Unrolling Freshly Painted Burlap on the Field to Dry
date: label: date made
content: ca 1917-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Black and white photograph taken by the Signal Corps during World War I. Two women are unrolling painted burlap onto the ground so that it can dry. In the background several more women stand over the unrolled burlap. Two small parts of the top of the photograph are missing. The photo is mounted on a board, with the title on the board below the photo.
label: Description
content: The Photographic Section of the Signal Corps was established in July 1917. It was responsible for the US Army's official ground and aerial photography of World War I.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Europe
topic: label: Subject
content: Women
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: Photography
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content: Signal Corps
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.3101.55
label: nonaccession number
content: 2013.3101
label: catalog number
content: 2013.3101.55
label: maker number
content: 10060
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: emulsion (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (base material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (label material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, photograph: 5 5/8 in x 7 1/4 in; 14.2875 cm x 18.415 cm