The Snapshots in Time Collection
Armored Machine-Gun Car and Anti-Tuberculosis League Exhibit at 'Avenue Cambrai,' Ohio War Exposition, c. 1918-1919
Named for the 1917 Battle of Cambrai, this aisle of the exposition hall paired a captured or replica machine-gun car and stacked bayoneted rifles with an unexpected neighbor: a public health exhibit from the Anti-Tuberculosis League and Board of Health. The juxtaposition illustrates how post-Armistice civic expositions blended martial trophies with home-front health and welfare campaigns, reflecting the broad community purpose these events served in early 20th-century Ohio. Project: 218708