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Photograph of military mail censors at work
Object Details
- Description
- An unidentified group of American military censors at work in an unidentified location during the First World War. During this conflict, the US military began its first large-scale censorship of troop mail. Censors were on the alert for anything that might aid the enemy. References that were almost certain to be cut or blacked out were those to troop locations and movements.
- National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection
- Photographer: Unknown
- Credit line
- National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1918
- Object number
- A.2009-46
- Type
- Photographs
- Medium
- paper; photo-emulsion
- Dimensions
- Height x Width (unframed): 8 x 10 in. (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Record ID
- npm_A.2009-46
- Usage
- Not determined
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