Album pg#5

front of 2024.1029.5

front of 2024.1029.5

Name/Title

Album pg#5

Entry/Object ID

2024.1029.5

Description

From a set of donated photo album pages an individual photos from 1917 and 1918. All sourced from initial book. Page has one photo on the front captioned "Sidney L. Rycraft Honolulu H.I. U.S. Army" back captioned "and - this is what he did in the last act" (photograph missing)

Context

The United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917. Battleship Texas and other American coal-fired dreadnoughts began making preparations to join with the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea and began their departure in September 1917.

Collection

Donation (Laurie Jordan), Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

1917 - 1918