Box: 2, Folder: 20 - Clippings, 1917-1919

Title

Box: 2, Folder: 20 - Clippings, 1917-1919

Description

Clippings, 1917-1919

Identifier

2014-06-04, Box: Two, Folder: 20

Collection Organization

Collection Items

So this is Paris! [Clipping, March 28, 1919]
Clipping, "So this is Paris!," from Stars and Stripes, March 28, 1919. Features a comic depicting a busy city street in Paris. Partial articles on reverse: "Franc buys most amid snowy peaks on edge of Spain," "How Boche guns were spotted by range…

Mail badly tangled: Kennedy only drew a Saturday Evening Post [Clipping, circa July 1918]
Clipping, "Mail badly tangled: Kennedy only drew a Saturday Evening Post," from an unidentified publication, circa July 1918. Reports that Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kennedy had not received any mail from their son, Wilbur, in a month and then received seven…

Iowa, first in everything [Clipping, circa 1918]
Clipping, "Iowa, first in everything" by Hattie Belle Burrell, from an unidentified publication, circa 1918. Originally included with correspondence dated May 18, 1918.

Flyer known by local men brings down two Boches [Clipping, circa 1918]
Clipping, "Flyer known by local men brings down two Boches," from an unidentified publication, circa 1918. Reports on Lieutenant Douglas Campbell shooting down two German planes. Originally included with correspondence dated May 18, 1918.

Flags made by women of France are presented to America's aviators in thrilling Paris ceremony [Clipping, 1919]
Clipping, "Flags made by women of France are presented to America's aviators in thrilling Paris ceremony," from Stars and Stripes, March 28, 1919. Partial article on reverse: "Anxious friends inquire after boys in the A.E.F."

Aviation students of Company B at Wright Field [Clipping, August 1917]
Clipping, "Aviation students of Company B at Wright Field," from an unidentified publication, circa August 1917. Features a group portrait of the students. Originally included with correspondence dated September 2, 1917.

Amex fliers safe after weathering shower of shot [Clipping, circa 1918]
Clipping, "Amex fliers safe after weathering shower of shot," from the Paris Herald, circa 1918. Describes how Benjamin P. Harwood and Fred L. Luhr of the 12th Aero Squadron narrowly escaped a German attack. Originally included with correspondence…

American airplane falls from clouds in France [Clipping, May 14, 1918]
Clipping, "American airplane falls from clouds in France," from an unidentified publication, May 14, 1918. Reports on two unnamed men from the 12th Aero Squadron who fatally crashed in the Toul (France) region. Originally included with correspondence…

[Two clippings glued to sheet of paper, circa 1918]
Two clippings glued to sheet of paper, circa 1918. One clipping features a joke, and one features two limericks. Originally included with correspondence dated June 5, 1918.
View all 9 items