A Roadside Y.M.C.A. Canteen, Northwest of Chateau Thierry
date: label: date made
content: 1918-06-08
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: associated person
content: Townsend, Harry
label: artist
content: Townsend, Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Ink wash sketch on white paper mounted on white card stock. Sketch shows five American and French soldiers sitting or standing in an open field with three boxes of ammunition. One of the boxes is labeled "Y.M.C.A." All of the soldiers are in profile view or have their backs to the frame. There are a few trees in the immediate background, and a wooded area further in the distance on the left side. These soldiers are not engaged in combat and some even appear to be resting.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: France: Hauts-de-France, Château-Thierry
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.26119
label: catalog number
content: 26119
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink wash (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 16 in; 30.48 cm x 40.64 cm