Name/Title
Display easel, Barracks No. 635, Veterans WWI, before 1970Entry/Object ID
1983.62.8Description
ACC. No. 83.62.8
SUBJECT CATEGORY: World War I. Veterans
DATE OR PERIOD: Unknown
OBJECT: Easel, display
DESCRIPTION: Natural finish redwood, crudely constructed. Has a brass plaque with inscription "Barracks 635, Veterans World War I, U.S.A.". Above plaque is an applied wooden emblem, hand painted, which states Veterans of World War I. Easel folds and has three legs.
Size: 61" high.
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
Used by the now dissolved (mid 1970's) Alameda Barracks No. 635, Veterans of World War I.
ACQUIRED FROM: Bruno Pruss,
DATE: Original date of donation March 22, 1981Interpretative Labels
Label
4/6/2020 MvL: current label:
Alameda Barracks #635
Veterans of World War I
Assorted memorabilia
connected with this
veterans' organization.
Note: The Veterans of World War I of the USA, Inc. was organized in 1948. In 1989, when it hosted the Veteran's Day remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery, there were some 100,000 WWI veterans remaining, whose average age was 94. The organization's executive office at Arlington, VA closed c. 2008, and the US Dept. of Veteran's Affairs acts as the administrator of this organization.
The Alameda group, Barracks #635, ceased to exist in the 1970's.
