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355th Battalion Q.M.C. Camp Custer Mich. Original Panoramic Photograph
1918004904Camp Custer Battle Creek MI: T.F Mock 1918. Photographic Image. Near Fine. Photograph. First Printing. Original panoramic photograph 6 1/2" x 42 1/4" unframed rolled. Near Fine faint creases near ends scant light soiling rear of photo. Stamped in blue ink rear -"Passed by Intelligence Section Office Chief of Staff". Written in ink rear -" 355th Battalion Q.M.C. Camp Custer Mich. T.F. Mock Sept. 29 1918". Unclear whether this is in Mock's handwriting. Theodore F. Mock was listed as the Camp Custer Photographer in David V. Tinder's "Directory of Early Michigan Photographers" published by Clements Library 2013. Camp Custer at Battle Creek Michigan had over 100000 US Army troops pass through its doors between 1917-1919. Sept. 29th 1918 was the day in 1918 after a 56-hour-long bombardment Allied forces breached the so-called Hindenburg Line the last line of German defenses on the Western Front during World War I. SCARCE photograph of Negro troops during World War I with many interesting poses by the soldiers including a pair in boxing pose ! making this a unique piece of African-Americana and U.S. Military history !. T.F Mock unknown
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA · États-Unis750,00 $US≈ 634,57 €
