Artillery tractor, Sec. of War Baker, July 1918 – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Artillery tractor, Sec. of War Baker, July 1918
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The title places Secretary of War Newton D. Baker beside an artillery tractor in July 1918, a pairing of a senior official and a piece of heavy military machinery. Baker led the War Department from 1916 through 1921, during the American build-up for the First World War, when the Army was turning to motorized tractors to haul heavy guns over ground that horses and wagons handled poorly. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., commercial studio, made many views of wartime life in the capital. The glass negative shows streaks and blemishes from deterioration of its original coating, which is common in plates of this age.
| Created / published | 1918 July. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,949 × 4,278 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-257467 |
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