The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 2
Digitized from original period negatives, this First World War group follows U.S. Army Air Service personnel from snow-covered barracks and railroad sidings at Scott Field, Illinois, to billets and tent camps in France. Baseball games, a camp dog, and posed portraits with Navy sailors capture the everyday texture of American mobilization between 1917 and 1919.
Three Figures Posed Roadside, WWI Scott Field-England Negatives Collection
Serviceman Resting on Cot in Tent Quarters – WWI France/England, Scott Field Collection
WWI-Era U.S. Army Sergeant Standing in Snow-Covered Field, Profile Portrait
Snow-Covered Barracks Row at Scott Field Military Training Installation, World War I Era
Two American Servicemen in Field Uniform, World War I, France
American Servicemen in Formation at a WWI-Era Camp, France
Soldier in Overcoat Before Snow-Covered Barracks, Scott Field Negative
Soldier at Rest with Camp Dog, WWI-Era Military Encampment
Two American Soldiers in Field Uniform, France, World War I Era
Railroad Water Tower and Trackside Building with Coal Pile, WWI Era
Row of Wooden Barracks Buildings at a WWI-Era Training Field, Possibly Scott Field, Illinois
WWI American Serviceman at Tent Camp, France - Scott Field Collection
American Soldiers Playing Baseball at Tent Camp, World War I Era
Soldier Beside Illinois Central Railroad Boxcar in Snow, Scott Field Era, WWI
American Soldier and Civilian Women Walking Through Camp Row, World War I
Dirt Path Through Wooden Barracks Huts, WWI-Era Military Camp - Scott Field/England Collection
Barracks Interior with Rows of Cots, WWI France (Scott Field-England Negatives Collection)
U.S. Navy Sailors and Army Soldier Posed Together, France, WWI
Interior View of WWI-Era Barracks Billet, France/England, Row of Cots and Personal Effects