Soldiers in symbol formation
Here’s some unusual WWI photography. It’s thousands of soldiers forming a well-known image photographed from a tower.
During World War I, photographers Arthur S. Mole and John D. Thomas traveled from one military camp to another taking photos of soldiers forming patriotic symbols as a part of planned promotional campaign to sell war bonds.[...]
Mole and Thomas spent days preparing formations which were photographed from a 70 to 80 foot tower with an 11 by 14 inch camera.
Pretty nifty as war bonds campaigns go.
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Here is the url of the blog from the Archives of the Sandusky Library if you would like to take a look:
http://sanduskyhistory.blogspot.com/search?q=world+war+bickley
Thank you! The feeling is very much mutual. I’m blown away by the Sandusky’s collection, and how involved the library and Follet House are with the community.