COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F068.jpg
Title:
Y.M.C.A. workers distributing letters to soldiers
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1918-02-18
Description:
Attached: "168469 F.C. COPYRIGHT COMMITTTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION FROM UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. RELEASED FEB. 16-1918." NEWS FROM THE FOLKS BACK HOME. News from the folks back home, father, mother, sweetheart, brother, is welcome news indeed. So these khaki clad Y.M.C.A. workers are enthusiastically welcomed as they distribute the long awaited letters from the folks to the boys at the front. Rleased Feb. 16-1918." Readers of the [gap] who wish a photographic copy of this picture can obtain it by sending ten cents to the Division of Pictures, Committee on Public Information, Wash, D.C. Inclose this clipping or mention photo No. 2371. 2/18/18."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
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:
6 1/2 x 8 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 68
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.
