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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Hospital at Savenay
- Description
- A pencil and watercolor sketch on paper of a hospital at Savenay, France. This American hospital occupied several permanent buildings and temporary structures during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25995
- catalog number
- 25995
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Newly Arrived Troops Debarking at Brest
- Description
- Charcoal and black ink wash sketch. A large ship is docked and troops walk down the gangplank onto land. Soldiers stand in the foreground and on the ship, waiting to disembark. The sketch is done on beige wove paper which is mounted on beige card that has been ruled with decorative graphite lines.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07-22
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Duncan, Walter Jack
- ID Number
- AF.25697
- catalog number
- 25697
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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An Old Observation Post at Martincourt
- Description
- A charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper of an old observation post at Martincourt, France. A small platform, reached by a ladder, sits in the canopy of a tree.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25942
- catalog number
- 25942
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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A Quiet Game in Essey
- Description
- Pen and ink sketch of an interior scene of a soldiers' billet. One group of men is playing cards while others watch. Another group appears on the other side of a clothesline. There is a horse in the left background. Sketch is done on tan card.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-09-15
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Duncan, Walter Jack
- ID Number
- AF.25687
- catalog number
- 25687
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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German Post of Command
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on paper. The work depicts a dugout fortified by wood planks. A chair and some other items are just visible under the roof of the dugout. The right side of the sketch shows one of the entry-way walls reinforced with stacked horizontal logs, which are bordered by a vertical post on either side. A label underneath the sketch reads: "GERMAN POST OF COMMAND/Hill 204, July, 1918/BY. E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2991."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25833
- catalog number
- 25833
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Barracks at Battalion Headquarters on the Verdun
- Description
- Ink wash on paper. The work depicts American barracks on the Verdun front in France near the end of World War I. The roofs of the barracks and adjacent dugouts are protected by sand bags.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25808
- catalog number
- 25808
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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A Tractor in the Mud, Gièvres
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on paper. A tractor carrying a large load dominates the scene. Tents, buildings, and soldiers in the background.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25797
- catalog number
- 25797
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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88th Division
- Description
- Black crayon sketch heightened with white gouache. Large, damaged building sited on a stream. Leafless trees at left. Picturesque; no soldiers or military equipment appear is the scene. Sketch done on olive green wove paper that is mounted on tan card with graphite border. An inscription on the lower edge of the mount reads: "Advanced machine gun position, 88th Division,/Balschviller, Alsace, October 1, 1918."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Duncan, Walter Jack
- ID Number
- AF.25704D
- catalog number
- 25704D
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Chateau Thierry
- Description
- Charcoal and ink wash sketch on thick white card. View from atop a set of stairs at Chateau Thierry. Village and low hills in background. There is an inscription (of several lines) on the lower left of the sketch that has been erased or is faded. Only the first line of this inscription--"Chateau Thierry"--is legible.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07-31
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25817
- catalog number
- 25817
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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The G. C. at Dawn, Badonviller
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on paper of a lone soldier standing watch in a trench. The soldier has his knife drawn. Trees in the background.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Morgan, Wallace
- ID Number
- AF.25786
- catalog number
- 25786
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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The River Front at Saumur
- Description
- Charcoal and pencil sketch on paper. The sketch shows the buildings that line the waterfront of a city. The river is in the foreground and is bounded by a wall, with steps leading into the water. There are people along the river bank; two of them appear to be fishing. In the background is a large castle that rises above the town; this is the Château de Saumur. An original label on the drawing read, "A view of the city showing the chateau. The city is interesting as the location of an important American artillery school." On the reverse of the paper is a small sketch of an artillery gun.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.26076
- catalog number
- 26076
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Supply Trains on the Paris-Metz Road
- Description
- Charcoal sketch of a tree-lined road. Troops, camp wagons, motorcycles, and men on horses marching In both directions on the road. Drawn on white card.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- referenced; depicted
- 1918-06-06
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Morgan, Wallace
- ID Number
- AF.25782
- catalog number
- 25782
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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A Battery of French 75's
- Description
- Charcoal with brush and ink wash. Horizontal landscape format. Several buildings and trees in background; four pieces of field artillery going into action. Soldiers standing at each canon. Pile of shot on the ground in the left of the sketch. Sketch done on white wove paper mounted on beige card with decorative ruled lines in graphite on the mount.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Duncan, Walter Jack
- ID Number
- AF.25685
- catalog number
- 25685
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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American Artillery and Machine Guns
- Description
- Color crayon and charcoal sketch on paper. A line of American soldiers and horses pulling artillery pass through a shell-torn town. The background is comprised of badly damaged buildings. In the foreground are parts of broken equipment and vehicles.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- 1918-07-24
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- previous owner
- War Department
- artist
- Harding, George Matthews
- ID Number
- AF.25728
- catalog number
- 25728
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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General Pershing Entering St. Mihiel
- Description
- Charcoal sketch with ink wash. The work depicts General Pershing greeting crowds of people in a square in Saint-Mihiel, France. Behind the general is a line of French soldiers, both mounted and on foot, in formation.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-09
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- date depicted in sketch
- 1918-09-13
- associated person
- War Department
- depicted
- Pershing, John J.
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25828
- catalog number
- 25828
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Neuf Maisons
- Description
- Ink wash sketch on paper. In this village scene, troops and vehicles move about a road running through town. The village church's spire rises above the other buildings of the town. At the bottom left of the sketch is attached a slip of paper that reads: " NEUF MAISONS 14387/Neuf Maisons -- a typical village of the Lorraine front/in which the American Troops are billeted./Peixotto." This paper is glued over a hand-written inscription.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25848
- catalog number
- 25848
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Dugouts of the 5th Marines
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on white paper. The work depicts American soldiers at their dugouts in a forested area.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Morgan, Wallace
- ID Number
- AF.25765
- catalog number
- 25765
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Field No 1, Issoudun
- Description
- A pencil and watercolor sketch on paper of an airfield at Issoudun, France. On the right is a line of grounded airplanes; many airplanes are also flying above the field. On the left is a row of hangars. This field is part of the Third Aviation Instruction Center, the U.S. Air Service's largest training base in Europe 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.25983
- catalog number
- 25983
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Boche Snipers Hidden in Shell Potted Ruins
- Description
- Charcoal and crayon sketch, with touches of graphite, on heavy cream wove paper. Two German soldiers peer out of the window of a shell-torn building. One soldier has a rifle pointed out of the window, through the slats of the shutters. A sign stenciled on the wall below the window has been partially erased; it reads "NACH FIS..." and has an arrow, pointing right, beneath it.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Harding, George Matthews
- ID Number
- AF.25739
- catalog number
- 25739
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Cross-Roads at Flirey
- Description
- A charcoal sketch on paper of Flirey, France during World War I. In this busy scene, American soldiers are working at pulling down the wall of a damaged building.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25975
- catalog number
- 25975
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
