Photograph Album, 1917 - 1919

Series 3 contains Logan O. Osborn’s photograph album from his time in Italy during the war. The photograph album contains photographs of scenery, daily life in military camps, and the war front while Section 587 was stationed in various places. The places included in the album are: Camp Crane in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where Section 587 underwent training; a USAAS camp in Betzwood, Pennsylvania, near Valley Forge; sites, such as Gibraltar and the coast of Morocco, seen from the Giuseppe Verdi (spelled Giuseppi Verdi in the album), a passenger ship which transferred American troops to Europe; Campo Santo in Genoa; Mantua; the war front at Mount Grappa; Castelcucco; the Piave River; Quero; Pederobba; San Vito; Asolo; Borgoricco; Tremignon; Venice; Pompeii; Rome; and scenes aboard the Duca degli Abruzzi (spelled Ducadi Abruzzi in the album) on the return trip to the United States. Most of the photographs are of the war front in the Veneto region of Italy, although there are many photographs of personnel, including Hutchins.