Soldiers on their Way to the Front

Name/Title

Soldiers on their Way to the Front

Entry/Object ID

2017x.28.27

Description

Many soldiers aboard a ship. All of them are wearing caps and Kapok filled life vests which have the word "Front" on them. Kapok is a cotton-like fluff that is no longer used in life jackets as it loses it's buoyancy over time and absorbs water when wet.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

S.S. Metagama

Made/Created

Date made

Sep 1916

Notes

Date: 1916 Material(s): Paper; Ink

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Verso; handwritten; black ink: "Sept 1916"

Lexicon

Search Terms

World War I

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph

Class

Communication Artifacts

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Noad, James Arthur Lawrence