Soldiers posing near a United States hospital train in World War I, ca.1914

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Photograph of soldiers posing near a United States hospital train in World War I, ca.1914. Twelve "doughboys" are lined up at center and are looking at the camera. They are all in uniform and the man at center is holding a short rifle. The train is behind the men to the right and is a long series of cars marked with red crosses. Several soldiers lean out of the windows to look at the camera. The characters "U.S. 64" are painted on the end of the train at right.

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Title Soldiers posing near a United States hospital train in World War I, ca.1914

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1914

Subject Hospitals (lcsh), Military (lcsh), railroad features (adlf), Railroads (lcsh), U.S. History -- World War I -- American Expeditionary Force (file heading), War (lcsh), World War, 1914-1918 (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Temporal Subject 1914

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12816

Identifier 11656 (accession number), CHS-11656 (call number), CHS-11656 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12281 (legacy record id), chs-m12816 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12968 (legacy record id), 1-233- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12281

Unique identifier UC132788

Legacy Identifier CHS-11656.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 12.2 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 31.1 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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