'U.S. Marine Corps 2' car driving in a victory parade, Washington D.C., undated (1918)

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Title
'U.S. Marine Corps 2' car driving in a victory parade, Washington D.C., undated (1918)
Identifier
nyhs_PR119_b-088_1601
Creator
Bjorkman, Fritz E., 1892-1967
Collector
Blumenthal, Herman A., 1916-1986
Subject-Topic
Parades--District of Columbia--Washington--Photographs
World War, 1914-1918--War work--District of Columbia--Washington--Photographs
Washington (D.C.)--Photographs
Date Created
1918
Note
Fritz E. Bjorkman was an electrical engineer born in Sweden in 1892. He emigrated to the United States with his parents when he was one year old and settled in the Bronx. He married Odessa France of Baltimore, Maryland and lived there with the France family for a time. The couple had three children and eventually settled in Yonkers, N.Y. Herman A. Blumenthal worked as an art director and production designer for the 20th Century Fox film studio in Beverly Hills, California and received Academy Awards for his work in “Cleopatra” (1963) and “Hello, Dolly!” (1969). His other film work includes “The Three Faces of Eve” (1957), “Journey to the Center of the Earth” (1959), “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” (1961), “What’s Up , Doc?” (1972), and “Westworld” (1973).
Language
eng
Type
still image
Genre
Glass negatives
Negatives (photographic)
Extent
3 1/4 x 4 1/4"
Digital Format
image/jpeg
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Rights
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Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, 212-873-3400
Collection
Herman A. Blumenthal photograph collection, approximately 1905-1939
Collection Description
Negatives, ca. 1905-ca. 1939, were produced by Fritz E. Bjorkman and most likely collected by Herman Blumenthal for visual research. A small number of nitrate negatives may have been produced by Bjorkman's father Herman. Photographs depict a large number of places, including New York, Ohio, Maryland, Florida, California, the U.S. Southwest, and Mexico. One particular focus of the collection is parades, including photographs of an Armistice Day parade, a Liberty Day parade, parades commemorating the second and third Liberty Loans, and a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Along with many family photographs, the collection also includes photographs of monuments, memorials, buildings, canals, houses, and battleships. There are also a large number of World War I home front images. Some notable people included in the collection are: John J. Pershing, Ferdinand Foch, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Al Smith, Fiorello La Guardia, William H. Taft, and Chief Oskomon