Description of a Military Pack Train. Picture Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Description of a Military Pack Train. Picture

Creator

  • Illustrator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: W. D. Smithers, born in Mexico in 1895, was a photographer, amateur historian and botanist, and free-lance journalist of the Big Bend area of Texas. Between 1914 and 1919, he served with the U. S. Army in the Big Bend, first as a civilian muleteer, then as a wagon master. He later was an aerial photographer of the area and in the 1930s photographed the entire U. S. border with Mexico for the International Boundary and Water Commission. From 1936 to 1974, he operated a photography shop in Alpine, Texas, where he became known for lamp shades made of photographs. He recorded life along the Mexican border between 1914 and 1974 in maps, pictures, and a memoir, Chronicles of the Big Bend.

Date

  • Creation: 1920
  • Digitized: 2006-04-10

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Drawing of muleteers in camp during a trip to deliver military cargo to places inaccessible by wagon. Figure on the left may represent W. D. Smithers, who was a packer for the Army.
  • Physical Description: 1 photographic reproduction of a documentary drawing b&w 28 x 35 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States. Army. Cavalry.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Mules -- Pack Transportation.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Transportation, military.
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Coverage Date: 1916~

Collection

  • Name: Rescuing Texas History, 2006
    Code: SG06

Institution

  • Name: Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend)
    Code: ABB

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Artwork

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Call Number: PD 3 1920
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth11929

Note

  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: 7 creationHardware: BetterLight Super8K
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