William J. Hamersley at Artillery Practice
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Date1915
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on postcard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 3/8 x 5 3/8in. (8.6 x 13.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 x 5 3/8in. (8.6 x 13.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 x 5 3/8in. (8.6 x 13.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionA group of men in uniform are standing in a grassy field behind a machine gun. Tents and trees are in the background.
Object number2011.63.174
MarkingsOn verso, center, stamped in black ink, "PLATTSBURG/AUG 27/1130 AM/1915/N.Y." stamp; upper right, green postage stampInscribedOn recto, upper right, in pencil, "Jane's Father"; lower left, in emulsion,"ARTILLERY PRACTICE 221"On verso, center left, in black ink, "8/26/15/ Just to show you we do/not hike all the time. That / is the best of this camp. I have/had cavalry and artillery besides / infantry drill. Tomorrow we/have a nine day's hike; I expect/to reach Lyme the afternoon of/ the sixth. Hope you get my other / postal. Thank you for your letter / My best to all Bill"; center right, "Mr. Matthew G. Ely,/Black Hall,/Lyme,/Connecticut"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: William J. "Bill" Hamersley was born in 1887 and died of influenza in 1918 at Camp Devens in Ayers, Massachusettes. He was an alumnus of Trinity College and Harvard Law school. He was married to Emily Brace Collins for two years before he died and the couple had one child, Jane Hamersley Wright. (Ruocco, 03/24/12)
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