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Title: United States Army Signal Corps World War I Photograph Collection
Dates: 1918-1919
Collection number: 078
Creator:
United States. Army. Signal Corps
Collection Size:
1 archival document box
(.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Loyola Marymount University. Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90045-2659
Abstract: This collection consists mainly of photographs of United States Army troops and officers on the Western Front in World War
I, both on the front and in the rear.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount
University.
Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise,
Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher
must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility
for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or
executors.
[Identification of item], Box and Folder number, United States Army Signal Corps World War I Photograph Collection, 078, Department
of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.
Accession number: 2005.85.
This collection consists of photographs, most of which bear the stamp of the United States Army Signal Corps, and some textual
material concerning United States Army troops on the Western Front during World War I. Many also bear captions typewritten
on onion skin paper, for they were part of an exhibit: who and where the exhibit was held, and when, are unknown. The exhibit,
based on evidence from the captions, was probably done soon after the war. The caption of the photograph in folder 22 mentions
the "News Photo Editor of the A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Force)", so the photographs may also have been used for newspapers,
mostly likely military.
Subjects include the relationship of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) with the troops, the St. Mihiel offensive
of the United States Army, and United Staes Army troops in the occupation of Germany. There are also photograph of President
Woodrow Wilson in Europe after the war and of General John J. Pershing, the commander of the American Expeditionary Force
in Europe.
The description of the photographs in the box and folder list is at least partly based on that provided by the caption. Photographs
with captions are noted as such, as well as those bearing the mark of the United State Army Signal Corps. Some photographs
bear a stamp on the verso noting that the American Expeditionary Force censor has reviewed and passed them.
The United States Army Signal Corps World War I Photograph Collection is arranged by individual photograph or document in
eighty-two folders, in one archival document box.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
United States. Army. Signal Corps
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 -- Photography
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
Young Men's Christian associations