- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Calmeise, Oscar, American, 1889 - 1964
- Unidentified Man or Men
- 372nd Infantry Regiment, American, 1918 - 1946
- Date
- ca. 1918
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, with ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3 9/16 × 4 3/4 in. (9 × 12.1 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photographic postcard of a group of soldiers, including, Oscar Calmeise (center right) who served during WWI. The photograph, taken somewhere in France, features fifteen soldiers standing in a group wearing a variety of different uniforms. The back of the postcard has pre-printed text in black ink at the top that reads: [Carte Postale / Correspondance / Adresse]. There is an illegible mark between the pre-printed text. The postcard has faded text in the correspondence section that reads [Taken / somewhere in France / near a ruined town / notice my French / comrades. They / are very sociable]. Below the message, the name [Dabney] is written upside down in black ink.
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- photographic postcards
- Topic
- Correspondence
- Military
- Photography
- World War I
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Greer-Calmeise Family of Cincinnati, Ohio
- Object number
- 2019.18.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




