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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Camouflaged Barracks for Colored Troops, Airing the Bedding on Sunday
- Description
- Ink wash sketch of African-American troops and small camouflaged buildings. The soldiers are moving about the buildings, carrying mattresses. Sketch done on heavy white paper.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25815
- catalog number
- 25815
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Building Operations at Is-sur-Tille
- Description
- Charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper. Buildings under construction at Is-sur-Tille, France during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25960
- catalog number
- 25960
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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General View of the Great Yards at Is-Sur-Tille
- Description
- Pencil and crayon sketch on paper. The work is a view of the railroad yards at Is-sur-Tille, France. Long, low buildings are depicted in the middle ground. Divisional files indicate that the artist noted "Fifty miles of railroad track, combined with barracks and warehouses, cover several square miles in this area."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25829
- catalog number
- 25829
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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A Barrack Street at Is-sur-Tille
- Description
- Charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper. The work depicts barracks at Is-sur-Tille, France during World War I. Two rows of single-story pitch-roofed barrack buildings line the sides of a dirt street with telephone or telegraph wires overhead.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25918
- catalog number
- 25918
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Constructing the Great Wharves at Montoir
- Description
- Mixed media drawing on paper. A field bordered by long, low barracks. Soldiers at work and a stack of supplies occupy the field.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25971
- catalog number
- 25971
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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The Plains of Is-sur-Tille
- Description
- Charcoal sketch, with touches of watercolor, on paper. This landscape shows a flat expanse with a river in the background. At the left are men working, a locomotive, and a structure with a smokestack and another tall projectile. On the opposite side of the river, across the bridge, these same structures are repeated. In the foreground are several large, uncut lumber logs with men in between them. The catalog card for this drawing indicates that the men are troops engaged in erecting buildings.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07-12
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.26070
- catalog number
- 26070
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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