Waiting for the Sham Battle

September 2, 1918

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Waiting for the Sham Battle
  • Title
  • Waiting for the Sham Battle
  • Date
  • September 2, 1918
  • Identifier
  • 20100316-ocl-0565
  • Source Identifier
  • 2009.09
  • Description
  • People are lined up along the edge of the field, right up against a building, probably waiting to watch the sham battle. The infantrymen participants in the battle sit on the field. In the front left corner sits a mother with her child. Infantrymen and the public join together for this mock battle on Labor Day in 1918. Luckily, many of these soldiers probably never saw battle- this photograph was taken in September 1918 and Germany surrendered on Armistice Day, November 11 1918.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Oakmont (Allegheny County, Pa.)
    Soldiers--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
    World War I
    World War 1914-1918
  • Source
  • Oakmont Carnegie Library Archives
  • Contributor
  • Oakmont Carnegie Library
  • Collection
  • Oakmont Historical Image Collection
  • Rights Information
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