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In Billets
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About this work
Charcoal and color sketch on paper. Large wagon in foreground. On the right, sitting up against a building, a line of American troops and French women are stripping willow boughs for baskets. Team of mules on the left. Trees in the background and hills in the distance. A label affixed to the lower right corner of the drawing reads: "1. x16392/IN BILLETS. American boys helping French women strip willow/bows [sic] for baskets./Reherry." The sketch is affixed to a larger piece of cardboard.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineIn Billets. ca 1918. War Department. National Museum of American History, War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff. CC0.
