General Pershing's Desk
name: label: user
content: Pershing, John J.
notes: label: Description
content: Desk used by General John J. Pershing in his war office at General Headquarters in Chaumont, France, during World War I. Oak desk with eight legs. There are three drawers on the left, three drawers on the right, and one small drawer at center, all with metal skeleton key locks. Two hidden wooden extensions can be pulled out from the right and left side of the desk to expand the working area.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: France: Grand Est, Chaumont
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
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content: Pershing War Office
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Estate of General John J. Pershing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.35112
label: accession number
content: 182935
label: catalog number
content: 35112
objectType: label: Object Name
content: desk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: locks material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 in x 58 in x 39 in; 78.74 cm x 147.32 cm x 99.06 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 59 in x 91 in x 38 in; 149.86 cm x 231.14 cm x 96.52 cm