Name/Title
Soldier playing homemade bass for ducksEntry/Object ID
1979.081.330Description
Negative of Private Morris (157th Infantry) playing homemade bass for ducks. The bass is made from wood and an airplane gas tankPhotograph Details
Type of Photograph
NegativeSubject Place
Country
FranceRegion
Western EuropeContinent
EuropeContext
45th Division News Vol. V No. 24 "In just a day and a half, Leonard Morris (Portageville, Missouri) made this bull fiddle out of odds and ends of wood and an auxiliary gas tank dropped by a P-38. Here he is trying it out for an audience of ducks who know a good doghouse when they hear one. Morris, who dubs the instrument "The M and B" conducts his own orchestra, "The Swingsters" for the 157th Infantry."Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
George F. TapscottRole
PhotographerDate made
Feb 23, 1945Time Period
20th Century, World War TwoLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Negative, Sheet FilmNomenclature Secondary Object Term
NegativeNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Soldiers, Recreation, Animals, Ducks, Instruments, Musical, Bass violins