A Guide to the World War I Oversize Photographs, 1918-1919 Photographs, World War I, 1918-1919. 11547

A Guide to the World War I Oversize Photographs, 1918-1919

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The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 11547


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
11547
Title
World War I Oversize Photographs, 1918-1919
Physical Characteristics
This collection consists of 2 photos; 45" in length or longer.
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

World War I Oversize Photographs, Accession #11547, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased from Jim Presgraves on 1999 August 26.

Scope and Content Information

The collection consists of two oversized panoramic photographs of World War soldiers who trained in Virginia and various aeronautical and medical units.

Photograph by Shulman of Camp Hancock (Augusta, Ga.), an ordnance training camp, 1918. An unidentified soldier has numbered objects on the photograph and explained them on the verso.

Photograph by Stouts & Simpson of the personnel of Base Hospital Unit No. 165, Waco, Texas, once in the possession of Walter Cook, a soldier in the photograph.

Contents List

Ordnance Training Camp, Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia, Shulman, Photographer 1918
54.5 inches long

Handwriting on back identifies various parts of camp such as the latrines, bath houses, classrooms, mess houses, and his own tent.

Base Hospital Unit No. 165, Stouts & Thompson, Photographer, Waco, Texas n.d.
50 inches long

Walter Cook (1896-1972) identified on photograph as fourth person on first row.