Photographic postcards of Fort Ringgold, Texas

Description

Title: Photographic postcards of Fort Ringgold, Texas
Published / Created: ca. 1942.
Abstract: The photographs, depicting Fort Ringgold, Texas from the air and ground, were used by a member of the Detached Enlisted Men's List stationed at Fort Ringgold during World War II. One postcard was sent by "Bud" to his father S. C. Cowgill of Wabash, Indiana, and is dated Mar 2 1942. Four other postcards have notes by Cowgill on their versos explaining various landmarks depicted, with notes indicating that the photographs were out of date by the time Cowgill was using them. The original photographs are of Fort Ringgold ca. 1920, and were used to make postcards later. Three postcards are of the same image, Bird's Eye View of Fort Ringgold
Description: Eight photographs carry typed captions at top, and three carry captions written on the negative.
Provenance: Purchased from Rayman Americana on the Arthur Corbitt Hoskins Memorial Fund, 2000.
Extent: 11 photographs : 8.7 x 13.8 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Photographic prints
Postcards
Bird's-eye views
Material: b & w ;
Subject (Geographic): Fort Ringgold (Rio Grande City, Tex.)
Texas.
Subject (Name): Cowgill, Bud.
Cowgill, S. C.
Subject (Topic): World War, 1939-1945
Subjects: Cowgill, Bud
Cowgill, S. C.
Fort Ringgold (Rio Grande City, Tex.) > Pictorial works
World War, 1939-1945 > Texas

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Photographic Postcards of Fort Ringgold, Texas. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.