world war I nerd Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share #226 Posted December 31, 2018 Officers from the 114th Infantry Regiment 29th Division, AEF, probably taken in 1919. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share #227 Posted December 31, 2018 National Guard troops from an unknown state (I can't quite make out their collar brass) in the dress blue uniform out for a morning stroll around 1910, give or take a few years. A closer view of some of a few of the marching national Guardsmen in the above photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share #228 Posted December 31, 2018 Men of the 89th Division boarding the U.S.S. Huntington in 1919. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share #229 Posted December 31, 2018 Good shot of the blue denim fatigue uniform as worn by a pair of 3rd Army soldiers in 1919, one with a Hershey Bar in Hand. A closer look at the man with the candy bar. And an even closer look at the candy bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share #230 Posted December 31, 2018 Rhode Island National Guard officers sometime around the turn of the century. The above image cropped to better show the front row officers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share #231 Posted December 31, 2018 Not really sure what to make of this one, other than to say it certainly is "Sum Saloon". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share #232 Posted December 31, 2018 A very nice image of Navy officers and female Yeomanettes. A closer look at the Navy personnel in the above photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share #233 Posted December 31, 2018 The last image in this group is a candid shot of Red Cross volunteers frying doughnuts for the boys "Over There". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted December 31, 2018 Share #234 Posted December 31, 2018 Erick & Charlie, thanks for adding pic from your collections. It's great to see what kind of "jim-dandy" images others have! Now I'll add a few more of my own, hopefully the new addition will also measure up to the high jim-dandy bar that mike korea set. Thanks for the compliment Mike. I have a number of photos showing troops in the barracks during this time period. This one, of an Indiana National Guard trooper around 1910 is interesting because of the shoe line-up beneath his bunk. Nice additions Brian! Do you know where the photo of the Indiana National Guardsman was taken? From the shell that he is holding, I assume that he is with the Artillery Regiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share #235 Posted December 31, 2018 Erik, it looks as if I was mistaken about that photo being Indiana related - my apologies. When looking at the stencil on the canteen in the photo I thought it was an abbreviation of Indiana. However, when I enlarged it to see what other information the canteen might have, it reads something else, but not Indiana. Unfortunately, I can't figure out what the canteen actually has stenciled on it. Maybe somebody else can? By way of identification, there is nothing written on the back, but there is a "Nichols" watermark in the lower right hand corner. There is also what I think is a Coast Artillery chevron sewn onto the sleeve of the overcoat hung on the wall behind the reclining soldier. Here is the same thing in grayscale. And the watermark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted December 31, 2018 Share #236 Posted December 31, 2018 Here's one that's a little different, I guess he didn't care for the boring issue necktie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share #237 Posted December 31, 2018 Very stylish indeed! Check out the astonishing neck ties worn by this group of National Guardsmen circa 1907-1910. They range from tiny ties, to bow ties, to wide ties, to skinny ties, to "dude" ties, to black ties, to light colored ties, and even goggles in place of a neck tie! Close up no. 1: from left to right, regulation tie, dude tie, tiny tie, and fat tie. Close up no. 2: a trio of bow ties in two colors. Close up no. 3: clockwise from upper left, fat black tie, fat light colored tie, bow tie, and dust goggles substituting as a tie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share #238 Posted December 31, 2018 No nonsense white, or light colored neck ties, bearing the company letter "B" are worn by two members of the "Savages". A closer look at the two letter "B" bearing neck ties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share #239 Posted December 31, 2018 And finally, I guess the classic bow tie, black or otherwise, was still in vouge with the up to the minute military fasionista in 1917, and perhaps later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share #240 Posted January 5, 2019 Here's a pretty nifty press photo of five 37th Division officers debarking from the cruiser St. Louis, amidst a snowstorm, in New York on March 28, 1919. The officers hail from the 148th Infantry Regimen, and are, from left to right: Captain W.G. Wulzan (Hamilton, Ohio), Captain Neil P. Beall (Cincinnati, Ohio), Major James A. Sullivan (Boston, Massachusetts), Captain G.P. Lawrence (Columbus, Ohio), and Captain C.M. Metz (Cincinnati, Ohio). What makes this photograph so interesting is the wide variety of overcoat styles that are worn (and carried) by the officers, as well as presence of a couple of 37th Division shoulder patches, and one steel helmet bearing a painted version of the same insignia … Ali in all, a great photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share #241 Posted January 5, 2019 Since we are sort of on the subject of WW I overcoats, here is Private First Class Fred S. Stackpole from Motor Truck Company No. 539, Supply Train No. 427, AEF, wearing the simplified 1918 pattern Overcoat for enlisted men and one of the iterations of the 1907 Winter Field Cap. The image was taken in Clermont, France around February 13, 1919. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share #242 Posted January 5, 2019 Continuing with the overcoat theme, this unnamed Doughboy wears a curious overcoat pattern that I'd never seen before I obtained this French "carte postale". His overcoat appears to be the lovechild of a 1917 pattern overcoat with buttoned cuff tabs, and the "Mackinaw" pattern overcoat with rolled collar. My guess is that this hybrid overcoat is the results of when one manufacturer transitioned from the making 1917 overcoats to making mackinaw style overcoats, or vice versa. It is likely that the first 10, or 100, or 1,000 overcoats produced during the transition phase ended up being made of a mixture of leftover parts from the older overcoat and newer parts from the newer overcoat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share #243 Posted January 5, 2019 Sticking with the overcoats, I'm not sure if the unnamed guy in this WW I era U.S. made picture postcard is an Army officer, or if he is a member of the YMCA, Red Cross, or one of the other charitable organizations that were doing war work. The one thing I am sure of though, is that he is wearing a non-regulation, privately acquired military style overcoat that probably wasn't cheap to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share #244 Posted January 5, 2019 After the Armistice had been signed, large numbers of American Doughboys who did not see any combat were eager to visit the battlefields that they'd only read or heard about. As a result, more than a few photographs of Doughboy "tourists" have surfaced over the years. This being one of them. It is a personal photograph (not a Signal Corps photo, or a press photo, or real picture postcard) of a group of AEF soldiers posing on top of a British heavy tank. One that had been captured by the Germans and repainted to denote their new ownership. After which, the tank was sent back into combat, where it was knocked out by either the British, French or American Army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share #245 Posted January 5, 2019 A pre WW I boxing match … of sorts. This could be National or Guard or Regular Army - not sure. It looks to have been taken around 1910 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share #246 Posted January 5, 2019 This image, also circa 1910-ish, is of trio of ball players whose uniforms proclaim their team to have been made up of men from the 134th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share #247 Posted January 5, 2019 I have a feeling that these are National Guard troops around 1907 or 1908. They are wearing the older 1903 pattern infantry equipment over fatigue dress, which, to me, seems a bit unusual as the fatigue uniform was typically worn while working. Also of interest is the late 1800's caped overcoat worn by one of the men in the background over on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share #248 Posted January 5, 2019 Early Army or National Guard Troops (their canteens are stenciled U.S.), also wearing 1903 pattern infantry equipment, who've deposited their blanket rolls on the ground. The fact that they are wearing 1907 pattern canvas leggings dates this image to between 1907 and 1912-ish. A closer look at the men and their blanket rolls. Note that collar insignia is not worn by any of the men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share #249 Posted January 5, 2019 Last image for now ... A sergeant in the Massachusetts Coast Artillery. No name, and the Coast Artillery ID comes from the stenciling on the footlocker in the lower right hand corner. The photo likely dates somewhere between 1908 and 1911. A closer look at the sergeant and what I believe is an NCO's sword. Thanks for looking ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted January 6, 2019 Share #250 Posted January 6, 2019 A closer look at the two letter "B" bearing neck ties. Those are great examples of unit ties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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