Soldiers making ice

Name/Title

Soldiers making ice

Entry/Object ID

1979.081.419.2

Description

Negative of soldiers making ice. 120th Quartermaster Corps

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Negative

Subject Place

Municipality

Battipaglia

State/Province

Salerno, Campania

Country

Italy

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Context

Photograph published in the 45th Division News, 22 July 1944, Vol. V, No. 2, Caption "This Italian ice plant was buy gathers cobwebs until an alert MP spotted it, and thee G-4 started supply GI materials. Now it's up on a 24 hour basis, turning out six or seven thousand pounds of ice a day for the division units with Pvt. Boyd Traywick, Oklahoma City, in the role as Thunderbird iceman."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

George F. Tapscott

Role

Photographer

Date made

Jul 22, 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, Ice, Ice cutting