World War I oversize photographs, 1918-1919.

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World War I oversize photographs, 1918-1919.

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The collection consists of two oversized panoramic photographs of World War soldiers who trained in Virginia and various aeronautical and medical units. Photograph by Shulman of Camp Hancock (Augusta, Ga.), an ordnance training camp, 1918. An unidentified soldier has numbered objects on the photograph and explained them on the verso. Photograph by Stouts & Simpson of the personnel of Base Hospital Unit No. 165, Waco, Texas, once in the possession of Walter Cook, a soldier in the photograph.

2 photographs ; 45 in. in length or longer.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7657332

University of Virginia. Library

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Cook, Walter, 1896-1972

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United States. Army. Base Hospital No. 30

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United States. Army

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