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Photographic postcard of Bordeaux Cathedral, France, circa 1910s.Typed caption: "36. Bordeaux - La Cathédrale - Les Flèches. The Cathedral - The Arrow. LL."Inscription on verso: "Charles W. Drew, 1st Lieut. A.S.S.[C.W.?]S.R.

Postcard of Monument des Girondins in Bordeaux, France, circa 1917-1918.

Postcard to Mrs. Drew, possibly from Charles W. Drew, circa 1917-1919. Color image of Bedford, Nova Scotia, with brief message about visiting the shore.

Proofs for correction for Charles W. Drew's obituary, circa 1918. Presumably written when he was missing in action, prior to notification of his status as a prisoner of war.

Photograph of an unidentified serviceman standing in front of a donjon (stone tower from an ancient castle), Paudy, France, circa 1917-1918.

Photographic group portrait of servicemen at Wright Field, Ohio, circa 1917.Inscription on verso: "Mr. Wheaton's class. Some of these men went to Ft. Wood for Foreign Service."Inscription on verso of duplicate photo: "Mr. Wheaton's class, Wright…

Photograph of two unidentified servicemen in the doorway of a damaged building, France, circa 1917.Inscription on verso: "Our boys in the war zone. France. 1917."

Photograph of servicemen with a SPAD XIII (S.13) aircraft (fuselage number 5, designation "Betsy"), circa 1917-1918.

Telegram from Charles W. Drew to his mother, August 20, 1918. Reports that he has downed his first German plane.

Telegram from Charles W. Drew to his mother, November 22, 1917. Notification of his arrival in Europe.