Artist Sketch Box
name: label: user
content: Dunn, Harvey Thomas
notes: label: Description
content: Artist sketch box used by Harvey Dunn as an official artist with the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in World War I. The metal box is painted olive drab. It is marked on the top cover "HARVEY DUNN / CAPTAIN" with the castle insignia of the Army Corps of Engineers. The cover is attached by metal slide fasteners which hook into screws. Inside of the box is a roll of white drawing paper that can be advanced by turning the rollers with half-ring handles. On the bottom of the box is a metal back plate which is attached by nails and screws to allow the paper roll to be removed and replaced with a new roll.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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content: World War I Art
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content: Art
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content: Combat Art
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.67518M
label: accession number
content: 229290
label: catalog number
content: 67518M
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 1/2 in x 14 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 44.45 cm x 35.8775 cm x 5.715 cm