Ralph M. Atkinson
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
label: associated person
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
label: maker
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
notes: label: Description
content: Oil on illustration board. Portrait of Sergeant Ralph M. Atkinson depicted as belonging to 167th Infantry, 42nd Division. A white man, Sergeant Atkinson has brown hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a olive drab M1916 shirt (as the collar is sticking out). It is possible that the shirt is actually being worn under a tunic since it is said that insignia and medals are not sewn or worn on the shirt, but the tunic. Sergeant Atkinson is wearing brown overseas cap with an "ALA" insignia representing Alabama on the front left side of the hat. A rainbow shoulder patch is seen representing the 42nd division. He is wearing a Distinguished Service Cross military ribbon on his left chest. Two downward chevrons are seen on the end of his left arm sleeve indicating at least a year of service overseas.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Sinzig
topic: label: Subject
content: Distinguished Service Cross
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.58038M
label: catalog number
content: 58038M
label: accession number
content: 203612
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oil (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: illustration board (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 3/4 in x 18 5/8 in; 62.865 cm x 47.3075 cm