Photographic postcard of Oscar Calmeise
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1918
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Oscar Calmeise, American, 1889 - 1964
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: 372nd Infantry Regiment, American, 1918 - 1946
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photographic postcard of a group of soldiers, including, Oscar Calmeise (center right) who served during WWI. The photograph, taken somewhere in France, features fifteen soldiers standing in a group wearing a variety of different uniforms. The back of the postcard has pre-printed text in black ink at the top that reads: [Carte Postale / Correspondance / Adresse]. There is an illegible mark between the pre-printed text. The postcard has faded text in the correspondence section that reads [Taken / somewhere in France / near a ruined town / notice my French / comrades. They / are very sociable]. Below the message, the name [Dabney] is written upside down in black ink.
place: label: Place depicted
content: France, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Correspondence
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: World War I
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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, Gift of the Greer-Calmeise Family of Cincinnati, Ohio
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.18.5
objectType: label: Type
content: photographic postcards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, with ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 9/16 × 4 3/4 in. (9 × 12.1 cm)