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Metadata
Title |
Letter from Alvin Page Colby, 1918 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Scope & Content |
Letter from Alvin Page Colby, 1918. Brief letter from Colby to the commanding officer of the 364th Ambulance Corps containing two points. The first concerns something in Tacoma from 9am to midnight on the date the note was written. The second says that Colby is "entitled to Class A privilege". It is signed with Colby's name and approved by a stamp from "Burt L. Doane, CAPT.M.R.C." It is written in pencil in cursive on a YMCA Army and Navy stamped paper. |
Date |
6/24/18 |
Creator |
Colby, Alvin Page |
Catalog Number |
2017.052.045 |
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] |
Category |
Letters |
People |
Colby, Alvin Page |
Search Terms |
Army Burlingame Colby, Alvin Page Drawing War War History War Service World War 1 World War I WWI |
Subjects |
Cartoonists Cartoons (Commentary) Military life Military personnel Military policy Sketches Soldiers War World War I |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the Daughters & Grandchildren of Alvin Page Colby |