Warehouses Along Quays
date: label: date made
content: 1919
name: label: maker
content: Aylward, William James
notes: label: Description
content: Watercolor and charcoal on paper board. The work depicts warehouses lining the quays at the American Base Port at Marseille, France, during World War I, 1919. Dock workers load and unload cargo from trucks with cranes. Smoke billows from chimneys. A soldier in the foreground is walking along the quay at right, wearing a tan military uniform. Signed at bottom right by the artist, "W.J. Aylward, A.E.F. '19"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: associated place
content: France: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseilles
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25682
label: catalog number
content: 25682
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Object Name
content: sketch
label: Other Terms
content: Print; Documents; Etching
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: watercolor, charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/2 in x 23 in x 1/4 in; 46.99 cm x 58.42 cm x .635 cm