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Title |
Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, 1918 |
Object Name |
Sketch |
Description |
Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, 1918. Pencil on lined off-white paper sketch depicts a man sitting with one leg underneath him and the other knee raised. He rolls two six-sided dice, smiling hopefully at them. His dialogue bubble says "Oh Dice / Pretty Dice / Please Dice." To his right are two overlapping lines in the shape of a corner of a rectangle. Underneath him is the caption "A.E.F Passtime." |
Date |
1918 |
Creator |
Colby, Alvin Page |
Role |
Artist |
Medium |
Pencil/Paper |
Catalog Number |
2017.052.027 |
Dimensions |
H-5.625 W-8.125 inches |
Collection |
Archival Collection |
Inscription Text |
"Oh Dice / Pretty / Dice / Please / Dice" (dialogue bubble, top left); "A.E.F Passtime." (bottom); "Colby / A.E.F. / MD." (far right, below center) |
Provenance |
Original sketch created by Alvin Page Colby during training and active duty during World War I and mailed home to his family. Donated to the San Mateo County Historical Association courtesy of the Daughters & Grandchildren of Alvin Page Colby. |
Notes |
"Burlingame resident Alvin Page Colby documented his experience serving in WWI with comic sketches... Alvin Page Colby, a resident of Burlingame, made dozens of drawings while training at Fort Lewis in Washington and later serving in France as a cook in the 91st "Wild West" Division." [http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/26/peninsula-museum-offers-personal-new-look-into-old-war/ 10/17/2017] "The American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) was the expeditionary force of the United States Army during World War I. It was established on July 5, 1917, in France under the command of General John J. Pershing. During the United States campaigns in World War I it fought alongside the French Army, British Army, Canadian Army and Australian Army on the Western Front, against the German Empire. A minority of the AEF troops also fought alongside the Italian Army in that same year, against the Austro-Hungarian Army. The AEF helped the French Army on the Western Front during the Aisne Offensive (at the Battle of Château-Thierry (1918) and Battle of Belleau Wood) in the summer of 1918, and the AEF fought its major actions in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in the latter part of 1918." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Expeditionary_Forces 11/08/2017] "MD." stands for medical division. Colby served as part of the 364th Masonic Ambulance Corps, part of the 91st Division. On October 28, 1918, in Nielsen's diary of the 364th, he notes, "Turn in early with Al after getting busted in crap game." |
Search Terms |
Army Burlingame Colby, Alvin Page Drawing Gambling Games War War History War Service World War 1 World War I WWI |
Subjects |
Cartoonists Cartoons (Commentary) Gambling Games Military life Sketches War World War I |
People |
Colby, Alvin Page |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the Daughters & Grandchildren of Alvin Page Colby |