print, photographic

Photograph

Historical Society of Carroll County, Maryland

Name/Title

print, photographic

Entry/Object ID

2011.012.001

Description

Print, photographic. B/W snapshot of a group of young men, taken outside the Westminster railroad station, April 1943. The men have enlisted in the military and are reporting for service in World War II. Names written on the back in blue ink. Front row: Ralph Koons; Hank Case; unidentified; Sterling Warner; Russell Shaffert; F. Tawney; Bill Shauck; Norman Myers. Back row: Charles Koontz; John Krumrine; Joseph Harshey; Earl Bankard; Sterling Baile; Calvin Fitze; George Crawmer; Elias Davis; Bernard Wantz. Handwriting is hard to read, names may not all be correct. Signed "J.C. Boyle." Stamped in red "APR 21 1943". 2.75" x 4.5"

Acquisition

Accession

2011.012

Source or Donor

Graham, Carl

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note

Taken at the Westminster railroad station as the men were leaving to fight in World War II. They left on April 21, 1943, to report to Fort Meade. Names as listed in the Times, 23 April 1943: Walter Burnell Marsh, R.D.1, Westminster (Volunteer); Earl Joseph Bankard, R.D.4, Westminster; Ralph Leroy Koons, R.D.1, Taneytown; Herbert William Case, Westminster; Kermit Laban Hershey, Irvington, Md.; Charles Milton Koontz, Westminster; Frank Sterling Warner, R.D.2, New Windsor; William Carroll Shauck, Westminster; James Calvin Fitze, R.D.4, Westminster; John Vernon Krumrine, R.D.2, Westminster; Sterling Reginald Baile, Medford; Bernard Routzahn Wantz, R.D.4, Westminster; Norman Edward Myers, Westminster; John William Staup, Westminster; Francis Thomas Tawney, Westminster; Elias Nelson Davis, Westminster; George Edward Crawmer, Union Bridge; Russell Edwin Shaffer, R.D.6, Westminster; Noah Curvin Holliner, R.D.1, Westminster.