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Title
Soldier holding captured German headgear at the World War I Allied War Exposition in Los Angeles, August 1-10, 1918
Date Created and/or Issued
1918-08-01
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 a soldier holding captured German headgear at the World War I Allied War Exposition in Los Angeles, August 1-10, 1918. Standing in front of a British flag, a soldier in uniform holds two German headpieces in his hands: one bearing a sculpted eagle at left, and another with a skull design at right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
14 x 9 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12786
USC-0-1-1-12938 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-43771
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12786
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-43771.jpg
Subject
U.S. History--World War I--American Expeditionary Force
War
Military
World War, 1914-1918
Exhibitions
Soldiers
Uniforms
Military areas
Time Period
1918-08-01
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
43771 [Accession number]
CHS-43771 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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