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WWI World War One Photo Album Army Signal Corps Soldier France Trenches 125 Pics

$ 237.6

Availability: 47 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: France
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Region of Origin: United States
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Modified Item: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
  • Condition: Very good condition. Black paper album (about 12" x 9") with about 125 photographs mounted to pages. Another approximately 50 snapshots of the soldier's later life included as well.

    Description

    A black paper photo album (about 12" x 9") singularly documenting the WWI service of an Elmer D. Hill (1898-1941) of St. Louis while serving in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in France (Company "F" Second Depot Battalion Signal Corps S 302 Second Phase ; June 1918 to June 1919).
    It contains about 125 mounted snapshot, RPPC, and enlarged views uncommonly well notated in white album pen and with frequent vignette drawings in the same. Contains 50+ additional loose snapshots of Hill's family life after the War.
    He appears to have grown up the youngest of 5 in north St. Louis and later settled in California working as a telephone installer (a skill he seems to have picked up in the Signal Corps) until an untimely death in Los Angeles in 1941.
    I have a link to images of every page in this album. Please don't hesitate to message me if you'd like to see it.
    Shipping will be FREE via UPS Ground, safely packed and promptly dispatched to The USA.