Copies of Merl Lavoy photographs of World War I
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot R92-40
label: Reproduction Note
content: Copy prints made by Otis Archives.
name: label: Creator
content: LaVoy, Merl
place: label: Place
content: Hungary
label: Place
content: Greece
label: Place
content: Bulgaria
label: Place
content: Romania
label: Place
content: Serbia
label: Place
content: Turkey
topic: label: Topic
content: Artisans
label: Topic
content: Markets
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Artillery
label: Topic
content: Trench warfare
label: Topic
content: Armies
label: Topic
content: World War, 1914-1918
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by the Otis Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine, 1992.
creator: label: Creator
content: LaVoy, Merl
culture: label: Culture
content: Serbs
label: Culture
content: Macedonians
label: Culture
content: Turks
label: Culture
content: Transylvanian ethnic groups
label: Culture
content: Romanians
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Merl LaVoy (1886-1953) was a photographer, documentary film maker, and cameraman for Pathé News, a British company that produced documentaries, newsreels, and cinemagazines (1910-1970).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 254 Copy prints
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1910-1920
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.R92-40
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Originals in Reeves Collection in the Otis Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Inventory available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Copies of photographs made by Merl Lavoy in modern Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Serbia, and Turkey diring the first World War. They document soldiers (mostly British, French, and Serbian) and war machinery, as well as images of cities and villages, and local people (Transylvanians, Macedonians, Serbs, and Turks). The collection also includes a series of images showing the King and Queen of Romania in Transylvania.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional LaVoy photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 8 and Photo Lot 97.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Correspondence from LaVoy held in the National Anthropological Archives in the Ales Hrdlicka Papers.