Original photograph, 10×7 inches, 1917. Good condition, only, save for some damage to the right-lower corner of the image. $150.00
This fine photograph depicts hundreds of soldiers waiting to leave Hoboken, New Jersey, for the fight in Europe, 1917. Most are pulling themselves inside their coats as much as possible; I suspect being right there on the harbor–and seeing the floating bits of ice in the water–that it was wet and very cold. Our one adventurous Doughboy gives the camera a spread-fingered wave….he also seems to be quite tall, or he is standing on a box. He is the lone waver. There also seem to be a lot of smiles in the crowd.
