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First Motor Corps, Mass. State Guard, 1919

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1919

Location Note

OVP Panoramic folder

GUSN

GUSN-221632

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Description

A group portrait of men in uniform of the First Motor Corps of the Massachusetts State Guard, taken in 1919.

Details

Descriptive Terms

group portraits
panoramas
military personnel
photographs
gelatin silver prints

Inscription

First Motor Corps...
Mass State Guard...
1919.
photo by S. Arakelyan
Harvard Sq. Studio
Cambridge, Mass.
Photograph by S. Arakelyan
Harvard Square Studio
35 Boylston St.
Cambridge, Mass.

Gift of Wm B. Clarke
16 Jan 1922

Restored and matted by
David Kolody
Fixed Image
Newbury St. Boston 3/81

Additional Identification Number

Oversize photograph number OVP0293

Physical Description

1 photographic print : gelatin silver, mounted ; 32 3/4 x 10 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1922-01-16

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.293

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

10 x 32.75 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

Record Details

Originator

Arakelyan, Sahag (Photographer)
Harvard Square Studio (Photographic studio)

Material Type

photographs
gelatin silver prints

Other Organizations

Massachusetts. State Guard. First Motor Corps

Subjects

Motorization, Military

Description Level

Item

Location Note

OVP Panoramic folder

Historical/Biographical Note

Sources


Cambridge City Directory, 1919, 1111.
Cambridge City Directory, 1920, 1103.

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