Content Description
One panoramic photograph, 47.75 x 9 inches, showing a group of military trucks with the lettering “USQMC” on the canvas coverings along with five WWI soldiers in military uniforms lined up along Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky. Photograph taken by the Royal Photo Company, circa 1918. “U.S.Q.M.C.” stands for United State Quarter Master Corps. At least 17 trucks can be viewed and appear to be Class B standardized military trucks known as “Liberty Trucks” that were produced for the U.S. military during World War I and designed by the Quartermaster Corps and the Society of Automotive Engineers. A handwritten inscription on some of the trucks reads “Detroit to Camp Knox, KY”.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Restrictions Apply
No
Use Restrictions
Copyright has been transferred to the University of Louisville; please consult a reference archivist for more information.
Dates
- circa 1918
Extent
1 print (1 frame) : 1 framed panoramic photograph ; 47.75 x 9 inches
- Military personnel Subject Source: Tgm (For Genre/Format Terms)
- Military trucks -- United States Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Equipment and supplies -- Photographs Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Military personnel -- American -- Photographs Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Photographs Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- White, Juanita (Donor, Person)