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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 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. |
Date |
1918 |
Creator |
Colby, Alvin Page |
Role |
Artist |
Medium |
Pencil/Paper |
Catalog Number |
2017.052.048 |
Dimensions |
H-8.875 W-5.75 inches |
Collection |
Archival Collection |
Inscription Text |
"Colby / 18" (lower right, looks like face) |
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] Single chevron stripe gives his rank as a private (the lowest possible enlisted rank). [http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worldwarone/WWI/Uniforms/index.html 11/10/2017] The 91st Division was called the "Pine Tree Division" for the green pine tree on the shoulder patch. [La Pen, Vol. xlv, No. 2, p. 15] |
Search Terms |
Burlingame Colby, Alvin Page Drawing War War History War Service World War 1 World War I WWI |
Subjects |
Cartoonists Cartoons (Commentary) Sketches War World War I |
People |
Colby, Alvin Page |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the Daughters & Grandchildren of Alvin Page Colby |