COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F027.jpg
Title:
American soldiers fencing on horseback
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1917-11-19
Description:
Attached: "162832 F.C. COPYRIGHT CLINEDINST, WASH. D.C. FROM UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. FOR WHAT FAIRY PRINCESS ARE THEY FIGHTING -- MISS LIBERTY IF YOU WOULD KNOW. Modern gladiators in action, of course you'd think it was to settle some love affair over a princesses's hand, but it is not they are fighting as part of their training to defeat the enermies of the civilized world, and for the protection of Miss Liberty. The photo shows two well covered as a protection from fencing swords, fencing on horseback, in one of the camps "somewhere in the United States. The ticking over their bodies, the queer shaped helmet and the rest of their equipage all tend to form the impression of a knight errant-- come back. CENSORED AND PASSED BY THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION. 11/19/17."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Geographic Area:
United States
Decade:
1910s
Type:
Still Image
Genre/Form:
war photography
Genre/Form:
black-and-white photographs
Genre/Form:
group portraits
Format:
Photograph; black and white
Extent:
8 x 10 in.
Digital Publisher:
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center.
Collection:
Underwood and Underwood World War I press photographs
Physical Location:
Box 1, Folder 27
Rights Statement:
Public Domain. There are no known restrictions.
General Note:
The description for these photographs is transcribed from paper descriptions that are attached to the photographs with adhesive. These paper descriptions are brittle and acidic. For presentation and accessibility purposes, the descriptions have been cropped out of the image.
