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Metadata
Title |
Map by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918 |
Object Name |
Map, Road |
Scope & Content |
Map by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918. Hand-drawn road map gives directions to a country club in the vicinity of Camp Lewis. A highway runs horizontally along the top of the page, with two horizontal rail lines drawn underneath it. Below those are some County Roads and Private Roads with a handful of rail stations and landmarks labeled. |
Date |
c. 1917-1918 |
Creator |
Colby, Alvin Page |
Catalog Number |
2017.052.047 |
Extent of Description |
One page, 5.875"x9" |
Collection |
Archival Collection |
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] |
Search Terms |
Army Burlingame Colby, Alvin Page Drawing Maps War War History War Service World War 1 World War I WWI |
Subjects |
Cartoonists Cartoons (Commentary) Maps Military life Sketches War World War I |
People |
Colby, Alvin Page |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the Daughters & Grandchildren of Alvin Page Colby |