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Gift of Robin Harding and Karen Warfield, 2022.32.180, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known ...
Military Camp, 1952-1953
Gift of Robin Harding and Karen Warfield, 2022.32.180, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright

Military Camp, 1952-1953

Photographer (American, 1929 - 2020)
Date1952-1953
MediumPhotography; color slide on plastic in cardboard mount
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Robin Harding and Karen Warfield
Object number2022.32.180-.190
DescriptionColor mounted slides of a military camp during the Korean War, 1952-1953.

(.180) A man in uniform and a steel helmet standing on a dirt path of a high-rise hill. His hands are resting in his pant pockets and an unknown object is strapped from his chest. Rock walls sit at both edges of the dirt path. Probably camp supplies stacked high on the left side of the image.

(.181) Two men in uniform and steel helmets standing on a dirt path of a high-rise hill. The man on the left is posing with his hands in his pant pockets. The man on the right poses with his left arm resting on his hip.

(.182) A back view of two men in uniform and steel helmets walking up a dirt path of a hill. A red sign on a wooden pole on the bottom left of the image in white text reads, “BATTALION / MEDICS.” Another wooden sign on the same pole below the first in white text reads, “ENTRANCE” with an arrow pointing in the direction going further up the hill.

(.183) A close-up landscape view of a mountain with bare trees.

(.184-.185) A close-up landscape view of a snowy mountain with bare trees. Probably various camp supplies and/or military supplies atop the mountain.

(.186) A wooden sign sitting in front of a rock wall reads in red text, “PUNCH BOWL PASS / ELEV. 958 M. / DT 213326.” Buildings are in the background behind the rock wall.

(.187) Two military airplanes sitting on an airfield. On the tail of the plane on the left has the U.S. Air Force National Star Insignia, which is a white five-pointed star in a dark blue circle with white bars on each side of the blue circle and red stripes in the middle of each white bar. The plane on the right is front facing.

(.188) Landscape view of a military camp in the winter. Within the camp there are tents and huts. Snowy mountains and bare trees are in the background.

(.189) Two military airplanes sitting on an airfield. A group of soldiers are seen walking towards the aircraft. The number on the front of the first plane reads in black text, “563.”

(.190) Probably an underexposed image of neon Christmas lights on street poles at night. The lights depict red leaping reindeer with green accents.
Status
Not on view
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