Pfc. Mearly W. Slagle

Name/Title

Pfc. Mearly W. Slagle

Entry/Object ID

1979.081.565.27

Description

Negative Pfc. Mearly W. Slagle with beer bottles

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Negative

Subject Place

Country

Italy

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Context

Photograph published in the 45th Division News, 30 July 1940, Vol. V, No. 3, Caption, "Four bottles was the ration of the first American beer to reach to 45th in our year overseas. Infantry Pfc. Mearly W. Slagle, Murphy, NC, drank his, and then sat under a tree sporting a look of content."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

George F. Tapscott

Role

Photographer

Date made

Jul 30, 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, Portrait photographs, Beer, Bottles