American Trucks in a Side Street Montabaur

Description:

Charcoal sketch on paper. American army trucks and troops on a street leading through a village. Buildings on either side of street. The sketch is affixed to a larger piece of heavy cardboard. A label under the sketch, on the larger cardboard mount, reads: "AMERICAN TRUCKS IN A SIDE STREET/MONTABAUR/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2965."

Date Made: ca 1918Associated Date: 1917-1918

Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford

Location: Currently not on view

Depicted: Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Montabaur

Related Event: World War I

Subject:

See more items in: Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military, Military, Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, World War I Art, Art, Combat Art, Art

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Credit Line: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AF.25807Catalog Number: 25807Accession Number: 64592

Object Name: sketch

Physical Description: charcoal (overall production method/technique)Measurements: sketch: 10 3/4 in x 13 5/8 in; 27.305 cm x 34.6075 cmoverall: 14 1/4 in x 15 3/16 in; 36.195 cm x 38.57625 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-773d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_445103

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