composite image of Harry Everett Townsend, RG 111 NA and PWAP records RG 121 Entry 117
Record Hierarchy
Record Group 111:
Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 – 1985Series:
Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 – ca. 1981Item:
Portrait of Harry Townsend, ca. 1917
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National Archives Identifier: 12014053
Local Identifier: 111-SC-86629
Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. ca. 1974-5/15/1984 (Most Recent)
War Department. Army War College. Historical Section. World War I Branch. ca. 1918-ca. 1948 (Predecessor)
Department of Defense. Department of the Army. U.S. Army Materiel Command. U.S. Army Pictorial Center. (4/1/1964 – 6/30/1970) (Predecessor)
Harry Evertt Townsend, WWI Captain and artist in WWI US Expeditionary forces. By 1933-34 Great Depression, financially destitute writes PWAP Reg. #2 Director Julianna Force NYC after he was dropped from the federal art program, begging for work, he’s reinstated and stent to a CCC camp where he makes numerous depictions of the life and work. From: Series: Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 – ca. 1981
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 – 1985