Name/Title
PhotoEntry/Object ID
2022.2.85.175Description
Louis Bromfield served in the American Ambulance Corps with the French Army during World War 1. This framed photograph shows him in 1918.
Bromfield wrote around the edges of the photo "This is my unique uniform after Fritz captured all my clothes. The coat and the hat are British. The belt French. The trousers American and the shoes Belgian. The scenery is not of military importance so the American censors have kindly allowed me to send it. One of the unreported accounts credited to the French photographic corps. Louis Bromfield July 1918."Context
Photography became increasingly prevalent in the latter half of the nineteenth century. According to Professor Stephen Badsey of Wolverhampton University explains that cameras had become affordable enough and portable enough to allow photography to be a popular hobby. Professional photographers such as the one who took the photograph of Bromfield in his uniform--and the many similar photographs that soldiers sent home from the war--were not the only people creating a record of the war in this way. This means that "Literally millions of photographs have survived from the First World War, ranging from those used for official propaganda purposes to those preserved in private albums, forming a considerable historical record" (Badsey).Location
Room
Bromfield's OfficeBuilding
The Big HouseOhio State Park
Malabar Farm State Park
