Troop Train, World War I, 1917

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Yaphank
emulsion on glass
5 x 7 x 0 in.

5x7 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons, September 6, 1917 of a troop car with many soldiers partially leaning out of the windows. The first man leaning out the window on the left is Black and not dressed in a uniform. On side of car is handwritten, "Signal Troops from Kansas City, Mo." / Line Men Telephone Section / KC Signal Troops / (unreadable)".

1984.187.396F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection