Series III - Oversize Materials

Title

Description

Oversize Materials

Identifier

2014-06-04, Series III

Collection Organization

Wilbur D. Kennedy Collection
- Series III - Oversize Materials
  - Box: 3 - Photograph Album, 1917-1919
  - Box: 3, Folder: 1 - Certificate, clipping, and photograph, 1917-1919

Collection Items

Yanks on the Rhine [Newspaper clipping]

Newspaper clipping, "Yanks on the Rhine" by Wallgren, from The Stars and Stripes, December 6, 1918. Comic strip of American soldiers comparing life in France and Germany following the end of World War I.

[Certificate of promotion for Wilbur D. Kennedy]

Certificate verifying Wilbur D. Kennedy's promotion to First Lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps, United States Army, November 20, 1917.

Mitchell fought valiantly for a unified air service [Newspaper clipping]

Newspaper clipping, "Mitchell fought valiantly for a unified air service," from The Detroit News, February 20, 1936. Obituary for Brigadier General William L. "Billy" Mitchell, describing his military career, his advocacy for a unified air force, and…

[Aerial view of Toul, France]

Oblique aerial photograph of Toul, France, circa 1917-1919.

[Bread tickets]

Printed tickets for bread rations issued to Allied soldiers, circa 1918. Printed text: "Militaires en Déplacement. 100 grammes de pain. Bread tickets to be [rest of text cut-off]." Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred…

[Battery fire signal chart]

Chart of battery fire signals and schedule, circa 1918. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few pieces of ephemera, circa 1917-1919. The photos trace Kennedy's…