servicemen in training, and at work, recreational activities of Navy servicemen, activities of Annapolis Naval Academy including graduation scene, activities at Washington Navy Yard, activities of Naval training stations including stations in Rhode Island, California and Illinois, Views of U.S. Navy aerial lighthouses, interned German sailors, crowd outside Navy Department, Washington.
U.S. Ships and U.S. Navy Ships
Call No.: LOT 12358-15 (F)
Note: Exterior views of U.S. Navy ships mostly U.S. Navy battleships, including U.S. Navy ships being bombed for target practice, U.S. Naval ships on maneuvers and other World War I activities
World War I - War Work
Call No.: LOT 12358-16 (F)
Note: WWI propaganda cartoons and illustrations, food conservation and war preparation in U.S., England, Canada, and France including boys working reserve in U.S., Belgian relief work, women war workers, sale of surplus Army supplies, war camp community service motor canteen, U.S. tank on display, Liberty Bond Drive, exterior view and interior views and activities of munitions factory and petrol works in France, interiors and activities of ammunition and gun manufacture in Britain, Italy, U.S. and France, volunteer war work abroad including Red Cross activities, war work activities of Canadian women and British women, activities of Army Laboratory Pasteur Institute, France.
World War I - Abroad
Call No.: LOT 12358-17 (F)
Note: Ruins in France, destruction of landscape in France by Germans, French soldiers, German prisoners, soldier in trenches, American soldiers unloading supplies, U.S. soldiers in China, wounded soldiers, soldiers with captured artillery, French field kitchen, members of Polish Army, American soldiers being transported by ship, General Pershing with military personnel, military medical care in the field, tanks and artillery, soldiers fighting on various "fronts," Italian soldiers, soldiers in gas masks, military laundry equipment, views of American warehouses and docks in France.
Foreign Naval Vessels
Call No.: LOT 12358-18 (F)
Note: World War I naval activities including exterior and detail views of French, Japanese, Italian, Canadian, Australian, and German ships, submarines and boats, English and German torpedo and mining activities, diagrams of mines, German ships being bombed by U.S. Navy for target practice, interned German ships in U.S. ports.
Architecture in the Washington, D.C., region, 1909-1932
Call No.: LOT 12359 (F)
Extent: 2,243 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 20 x 25 cm. or smaller.
Note: Title from cover of French's original numbered folder.
Note: Most images are captioned; some have dates. Most images mounted on paper, cardboard, or linen. Includes some copy photographs.
Corresponding Negatives: Found in LC-F8, LC-F81, and LC-F82. Some are in poor condition.
Arrangement: Subdivided by type of building.
Local and Federal Government Buildings
Call No.: LOT 12359-1 (F)
Extent: 742 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 20 x 25 cm. or smaller.
Note: Includes interiors, architectural details. Construction work on the Lincoln Memorial, the White House, and the Treasury Department Building. U.S. Capitol; Union Station; Library of Congress, including the Main Reading Room and bookstacks. Washington Navy Yard, Annapolis Naval Academy, and Fort Myer, Virginia. Post Offices and District of Columbia government buildings.
Lincoln Memorial
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-A (F)
U.S. Capitol
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-B (F)
White House
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-C (F)
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-D (F)
Senate and House Office Buildings
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-E (F)
Bureau of Standards
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-F (F)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-G (F)
State War and Navy Buildings
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-H (F)
U.S. Commerce Department
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-J (F)
U.S. Pension Building
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-K (F)
U.S. Government Printing Office
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-L (F)
War Risk Building
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-M (F)
U.S. Justice Department
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-N (F)
U.S. State Department
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-P (F)
U.S. Labor Department
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-Q (F)
U.S. Patent Office
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-R (F)
U.S. Treasury Department
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-S (F)
Union Station
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-T (F)
Library of Congress
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-U (F)
Military Buildings
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-V (F)
Post Offices
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-W (F)
District Government Buildings
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-X (F)
Misc. Government Buildings
Call No.: LOT 12359-1-Y (F)
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