Refrigerating Plant at Geivres
date: label: date made
content: 1918-07
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: associated person
content: Smith, J. Andre
label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: This colorful sketch on paper depicts the refrigeration plan in Gièvres, France. During World War I, Engineers of the American Expeditionary Forces built refrigeration plants to preserve the meat used for soldiers' rations. The plant at Gièvres was the largest in France and began operation on May 1, 1918.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: France: Centre-Val de Loire, Gièvres
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: Art
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.26044
label: catalog number
content: 26044
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (sketch production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: card stock (mount material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sketch material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/4 in x 15 in; 28.575 cm x 38.1 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 8 3/4 in x 11 3/4 in; 22.225 cm x 29.845 cm