In the St. Mihiel Sector
date: label: date made
content: 1918-09-13
label: date made
content: 1918-09
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: associated person
content: Smith, J. Andre
label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: Pencil and watercolor sketch on white paper, mounted on thick paper. The sketch shows a telephone station trench-like structure in the foreground. There is an American soldier standing right outside of the station. Behind them, there are barbed wire fences, and more American soldiers (one of which is one a horse). In the distant background, destroyed structures and fields are visible. Two barrage balloons and two clouds of smoke are floating in the sky above the scene.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: France: Grand Est, Flirey
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
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.26004
label: catalog number
content: 26004
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (sketch production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (sketch production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sketch material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 16 3/4 in; 31.75 cm x 42.545 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 7 1/4 in x 11 in; 18.415 cm x 27.94 cm