Name/Title
Photos of Charles Martin training for or during WWI, 1917-1918Entry/Object ID
2021.128.19Description
Acc. No. 21.128.19
Subject Category: WWI; Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: c. 1917
Object: photos
Description: collection of sepia-tinted snapshots and real photo postcards featuring soldiers in WWI-era uniform, including one of a soldier, seated on a horse, with caption ‘Lieut. Martin on Napoleon’. A few of the real postcards have text, such as ‘camp scene in Mexico - H.H. Horne Co., El Paso, Tex.’
Sizes: various, but most c. L-3 1/2” X W-5”
History of Object: photos of Charles Martin and fellow soldiers in infantry uniform, most apparently taken on maneuvers in Mexico. One image, with caption ‘Pay Day’, appears to be of African American soldiers.
Acquired from: Estate of Nancy Martin
Donation Date: 2016
Catalog Date: 12/7/2021
