Photographic postcard of a WWI soldier wearing an aiguillette
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1918
name: label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
notes: label: Description
content: A photographic postcard depicting a studio portrait of a World War I soldier. The uniformed soldier is wearing an overseas hat, puttees, and a tunic with an aiguillette on his right shoulder. There is a wound chevron on his lower left forearm. He stands on a rug in front of a painted studio backdrop, next to a small table with a plant and book on the top. The back is pre-printed with [CARTE POSTALE] and spaces for correspondence and a mailing address.
place: label: Place depicted
content: France, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.155.103
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: photographic postcards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with card stock and ink