Name/Title
Photos including Otto Rittler, c. 1919Entry/Object ID
1996.73.76Description
Acc. No. 96.73.76 A, B, C
Subject Category
Date or Period: circa 1919
Objects: photographs, mounted
Description: 3 sepia-colored photographs of groups of people, mounted on brown-grey cardboard with dark brown borders. Each photo is marked by the photography studio on the negative (A: ‘Schulz Studio’; B: ‘Schulz Studio B’; C: ‘Schulz Studio A’). Information is written on the back of each photo; for B and C, the individuals are identified.
Size: (each) mounting: L 14 x W 11 3/4 inches; photo: A: L 9 1/2 x W 7 1/2 inches; B, C: L 9 1/4 x W 7 1/2 inches
History of Objects: photographs featuring, and from the collection of, Otto Rittler, during military training for WWI training camp, Vancouver Barrack, Spruce Division, 1918-19. A: posed group photo, Rittler is in front row far right; B: posed photo football team, ‘1 Prov. Regt., 1st Squadron, Football Team; Rittler (Coach) stands in back row far right; C: Football team action shot; 1 Prov. Regt., 1st Squadron, c. 1919. Rittler, team coach, stands in back row, second from right.
Donor: Otto Rittler Estate
Original Cataloged Number: July 9, 2011
Corrected Description: 4/23/2025Interpretative Labels
Label
Names of the people on the Football Team photo (B):
Left toRight top row: White Mgr, Laferty, Seeley, Henderson, Taft, Holton, Gorman Capt.,
Olsen, Seyton, Rittler YMCA Coach
Middle Row: Bocook, Bell, Sullivan, Roads, Dillinger
Bottom: Brown, Marshall, Holmes, McCartney
On C:
McCartney, L.E.
Henderson, L.T.
Jones, L.G.
Bocook, C
Seeley, T.G.
Laferti, R.T.
Marshal A. 6.
Gorman 2. B. Capt.
Dillinger L.H.
Seyton F.
Felcher R.H.
Holmes 2.B. Sub.
Brow [Broown Sub.
Sullivan Sub.
Rittler Coach
