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Title
Interior view of an American Expeditionary Force mess hall, ca.1915
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1915
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an interior view of an American Expeditionary Force mess hall, ca.1915. The hall is a long wooden structure with three long tables running the length of it. There are many uniformed soldiers seated and standing around the table at center, looking at the camera. Square windows line the sides of the building, and there is a stove with a pipe reaching to the ceiling in the foreground at right. There are electric lights hung from the ceiling and decorated with American flags.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12812
USC-1-1-1-12964 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-11628
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12812
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-11628.jpg
Subject
U.S. History--World War I--American Expeditionary Force
War
Military
World War, 1914-1918
Soldiers
Dinners and dining
Military areas
Time Period
circa 1915
Source
1-233- [Microfiche number]
11628 [Accession number]
CHS-11628 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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