Coffman Photo Album - AEF

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Coffman Photo Album - AEF

Description

This is the Second of four photo albums of Floyd Wilmer Coffman.

Creator

Floyd Wilmer Coffman, 1889-1961, was inspired by his military experience to become a successful veterans' advocate, civil servant, and businessman in Harrisonburg, Virginia. An early recruit to the Army's new aerial photographic reconnaissance arm, he missed seeing combat by just three days. However, as the Assistant Secretary of War's special photographic aid in 1919, he toured allied airbases and the war zone. During this tour, as a trainee and instructor at Langley and Love Fields, and while researching Our Fledgling Air Corps he collected the photographs that are now part of Massanutten Regional Library's digital collections.

Rights

For Permission to reproduce or publish this item please contact Massanutten Regional Library. These items may be protected under U.S. Copyright Law which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. Items in this collection may be used for private study, scholarship, personal research, or other fair use as defined by U.S. copyright law. It is the patron’s responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when using these items.

Collection Items

Floyd Wilmer Coffman's life was changed by and he found new purpose in his wartime experience between 1917 and 1919. Wilmer, as he was known, hailed from the hamlet of East Point in Rockingham County, Virginia, where he was born on September 14,…

Text on Inside Cover
Writing on inside of album cover reads "My travels with the AEF carried me from Brut down to St. Maixent in central France there to Tour, there to the Zone of Advance Station, Columbe-le-Belle, there to the 2nd Day Bombing Group on the Meuse River at…

Busy Corner Near the Madeline Church
Caption below image reads "A busy Corner near the Madeline Church. Rue-De-Italian." Image shows several cars and people on a busy street with the Grands Magasins du Louvre department store in the background.

American Y.M.C.A Refreshment Station
Caption above image reads "American Y.M.C.A Refreshment Station for allied soldiers." Image shows a street with several parked cars. A tram is visible in the background and the enterence to the YMCA is on the other side of the street from the…

Parisian Metro Station Entrance
Caption to the left of image reads "A typical "Metro" or Paris Subway Station enterence (sic)." The image shows an enterence to a metro station on the edge of a park.

Parisian Metro Station Entrance Palais Royale
Caption to the right of image reads "Another busy Subway enterance (sic) near the Palais Royale. A portion of the Louve Department Store can be seen in the immediate background."

Captured German Cannon
Caption near image reads "Captured German Tank and Cannon in the Place de Concorde shown at side and top of page." Image shows a captured German Cannon.

Captured German Tank and Artillery
Caption near image reads "Captured German Tank and Cannon in the Place de Concorde shown at side and top of page." Image shows a captured German Tank with several artillery guns next to it.

Captured German Cannons
Caption near image reads "Captured German Tank and Cannon in the Place de Concorde shown at side and top of page." Image shows a captured German cannons placed around the Place De La Concorde with the Luxor Obelisk visible.

Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Caption below image reads "Victory Arch." Image shows the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel from the left front.

The Seine
Caption below image reads "The Seine." The image shows the Saint-Jacques Tower from The Seine. The Pont au Change bridge is visible.

Room at Versaille with Jacques-Louis David's Serment du Jeu de Paume Visible
Caption below image reads "Wall at Versaille where the first constitution of the French Republic was Written." Image shows a room at the Versaille Palace with Jacques-Loius David's Serment Du Jeu De Paume painting visible on the wall at the back of…

Rue Saint Honore
Caption below image reads "In The Shopping district." The image shows a Rue Saint Honore with cars on it with a portion of the Grands Magasins du Louvre visible.

Palais Garnier Opera House
Caption above image reads "The Beautiful Paris Opera." The image shows the front of the Palais Garnier Opera House.

Aged French "Newsboy"
Caption below image reads "An aged French "newsboy."

Hotel Scribe With Café Beneath It
Caption to right of image reads "Typical Paris Café scenes. The chair and tables sit right on the street." Image shows The Hotel Scribe with a café on the first floor.

Café With Outside Seating
Caption to right of image reads "Typical Paris Café
scenes. The chair and tables sit right on the street." Image shows a café with outside seating with several men sitting at one of the tables.

Galeries Lafayette Haussmann
Image shows the front of the Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris.

Parisian Street
Image shows an unnamed street in Paris with several pedestrians crossing the street and a horse drawn cart and a electric tram visible on it.

German Wire Entanglement on the Hindenburg Line
Caption to right of image reads "German wire entanglement on the Hindenburg Line near Da".

Corporal Chester Clark Standing in Damaged German Billet
Caption to left of image reads "Direct hit of a an Amercan 155 shell on a German Billet . Charey France." Caption below image reads "Corporal Chester Clark, Marshfield, Oregon." Image shows Corporal Clark standing in a hole in the German Billet.

"The Wilson Escort" (Painting)
Caption above image reads "The Wilson Escort." Caption near image reads "These views show scenes of a famous war painting in Paris depicting the activites of the Allied armies during the four years of war to its finish. The exhibit is in a special…

"The British Group" (Painting)
Caption below image reads "The British Group." Caption near image reads "These views show scenes of a famous war painting in Paris depicting the activites of the Allied armies during the four years of war to its finish. The exhibit is in a special…

"Mourning" (Painting)
Caption to the right of image reads "Mourning." Caption near image reads "These views show scenes of a famous war painting in Paris depicting the activites of the Allied armies during the four years of war to its finish. The exhibit is in a special…

Close-up View of "The Wilson Escort" (Painting)
Caption near image reads "These views show scenes of a famous war painting in Paris depicting the activites of the Allied armies during the four years of war to its finish. The exhibit is in a special building erected specifically for it. By a…

"The French Legion" (Painting)
Caption above image reads"The French Legion" Caption near image reads "These views show scenes of a famous war painting in Paris depicting the activites of the Allied armies during the four years of war to its finish. The exhibit is in a special…

Statue of the 'Venus de Milo'
Caption next to image reads "Statue of the 'Venus de Milo' in The Louvre Art Gallery in Paris."

The Thinker
Captions next to image read "Famous statue of 'The Thinker' by Rodin the celebrated French sculptor" and "Paris."

Spad Aeroplane
Caption next to image reads "Spad Aeroplane in Invalides Palace used by a famous French ace in shooting down a lot of Huns." The image shows an airplane hanging in a room with a painting visible on the wall next to it.

Statuary Group, Palace Gardens at Versaille
Caption next to image reads "Statuary group in the Palace Gardens at Versailles." Image a large rock which have been cut into. There are several statues situated on different parts of the rock.
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