World War - in the service of the nation / Dan Smith. Unprocessed in...

CALL NUMBER:Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1995:113.279 [item] [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZ62-132216 (b&w film copy neg.)
No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:Commemorative allegorical print showing Columbia seated on pedestal, wearing a Phrygian cap, with an American flag, eagle with wings spread, and a scene showing American soldiers shooting a machine gun. Printed below the image is a certificate, "In the serivce of the nation", for a soldier''s record of service, followed by an excerpt from President Woodrow Wilson''s Dec. 4, 1917 speech before congress. Also shows emblems of various military service units and the flags of several nations.

MEDIUM:1 photomechanical print : offset, color.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:[ca. 1919]

CREATOR:

Smith, Dan, 1865-1934, artist.

NOTES:

Title from item.

Includes an insert of a photograph of an unidentified African American soldier, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing uniform indicating service as an engineer. DLC

Forms part of: Gladstone collection (Library of Congress).

Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1995:113.279

SUBJECTS:

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Quotations.
African Americans--Military service--1910-1920.
World War, 1914-1918--Military personnel--American.
Columbia (Symbolic character)--1910-1920.
Flags--1910-1920.

FORMAT:

Allegorical prints 1910-1920.
Certificates 1910-1920.
Portrait photographs 1910-1920.
Photographic prints 1910-1920.
Offset photomechanical prints Color 1910-1920.

REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:(b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c32216

CARD #:2002719506

Pop Art Machine Code: cph-3c30000-3c32000-3c32200-3c32216


LOC 1163883