Inventory to the Lucien J. Rode photographs

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Title: Lucien J. Rode photographs
Date (inclusive): 1918-1919
Collection Number: 59025
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 6 envelopes (0.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Depicts General J. J. Pershing, scenes at his headquarters, and activities of American troops elsewhere in France during World War I.
Creator: Rode, Lucien J.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1959.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Lucien J. Rode photographs, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biography/Adminstrative History

Second lieutenant, United States Army Signal Corps; official photographer, Headquarters of General John J. Pershing, Chaumont, France, 1918-1919.

Scope and Content of Collection

Depicts General J. J. Pershing, scenes at his headquarters, and activities of American troops elsewhere in France during World War I.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Pictorial works
World War, 1914-1918 -- Pictorial works
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948

envelope A

55 prints of General John J. Pershing and of scenes at his headquarters at Chaumont, France. 1918-1919

envelope B

23 prints of General John J. Pershing with King Albert I and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium; 11 prints of Pershing with Marshal Henri Philippe Petain; 9 prints of Pershing with Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig; 7 prints of Pershing with President Woodrow Wilson; all taken at Pershing's headquarters at Chaumont, France. 1918-1919

envelope C

4 prints of General John J. Pershing with Premier Georges Clemenceau, and 1 print of Pershing with marshal Joseph Joffre, all taken at Pershing's headquarters at Chaumont, France 1918-1919; 1 print of Edward, Prince of Wales, 1919; 2 prints of Sergeant Alvin York in France, 1918.

envelope D

20 prints of U.S. military railway transportation; 10 prints of tanks; 5 prints of military use of carrier pigeons; all taken in France during World War I. undated

envelope E

58 prints of U.S. soldiers engaged in a variety of activities in France. 1918-1919

envelope F

43 prints of miscellaneous scenes related to World War I, mostly taken in France. 1918-19