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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German Outpost, Montfaucon
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on light green paper. The sketch shows a German outpost at Montfaucon, France during World War I. The outpost consists of a large trench with walls reinforced by wooden posts. The upper left corner of an entryway, perhaps to an underground shelter, is just visible in the trench. Glued to the card underneath the sketch is a label that reads "GERMAN OUTPOST, MONFAUCON/Looking toward Hill 204/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2990."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25832
- catalog number
- 25832
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Flirey
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on paper. The work depicts a ruined church spire atop a hill in Flirey, France. Troops and army trucks are in the road near the remains of a communicating trench in the foreground.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25827
- catalog number
- 25827
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Reddy Farm on Hill 230
- Description
- Pencil sketch, with touches of ink wash, on paper. The sketch is glued to a piece of card. The sketch depicts three buildings; the one on the right has a tower with a small turret that has a conical roof. On the far left, in the foreground, is the back end of a truck and a stack of what are possibly galvanized cans.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08-15
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25854
- catalog number
- 25854
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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The Castle Sedan Used as German Military Hospital
- Description
- Ink wash and charcoal sketch on paper. The work depicts the Château de Sedan, a castle in Sedan, France, while it was used as a German military hospital during World War I. The foreground of the drawing is dominated by a large cross in a circle which appears to have been cut in to the grass on the ground. The castle is shown behind the cross, with a flag, likely a hospital flag, flying on one of its peaked roofs.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-11
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25868
- catalog number
- 25868
- accession number
- 64592
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Rolling Out a New Plane
- Description
- Charcoal, graphite, and ink wash sketch on paper. The work depicts an airfield during World War I. An airplane, with French or British tail markings, is being pushed at the wings and at the tail by several men. A man on a tractor is visible just behind the plane's tail. In the background on the left are airplane hangars with planes in them.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25855
- catalog number
- 25855
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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French Engineers Clearing Wreckage of Bridge Château-Thierry
- Description
- Charcoal, gouache, and oil on paper. The work depicts a group of French engineers (in blue uniforms) clearing the wreckage of a bridge in Château-Thierry, France. A section of the bridge has entirely collapsed into the water. On the left, two American soldiers sit on an intact section of the bridge. The shell-torn buildings of the town line the far side of the water.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Aylward, William James
- ID Number
- AF.25684A
- catalog number
- 25684A
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Champs des Mars
- Description
- Charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper. Soldiers in the Champs des Mars, World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-03-25
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25962
- catalog number
- 25962
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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A Street Scene in Thiaucourt
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on paper. The focal point of this street scene is a large pile of debris in front of what appears to be a ruined church. Soldiers marching through the road.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25930
- catalog number
- 25930
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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A General View of Base Hospital No. 16, at Bazoilles
- Description
- Pencil and watercolor sketch on paper mounted on brown card. The subject of the drawing is Base Hospital No. 16, at Bazoilles-sur-Meuse, France, during World War I. The perspective is from a northeast position looking southwest toward two sets of hospital buildings on opposite sides of the river. The hospital complex on the right is composed of tents and barracks set up in orderly rows in front of a grove of trees. Several town buildings are in the center of the work including a tower which might be the steeple of a church.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25927
- catalog number
- 25927
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Vanquished by the Boche Plane
- Description
- Charcoal and crayon drawing on heavy textured cream wove paper. The work depicts two Allied aircraft burning and falling from the sky as two men descend in parachutes.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-09-27
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Harding, George Matthews
- ID Number
- AF.25748
- catalog number
- 25748
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Rounding up Boche Prisoners
- Description
- Charcoal, crayon, gouache, and blue wash drawing on heavy textured cream wove paper. The work depicts American soldiers marching German ("Boche") prisoners of war (unarmed, in green uniforms) through a street in a recaptured village on the Marne. A woman is sitting inside one of the badly damaged buildings lining the street. Deceased German soldiers are lying on the ground in the foreground.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- 1918-07-01
- 1918-07-01
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Harding, George Matthews
- ID Number
- AF.25747
- catalog number
- 25747
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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The Château Euvezin
- Description
- Charcoal drawing on paper. A large chateau sits in the center of the sketch. There is a telegraph pole at the right edge of the drawing. From the catalog card: "'This Chateau was long used as a German Headquarters and when this drawing was made (Sept. 16th) it was the H.q. of our 29th Division.' (original label)" Although the catalog card says Sept. 16th, the artist's signature says "Aug 19 ; 18."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25870
- catalog number
- 25870
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Tressing Nets for Artillery Emplacements
- Description
- Charcoal and ink wash sketch on paper. A group of women, some standing on benches, are making camouflage nets at the Central Camouflage Depot in Dijon, France. These nets were made of pieces of painted burlap tied to wire and were used to disguise artillery positions.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25893
- catalog number
- 25893
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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The Market Place, Fere-En-Tardenois
- Description
- Pencil, charcoal, and ink wash sketch on white paper. The sketch shows damaged buildings on the central square of Fère-en-Tardenois, France during World War I. The square is empty except for a truck, a group of soldiers carrying rifles, and a few people closer to the buildings. The buildings are pock-marked with shell damage, and many of the roofs are so damaged that the rafters are showing.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25880
- catalog number
- 25880
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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The Church at Fossoy. (On the German Line of Retreat)
- Description
- Graphite and gouache on paper mounted on heavy white card. The drawing shows a badly damaged church at Fossoy, France. There is a bare tree on the left.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07-26
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Aylward, William James
- ID Number
- AF.25671
- catalog number
- 25671
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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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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At Charteves
- Description
- A pencil and watercolor sketch on paper of a shell torn church at Charteves. In the center of the sketch is a church which has been destroyed by shell fire.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25943
- catalog number
- 25943
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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On the Edge of Belleau Wood
- Description
- Charcoal and ink wash sketch on paper. The sketch depicts the edge of a wooded area, with timber fortifications in the center of the scene. Hills and small houses in the background. Belleau Wood was the scene of intense fighting between Allied soldiers and the German Army towards the end of the First World War.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.26028
- catalog number
- 26028
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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The Marne at Jaulgonne
- Description
- Pencil and ink wash sketch on paper. The drawing is a view of the River Marne near Jaulgonne, France during World War I. Men are working on a hydraulic mill in the foreground of the work. Several buildings with shell damage are shown in the background on the banks of the river.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08-01
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25881
- catalog number
- 25881
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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