COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F029.jpg
Title:
Lieutenant C.F. Parks modeling the new American trench helmet
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1917-11-20
Description:
Attached: "162835 F.C. COPYRIGHT CLINEDINST, WASH. D.C. FROM UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. NEW TRENCH HELMET WORN IN THE UNITED STATES. Lieut. C.F. Parks, wearing the new steel trench helmet at a training camp "somewhere in the United States." That particular camp was the first one in the United States at which steel helmets were worn. Other troops have had to wait util they got "over there" before they received their steel helmets. CENSORED AND PASSED BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION. 11/20/17."
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:
portraits
Format:
Photograph; black and white
Extent:
8 1/2 x 6 1/2 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 29
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.
