Arthur S. Mole
A Living Flag

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Artist Arthur S. Mole (American, born England, 1889–1983)American, born England, 1889–1983

Artist John D. Thomas (American, died 1947)American, died 1947

CultureAmerican

Titles

A Living Flag

Date1917

PlaceGreat Lakes, Illinois, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 5/8 × 10 7/8 in. (34.6 × 27.6 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 11 3/16 in. (35.6 × 28.4 cm)
Mount: 16 7/8 × 12 15/16 in. (42.9 × 32.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Isaac Arnold, Jr. in honor of Isaac Arnold III and Robert T. Arnold at "One Great Night in November, 1998"

Object number98.597

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Arizona]; purchased by MFAH, 1998.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: Printed in white below the photograph on the exhibition mount: "A Living Flag / A living flag covering seven acres composed of ten thousand Blue Jackets under command of / Captain W.A. Moffett, at the world's greatest Naval Training Station, / Great Lakes, Illinois, November, 1917 / Distributed by Navy Relief Society / Great Lakes, Illinois". Printed in black on the verso of the exhibition mount is a lengthy description of the photograph (a copy of which is in the Registrar's files). Inscribed in pencil, verso of the exhibition mount: "10838 / Mrs EJ Schmitz / 113 E Reis / X21Pl 75c".

Printed in the photograph, lower right in white: "©Great Lakes Recruit 1917 / Navy Relief Society Distributors / Photo Mayhart Studio Chicago U.S.A.".

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