Big French Searchlight Combing The Sky For Planes

Photograph

The Salvation Army Central Territory Museum

Name/Title

Big French Searchlight Combing The Sky For Planes

Entry/Object ID

2018.18.168

Description

Black and white photograph with printed caption "BIG FRENCH SEARCHLIGHT COMBING THE SKY FOR PLANES." The picture is taken at night, so the sky is black. Four French(?) military men stand around a large searchlight. They appear to be in a field and the searchlight's beam projects up diagonally into the dark sky.

Acquisition

Accession

2018.18

Source or Donor

Feack, Pamela

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Pamela Feack in memory of Floyd O. "Pa" and Samantha Minerva "Minnie, Ma" Saunders Burdick, Cecil May Burdick Goodwin, Grace Belle Burdick Yates, and Fern Ann Goodwin Feack

Made/Created

Artist

McGill, John A.

Date made

1917 - 1919

Place

Country

France

Region

Western Europe

Continent

Europe

Notes

Date: around 1917 - November 11,1919

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

2-1/2 in

Width

3-1/4 in

Relationships

Related Events

Event

World War I