Bloom, Truman and Preston

Photograph

Historical Society of Carroll County, Maryland

Name/Title

Bloom, Truman and Preston

Entry/Object ID

1995.028.004

Description

Print, photographic. Truman Bloom, 28th Infantry, 1st Division, and Preston Bloom, Co. C, 112th Machine Gun Battalion, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, New Windsor, Maryland, c. 1919. 3" x 4.75"

Acquisition

Accession

1995.028

Source or Donor

Cairns, Julia Ann Roop

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note

Collection of images from the photograph album of Estelle and Marian Bloom of New Windsor, Maryland, c. 1917-1927. This photograph album contains images taken both in the New Windsor-Union Bridge area, Carroll County, Maryland, France, and Germany. The Bloom sisters were associates and friends of several American literary figures of the early 20th century. Marian was associated with and a love interest of H.L. Mencken. Estelle was a friend and secretary to Theodore Dreiser.