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Machine Gun Insignia. 22,500 Officers & Men; 600 Machine Guns; Machine Gun Training Centre; Camp Hancock, Augusta, GA.; Brig. Gen. Oliver Edwards Com'd'g; Lt. Col. E.P. Pierson Direction.

Mole & Thomasabout 1918

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Group photo of 22,500 soldiers forming the shape of a machine gun and eagle insignia in a large field on the outskirts of an army camp.

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  • Title: Machine Gun Insignia. 22,500 Officers & Men; 600 Machine Guns; Machine Gun Training Centre; Camp Hancock, Augusta, GA.; Brig. Gen. Oliver Edwards Com'd'g; Lt. Col. E.P. Pierson Direction.
  • Creator: Mole & Thomas
  • Date Created: about 1918
  • Location Created: Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Physical Dimensions: 26.3 × 34 cm (10 3/8 × 13 3/8 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 84.XP.781.15
  • Culture: American
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Mole & Thomas (American, active about 1910 - 1919)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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