Unloading with Hydraulic Cranes
date: label: date made
content: 1919
name: label: artist
content: Aylward, William James
notes: label: Description
content: Watercolor and charcoal on paper. The work depicts hydraulic cranes unloading cargo from a large ship at the American Base Port at Marseille, France. The hydraulic crane is orange with "AB 5" painted in white. German prisoners are working with the cargo that has been unloaded from the ship, moving boxes into a building at the left. An American soldier in uniform stands guard at right, supervising the prisoners with a rifle resting on his shoulder. Several more cranes line the dock in distance. Signed at bottom left by the artist, "W.J. Aylward, A.E.F. '19"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: depicted
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
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.25680
label: catalog number
content: 25680
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting
label: Other Terms
content: Painting; Watercolor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: watercolor; charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 23 in; 45.72 cm x 58.42 cm