Military
The Museum's superb military collections document the history of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States. The collections include ordnance, firearms, and swords; uniforms and insignia; national and military flags and banners; and many other objects.
The strength of the collections lies in their enormous depth. Some 3,000 military small arms and 2,400 civilian firearms document the mechanical and technological history of the infantryman's weapons from the beginning of the gunpowder era to the present. Among the 4,000 swords and knives in the collection are many spectacular presentation pieces. The collections also include Civil War era telegraph equipment, home front artifacts from both world wars, early computers such as ENIAC, Whirlwind, and Sage, and materials carried at antiwar demonstrations.
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Corner in Frebecourt
- Description
- A charcoal, pencil, and watercolor sketch on paper. American soldiers at leisure in Frebecourt, France during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25965
- catalog number
- 25965
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Blacksmith and Wagon Repair Shed on the Road to Boucq
- Description
- Graphite and black ink wash sketch. Outdoor scene of a large temporary structure where soldiers, horses, and wagons are gathered. One of the soldiers is shoeing a horse. Beige wove paper mounted on tan card ruled with decorative graphite lines.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-05-20
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Duncan, Walter Jack
- ID Number
- AF.25692
- catalog number
- 25692
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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American Troops Supply Train
- Description
- Gouache and oil on beige paper mounted flush on brown board. The drawing depicts an American supply train during World War I. The drawing shows two buildings with trees in the background. The large building is shell-torn. In the foreground, two supply carts are shown along with several supply bags at front right. An active scene, there are approximately nine soldiers wearing green uniforms standing around, sitting in the cart, and one on horseback. There is another soldier wearing blue on horseback entering from the right.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Aylward, William James
- ID Number
- AF.25645
- catalog number
- 25645
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Guns and Locomotives in a Shop at St. Nazaire
- Description
- A pencil sketch on paper of a shop in St. Nazaire, France that manufactures artillery pieces and locomotives for the war. Two men stand in the center of a large building, surrounded by equipment.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25987
- catalog number
- 25987
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Dressing Station in Ruined Farm
- Description
- Charcoal with watercolor sketch on white paper. The scene takes place in the region of Ploisy in northern France and depicts two ambulances in front of a large building. Many wounded soldiers are sitting on the ground and receiving treatment. Several soldiers sit under the tree in the right of the sketch.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07-19
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- referenced
- 1918-06-19
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Morgan, Wallace
- ID Number
- AF.25767
- catalog number
- 25767
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Billeting Village Near Neufchateau
- Description
- Charcoal, crayon, watercolor, and gouache on heavy white card. The work depicts several buildings on a street in a village near Neufchâteau, France. The buildings are intact and not shell-torn. The painting shows the view down a road which leads through village.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Aylward, William James
- ID Number
- AF.25646
- catalog number
- 25646
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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American Soldiers on the March
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on board. Troops marching through a shell-torn village. In the foreground are several soldiers and a horse-drawn wagon; these are in shadow. The background of the picture is in light and includes more troops, trucks, buildings, and trees.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- referenced
- 1918-07-10
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Morgan, Wallace
- ID Number
- AF.25759
- catalog number
- 25759
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Roadside Blacksmith Near the Lines, Sanzey
- Description
- Pencil sketch with some ink wash. A road runs through the sketch; people, horses, vehicles, and a motorcycle occupy the road. Behind the road is a row of low buildings. At left is a blacksmith shop. In front of the shop are two soldiers shoeing a horse. Chickens and two children in foreground. Sketch is mounted to a larger piece of cardboard.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Morgan, Wallace
- ID Number
- AF.25779
- catalog number
- 25779
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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A Repair Shop at Issoudun
- Description
- Pencil and crayon drawing on paper. The work depicts the interior of an airplane repair shop at Issoudun, France during World War I. Men are working on disassembled airplanes. A piece of an engine or airplane body is suspended in the ceiling above the overhead beams.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25924
- catalog number
- 25924
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Aero Squadron Near Toul
- Description
- A charcoal sketch, with some pencil and watercolor, on paper. The work depicts an air base near Toul, France during World War I. A group of airplanes and a few men are outside of a complex of airplane hangars.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25947
- catalog number
- 25947
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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At Ménil-la-Tour
- Description
- Pencil and watercolor color sketch on paper. The work depicts the French village of Ménil-la-Tour during World War I. Soldiers, trucks, and horses populate the scene; a church steeple rises in the background.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25916
- catalog number
- 25916
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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A Street in Sanzey
- Description
- Pencil and watercolor sketch on beige mounted. The work depicts a street in Sanzey, France during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25936
- catalog number
- 25936
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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The Square, Pont-à-Mousson
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on paper. The sketch is a street scene, with people milling about and buildings on either side of the street.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25886
- catalog number
- 25886
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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A Billet Village on the Marne
- Description
- A charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper. The sketch depicts a small village in France where American soldiers were billeted during World War I. The Marne river, seen here in the right background, was
- the line a German offensive in the spring and summer of 1918.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25944
- catalog number
- 25944
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Sniper at Chateau Thierry
- Description
- Charcoal and gouache drawing on card taped to a white matte. The work depicts an American sniper lying prone on the ground with his Springfield rifle aimed to the right of the picture. A portion of a stone structure, likely a chimney, is behind him. The red tiles in the drawing indicate that he is on the roof of a building.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Aylward, William James
- ID Number
- AF.25666
- catalog number
- 25666
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Taking Artillery Around the Mine Crater in the Road to Varennes
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on paper. A large cross is surrounded by several smaller crosses, some bearing wreaths or ribbons, in the foreground. A group of soldiers is resting among the crosses. Some men appear to be eating. A group of soldiers, on foot and on horseback, ascend a small hill in the background. At the end of this procession is a large piece of artillery. On the right of the sketch is a crater; some soldiers are walking up and out of the depression while others are at work inside the crater.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-09
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Morgan, Wallace
- ID Number
- AF.25783
- catalog number
- 25783
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Distant View of Beaumont
- Description
- A pen and watercolor drawing on paper of Beaumont, France near the end of World War I. The scene is a landscape where most of the foreground is grass, with exception of a barbed wired fence running through the field. Partially destroyed church in the background.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-10
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25979
- catalog number
- 25979
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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A Billet at Rambucourt
- Description
- Pencil and watercolor sketch on paper. The work depicts an American billet at Rambucourt, France during World War I. The sketch shows a large shell-torn building in use as a barracks for soldiers. The roof of the building is partially collapsing over an exposed section of the building. Soldiers are standing outside the building.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25931
- catalog number
- 25931
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Watering Horses in Village in Toul Sector
- Description
- Pencil and ink wash sketch on paper. The work shows a group of mounted soldiers watering their horses in a village in the Tour Sector of France during World War I. The village church is in the center of the sketch; to the right and behind the church is a small castle surrounded by trees.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25898
- catalog number
- 25898
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Merviller
- Description
- Charcoal and ink wash sketch on paper. This rough sketch depicts a village street with a camouflage apparatus hung over the street. Soldiers are in the thoroughfare, under the camouflage screen. The museum's catalogue card for this drawing reads, "The road through Merviller is on the slope of a hill and is exposed to German observation. But by the use overhead camouflage screening, one strip of which is here shown, the traffic along this road is entirely concealed."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-04
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.26014
- catalog number
- 26014
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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