Fort Douglas History: 20th Infantry; Mexican Revolution; World War I; POW camp, 1910-1920

File — Box: 1, Folder: 13

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This folder contains images that were temporarily loaned to the library by the Fort Douglas Museum in 2000. The images are available for viewing on our website, but any distribution, rights, or permissions need to be approved by the Museum.

1: Camp around the sunflowers, Snow Creek
2: Retreat in camp, Co. B, 20th Infantry
3: On the hike to Devil's Slide
4: Devil's Slide, Weber Canyon, Utah
5: After the hike
6: Around the campfire, Wanship
7: Unloading escort wagon, 20th Infantry [band?]
8: [Bivouac; around mess call; pup tents]
9: Barbering in the field
10: Machine gun platoon on the hike
11: Lieut. Dailey mapping the road through Weber Canyon
12: [on the march]
13: [Soldiers smoking]
14: [Parade in camp]
15: Company C ready for supper
16: [At rest in camp]
17: [On the march]
18: [In camp]
19: Getting dinner [mess tent and crew?]
20: Mexican troops leaving for the front
21: [POW/Internee camp, WW1]
22: [POW/Internee camp, WW1]
23: [POW/Internee camp, WW1; laundry]
24: [POW/Internee camp, WW1; interior with prisoners]
25: [Men around blackboard (?) decorated with palm trees and inscription: "1918; Fort Douglas schedule: ethnographie; geologie; chemie der Sudsee. Carl Elschnier, Prof. der Chemie. [illegible] mau ke ca o ka aino i ka pono!"]
26: [Interior of barracks: man in chair]
27: [Interior of barracks: man at desk]
28: [Interior of barracks: dispensary? with doctor?]
29: [Interior of barracks: cookstove]
30: [Interior of barracks]
31: [Interior of barracks: shower room]
32: Salt Lake Tribune, Monday, November 11, 1918. page 1: "BIG WAR IS ENDED"]
33: [Prisoners? at mess table]
34: [Prisoners outside at table]
35: "Join the Cavalry"
36: "Our Regular Divisions"
37: Quartermaster stables (NW view)

Dates

1910-1920

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.