Showing posts with label 1919. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1919. Show all posts

Monday, March 14, 2016

Herbert Albert Krueger



A card from Private Krueger of Brillion, Wisconsin to his father while on occupation duty in Germany. Curiously the card starts off Dear Father but is address to Fred Glassow. Fred is listed on Herbert's draft card as his employer. 

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Eagle Boat

This is USS Eagle Boat no. 60. The last of the submarine chasers built by the Ford Motor Company. This one was commissioned in October of 1919.

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Returning Troops

Doughboys returning to America. In this case Virginia as indicated by the license plate on the car on the right.

Monday, January 5, 2015

Stanley

A different postcard recently for sale on ebay identified the child as Stanley, mascot of the 50th Infantry, age 5. The other photo featuring the same studio prop and background was taken in November of 1919 in Mayen, Germany. The soldier remains unknown.

Friday, August 22, 2014

Brigadier General


A U.S. Army Brigadier General had this picture taken while in France.

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Wilhelm


The curious thing about this card is the black, red and gold on the back. The flag with this color scheme was adopted by the Weimar Republic in 1919 so perhaps this is a postwar photograph.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Gaar Ingels, 75th Artillery C.A.C.


Gaar Ingels of La Fayette, Illinois played the euphonium with the 75th Artillery C.A.C. Here his is in Saint-Nazarie France in January, 1919. The regiment arrived too late to see combat and returned to America in March of 1919.
This card is unusual in that the photo is glued to a postcard instead of being printed on postcard paper.

Monday, September 30, 2013

Landau, Germany


Gaston Dessoulles and friend on occupation duty in Landau, Germany.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Walter Kirby


An obituary for Walter Kirby of Lebanon, Ohio listed him as a Sergeant with the 29th Aero Squadron.  He died at Camp Knox on April 30, 1919 at the age of 23. 

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Awaiting Arrival of General Allenby


The British entered Constantinople the day after the French in November of 1918. This picture, taken in January of 1919, shows the Army of Occupation waiting for General Allenby.
The flags being displayed are Greek Merchant Navy flags.

Monday, October 8, 2012

Beverloo Camp


A group of Belgium soldiers at Camp Beverloo in Leopoldsburg, Belgium after the armistice.

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Englander Koch


According to the front this Englishman was a mess cook at Wurm in 1918. The back read "Mr. Kaufmann Christmas 1918-easter 1919". Perhaps he was on occupation duty during that time.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Willie X


Willie just after the war in Glasgow. He wears the cap badge of the Corps of Royal Engineers.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Hohenzollern Bridge


A German postcard belonging to an American referencing the British. The British occupation of Cologne started in December of 1918. They left in 1926.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Daniel in France





Two from Daniel, a Sergeant in the Medical Corps, sent from from France after the war.

Friday, August 19, 2011

126th Field Hospital


A group from the 126th Field Hospital on occupation duty in Germany after the war.