[Sidney Van Wyck Peters scrapbook, circa 1917-1919]

Scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero Squadron during World War I, circa 1917-1919. The scrapbook contains three hundred eighty-four (384) photographs, predominantly wartime images along with a few family snapshots. A significant number of the wartime photos feature portraits and group shots, including officers, squadron groups and aircraft in formation; snapshots of cadets, trainees and servicemen; Red Cross women; and men in military and pilots' uniforms, often posed in front of aircraft. Other images include aerial photos; street scenes and post-bombing ruins in French cities and towns; a number of souvenir copy photographs of war scenes; warcraft, aircraft including balloons, Curtiss, Salmson, and captured German planes.

In addition to the photographs, the scrapbook includes ephemera from Peters' travels in France and his military service. Of particular note is a German propaganda leaflet, as well as military documents such as an order crediting Peters with downing a German plane. Other materials include newspaper clippings, tickets, leave passes, French and German money, pencil sketches, maps, and menus.

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