A Roadside Repair Station, Chateau Thierry
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: associated person
content: Townsend, Harry
label: artist
content: Townsend, Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal sketch on white paper. Soldiers of an ammunition train have stopped for repairs at a roadside repair station located to the northwest of Château-Thierry. Depicted is a large motor supply truck which is being repaired by an American soldier in the foreground. A group of American soldiers work to repair objects on a makeshift workbench at left. Motor parts and other supply boxes surround them on the ground. Two ambulances with the Red Cross emblems are visible in the background.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Hauts-de-France, Château-Thierry
label: referenced
content: France: Hauts-de-France, Château-Thierry
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: Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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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.26099
label: catalog number
content: 26099
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 22 3/4 in; 43.18 cm x 57.785 cm