Soldiers playing with slot machine

Name/Title

Soldiers playing with slot machine

Entry/Object ID

1979.081.238

Description

Negative of soldiers playing with slot machine

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Negative

Subject Place

City

Naples

State/Province

Campania

Country

Italy

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Context

Photograph published in the 45th Division News, 18 May 1944, Vol. IV, No 38, Caption, "This Italian variety of pinball machine is set up in the Signal Company's USO. It used to work with 20 centessimi pieces, but some neighbors broke into it one night and made off with the jack. Now they just play it for fun. Operating it Sgt. Joseph Dube, Worcester, MA; while Privates Frank Boyle, Elizabeth NJ, and Bill Graham, Drummond, OK look on."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

George F. Tapscott

Role

Photographer

Date made

May 18, 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, Slot machines