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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution mail censors military first world war firstworldwar men soldiers reading wwi newspaper 1918 mail across the commons mailacrossthecommons national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum blackandwhite monochrome black and white Date: 1918 Object number: A.2009-46 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion 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 Place: United States of America See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207610 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Date: 1918 Object number: A.2009-46 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion 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 Place: United States of America See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207610 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
