Thomas B. Card and Paul W. Card photographs of world travels and World War II
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 2000-02, NAA Photo Lot 97-43
name: label: Creator
content: Card, Thomas B.
label: Names
content: United States. Army
label: Names
content: Card, Paul W.
label: Names
content: Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945
place: label: Place
content: Saudi Arabia
label: Place
content: Okinawa Island (Japan)
label: Place
content: Mexico -- Antiquities
label: Place
content: China
label: Place
content: Peru
label: Place
content: West Indies
label: Place
content: Japan
label: Place
content: Trinidad
label: Place
content: Venezuela
label: Place
content: Spain
label: Place
content: France
label: Place
content: Italy
topic: label: Topic
content: World War, 1939-1945
label: Topic
content: Architecture
creator: label: Creator
content: Card, Thomas B.
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
label: Culture
content: Chinese
label: Culture
content: Incas
label: Culture
content: Arabs
label: Culture
content: Mayas
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Thomas B. Card was an engineer and Army officer during World War II.  After completing his freshman year at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (September 1916-October 1917), he joined the signal corps in World War I, later transferrimg to become a pilot in the air service.  Returning to school, he graduated from the Masssachusetts Institute of Technology in 1921 and received a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Graduate School in 1930.  During World War II, he supervised the construction of bases in the Caribbean and Japan, and served as commanding officer of the 601st Engineers Base Depot on Okinawa.  He was promoted to Colonel, CE, in 1945.  In 1947, he led a group of engineers working on the Bechtel International Modernization Project in Saudi Arabia, as well as other post-war work in Argentina and Trinidad.

Paul W. Card, Thomas B. Card's brother, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1927 and was assigned to work in China's Yangtze River region until 1938.  He spent most of his time protecting the United States Legation in Nanjing and gathered intelligence as a "Naval observer."
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 104 Negatives (nitrate)
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content: 625 Color slides (circa)
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content: 1,218 Negatives (nitrate and acetate, 35 mm)
label: Extent
content: 121 Copy slides (black and white)
label: Extent
content: 750 Prints (circa, silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1932-1947, 1961
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Peter C. Card, son of Thomas Card and nephew of Paul Card, 1997-1998.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.2000-02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Negatives
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content: Color slides
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content: Copy slides
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content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The majority of the photographs were made by Thomas B. Card during World War II and the postwar years in Japan, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Middle East.  He documented people, architecture, and scenery, as well as military bases and personnel in Okinawa, Japan.  Additionally, there are images of Mexican archeological sites, Camp Claiborne in Louisiana (made in 1944), the 1932 Amur River flood, and Benito Mussolini's execution.

The collection also includes photographs taken by Paul W. Card in China before World War II, including images of the Yangtze River, historical architecture and art, people, shrines, and cities.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Photographs made by Thomas B. Card, previously filed in Photo Lot 97-43, have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 2000-02.