Album of WWI Photographs by Harry A. Spencer
date: label: date made
content: 1918-1919
notes: label: Description
content: Album of photographs taken by Harry A. Spencer during his tour of service in the United States Army during World War I. The album has a black leather cover stamped with the word "Photographs" that has separated from the spine. A gelatin silver photograph of a piece of artillery is attached to the front below the title. The album is composed of fifty black paper pages on which silver gelatin photographs have been mounted with hand-written captions beneath. The pages are tied together near the spine with a black woven shoelace. The album details Spencer's life while he served in the military during the war, including his time at Camp Greene in North Carolina, and travels through Memphis, Tennessee, New York City, England, France, Belgium, Germany, and Colorado. See accession file for reference reproduction of Spencer's album created by the donor, Spencer's grand-daughter Kathi Wong.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Colorado
label: depicted
content: United States: North Carolina
label: depicted
content: United States: Tennessee, Memphis
label: depicted
content: Germany
label: depicted
content: France
label: depicted
content: Belgium
topic: label: Subject
content: European History
label: Subject
content: United States Army
label: Subject
content: Soldiers
label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Military
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0129.01
label: accession number
content: 2009.0129
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0129.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photo album
label: Object Name
content: album
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 13 in x 1 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 33.02 cm x 3.81 cm