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Colby, Alvin Page |
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Just Bunk Fatigue, 1918 - Sketch
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Letter from Alvin Page Colby, 1918 - Letter
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...
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Letter from Alvin Page Colby, 1918 - Letter
Letter from Alvin Page Colby, 1918. Brief note written in cursive pencil on lined paper reads "--So, I didnt get time to write you this evening. / Your / Al".
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Letter with Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, 1918 - Sketch
Sketch and letter by Alvin Page Colby, 1918. A letter to a "Mr Jack S[illegible], Cook 364 Amb. Co." from "the underground commander" requests nine sandwiches to keep the men "peaceful during the night." It is signed by seven men and includes a sketch by Colby of a man in a hat and glasses saying "HEY! JOHN DO THAT WILL YUH?" A P.S. reads "Send us any old thing decent for a good soldier to eat."
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Map by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918 - Map, Road
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.
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Our Big Talent, 1918 - Sketch
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Parade Rest, c. 1917-1918 - Sketch
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Payday in French, 1918 - Sketch
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Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, 1917 - Sketch
Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, 1917. Pencil on lined off-white paper sketch depicts a balding man making hot cakes. He leans over a flat stove/griddle and with one hand pours batter from a pan into circles onto the griddle. He rests his other hand on his knee and has a spatula or possibly a flyswatter tucked behind his ear. The top right caption reads "Oct 17 Had Hot Cakes". The top corners are cut off at approximately 45* angles.
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Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, 1918 - Sketch
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."
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Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, 1918 - Sketch
Sketch by Alvin Page Colby,1918. Pencil on off-white paper sketch depicts a uniformed man sitting on a dark block. His elbows rest on his knees. One hand supports his head and the other dangles and holds a cigarette. A dialogue box above him says "I'll been Lookin' all day for some Letter But she dont come * !!??!"
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Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, 1918 - Sketch
Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, 1918. Pencil on lined newsprint paper cartoon sketch. The main figure occupying the top 2/3 of the page is a man in an undershirt and trousers, smoking a long pipe and carrying a mop and full bucket. His top half is framed by a line in the shape of an unfinished rectangle with rounded corners, with his head extending above this line. He casts a shadow in front of him. In the lower left corner is a man's head in profile...
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Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, 1918 - Sketch
Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, 1918. Pen and ink on vertically lined off-white paper, with some pencil sketching visible underneath. The sketch depicts two men, one leaning back in a barber's chair and wearing a white apron over his uniform. The lower half of his face is covered in shaving lather. The second man leans over him, one hand holding his client's head as well as a shaving lather brush; his other hand is raised and holds a large open strai...
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Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, 1918 - Sketch
Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, 1918. Pencil on lined off-white paper sketch depicts a man taking a large stride toward the right. He wears a uniform with two sleeve patches, one shaped like an evergreen tree, the other a single chevron stripe. He also wears a cap and carries a cane with a U-shaped handle. Behind him is some abstract crosshatching.
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Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, 1918 - Sketch
Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, 1918. Pen-and-ink and pencil on lined off-white paper depicts a man in profile, facing right. The man is wearing an apron, and holds a smoking pipe in one hand and a frying pan in the other, using it to flip a piece of meat (?). In front of him is a tall stove with two large pots on top of it. The majority of the drawing is in pen, with smoke/steam from the pipe and pots in pencil.
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