Camouflaged Big Gun Enroute to the Front
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. Three soldiers stand in a road with a large gun that is covered with camouflage material. The Signal Corps' emblem is visible in the bottom left-hand corner of the image. 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: 2013.3101.18
label: nonaccession number
content: 2013.3101
label: catalog number
content: 2013.3101.18
label: maker number
content: 19793
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 1/2 in x 7 1/4 in; 13.97 cm x 18.415 cm