Soldier making rings from aircraft parts

Name/Title

Soldier making rings from aircraft parts

Entry/Object ID

1979.081.549

Description

Negative of Kenneth Garrey (Manchester, Iowa) making rings from aircraft pats

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Negative

Subject Place

Country

Italy

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Context

45th Division News Vol. IV No. 30 "To kill time in their spare months, members of a Thunderbird artillery outfit make rings, bracelets, and other costume jewelry from metal salvaged from destroyed enemy aircraft. Here Kenneth H. Garrey (Manchester, Iowa) shows a partly completed ring and the finished product. Beside him is all that's left of an ME 109 prop that's being converted into souvenirs for the folks at home."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

George F. Tapscott

Role

Photographer

Date made

Feb 9, 1944

Time Period

20th Century, World War Two

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Negative, Sheet Film

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Negative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Soldiers, Finger rings, Jewelry