The Snapshots in Time Collection
Reverse of Photographic Print with Pencil Date "1917" and Signature, Willis W. Wagener Photo Collection
The reverse of a small personal photograph from the collection of Private Willis W. Wagener, a World War I veteran. Penciled onto the back are the date "1917" and a cursive signature, likely added by the photograph's owner to record when and by whom it was kept. Filed among a set of 1921 photographs, this item illustrates how personal photographs were annotated, dated, and preserved by soldiers and their families in the years following the First World War. Project: 218161