Field Artillery on the U. S. - Mexico border 1916-1921. Picture Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Field Artillery on the U. S. - Mexico border 1916-1921. 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: 1961
  • Digitized: 2006-04-10

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Brief description of the personnel and operations of a battery unit of the U. S. Army on the U. S. - Mexico border, 1916-1921, including a note on the march of Battery B, 6th Field Artillery, into Mexico with the Punitive Expedition. Illustrations based on photographs taken between 1916 and 1922.
  • Physical Description: 1 photographic reproduction of a documentary drawing b&w 28 x 35 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States. Army. Artillery.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States. Army. Cavalry, 10th.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States. Army -- History -- Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Transportation, military.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Horses -- Military service.

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Start Date: 1916
  • End Date: 1922

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 17 1920
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth11936

Note

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