Title: Edwin Burt Trimpey and Arthur T. Johnson Studio World War I Draftee Photographs, Sauk County, Wisconsin
Inclusive Dates: 1917-1918

Creators:

• Trimpey, Edwin Burt
• Arthur T. Johnson Studio

Call Number: PH 336

Quantity: 18 photographs (1 archives box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Photographs by Edwin Burt Trimpey and the Arthur T. Johnson Studio of men drafted for military service in World War I dressed in civilian clothes before leaving for military training, 1917-1918.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph00336

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This collection consists of images of men drafted for World War I military service from Sauk County, Wisconsin, 1917-1918. The photographs show the draftee groups in civilian clothes ready to depart for designated training camps. The majority of the photographs were taken in front of the Sauk County Chapter of the American Red Cross in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The images were made by E.B. Trimpey and the A.T. Johnson Studio.

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Edwin Burt Trimpey and Arthur T. Johnson, 1919.

Processing Information

Processed by David Benjamin, 1996.

PH 336	Drafted men leaving for Camp Grant Note: Photographer: E.B. Trimpey, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Folder   1	1917 September 5
Folder   2	1917 September 19
Folder   3-4	World War vets leaving for camp, 1917 Note: Photographer: A.T. Johnson Studio, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Folder   5	Drafted men leaving for Columbus Barracks, Ohio, 1918 March 29 Note: Photographer: E.B. Trimpey, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
	Drafted men leaving for Camp Grant, Illinois
Folder   6	1918 May 3 Note: Photographer: A.T. Johnson Studio, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Folder   7	1918 May 27 Note: Photographer: A.T. Johnson Studio, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
	Drafted men leaving Note: Photographer: E.B. Trimpey, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Folder   8	For Camp Greanleaf, Georgia, 1918 July 24
Folder   9	For Fort Riley, Kansas, 1918 July 25
Folder   10	For Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, 1918 August 2
Folder   11	For Camp Shelby, Halliesburg, Mississippi, 1918 August 7
Folder   12	World War vets leaving for Camp [Shelby, 1918 August 7] Note: Photographer: A.T. Johnson Studio, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Folder   13	Drafted men leaving for Jefferson Barracks, 1918 August 9 Note: Photographer: E.B. Trimpey, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Folder   14	Last lot of draftees to leave Baraboo, Wisconsin, for the First World War on 1918 November 11 Note: They were stopped at Madison when news of the armistice was received and sent back home the same day. Photographer: A.T. Johnson Studio, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Folder   15-17	World War vets leaving for camp Note: Photographer: A.T. Johnson Studio, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Folder   18	World War Vets leaving for Camp Grant Note: Photographer: A.T. Johnson Studio, Baraboo, Wisconsin.