Books and Manuscripts

1. Living Flag of Blue Jackets at Salute
(Illinois): Great Lakes Recruit, 1917. Vintage photograph mounted to board. Image: 14 x 10 1/2 in. (356 x 267 mm); mount: 16 x 13 in. (406 x 330 mm). Photograph toned; wear to mount. In frame, 16 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (425 x 349 mm).

Arthur Mole, and his assistant, John Thomas's first "living photograph" taken at the beginning of the United States' involvement in World War I.

2. The Human American Eagle 12,500 Officers, Nurses and Men Camp Gordon, Atlanta Ga. Maj. Gen. George H. Cameron, Commanding
Chicago, Illinois: Mole & Thomas, 1918. Gelatin silver print; title, date, and imprint signed in negative; 10 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (260 x 336 mm). Small chipping along bottom edge; edges unevenly faded. In frame, 11 x 14 1/4 in. (279 x 362 mm).

3. Sincerely Yours, Woodrow Wilson 21, 000 Officers and Men Camp Sherman, Chillicothe Ohio Brig. Gen. Mathew C. Smith, Commanding.
Chicago, Ill(inois).: Mole & Thomas, 1918. Gelatin silver print; title, date, and imprint signed in negative; 14 x 11 in. (356 x 279 mm). Scattered soiling; dampstaining along bottom edge, wear and small loss in same from when damp. In contemporary frame, 15 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (394 x 324 mm).

4. The Human Liberty Bell 25000 Officers & Men at Camp Dix, New Jersey General Hugh L. Scott, Com'd'r.
Chicago, (Illinois), (1918). Gelatin silver print; title, date, and imprint in negative; credit stamp on verso; 13 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (343 x 260 mm). Chipping and loss along all edges, closed tears along top of same; dampstaining along bottom edge.

5. The Living Uncle Sam 19000 Officers and Men. Camp Lee, Va. Major General, Omar Bundy, Com'd'g.
Chicago, Illinois: Mole & Thomas, January 13, 1919. Gelatin silver print; title, date, and imprint signed in negative; 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (343 x 273 mm). Slightly faded; 1 1/2 inch closed tear in center right edge; small chip in bottom right corner; scattered creasing. In frame, 15 x 12 1/4 in. (381 x 311 mm).