Name/Title
Clarence Sprowls and James Hobart SwartEntry/Object ID
2021.9.38Description
Real-photo postcard of [Left-Right]: Clarence Sprowls and James Hobart Swart. Both men were members of Company K, 110th Infantry, 28th Division during World War I.
James Hobart Swart was killed in action 28 September 1918 Varennes-en-Argonne, Lorraine, France. He was a son of James Henry Swart and Nancy Virginia Scott.
Handwritten caption reads, "Clarence Sprowls, Hobart Swart."
Original, no photographer listed.Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Swart, James Hobart [1896-1918], Sprowls, Clarence Herbert [1896-1970]Collection
Wayne Carl Swart CollectionMade/Created
Date made
circa 1917 - circa 1918Lexicon
Search Terms
Military, Sprowls family, Swart family, Veterans--World War I, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th. Regiment, 110th. Company K.Other Names and Numbers
Other Number
SUPL-AN003-0018Provenance
Provenance Detail
Swart Series - Wayne Carl Swart CollectionNotes
The Wayne Carl Swart Collection items were passed down by multiple relatives and assembled by Wayne Carl Swart - son of Walter Howard Swart [1903-1945] and Silvie Olive Clutter [1905-1992]. Mr. Swart shared his collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2021.
SOURCE CITATION: [Left-Right]: Clarence Sprowls and James Hobart Swart - both men were members of Company K, 110th Infantry, 28th Division during World War I; circa 1917-1918; item no. SUPL-AN003-0018, Swart Series, Wayne Carl Swart Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).