SI Guard Force, Luray, Virginia, 1944

Summary

Smithsonian Institution Guard Force headquartered at the United States National Museum (USNM) storage area in Luray, Virginia, near Shenandoah National Park, during World War II. Pictured are (front, l-r): Lynn V. Black, Sr., Lester L. Judd, Harry L. Judd; (back, l-r): W.E. Batman, Dewey M. Weakley. The USNM collections were transferred to a storage facility for safekeeping during World War II.

Subject

United States. National Park Service

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Other photographs found in the same location give the date October 28, 1944. All photos were presumably taken at the same time. In the caption, all the names are followed by designation 'custodian.'

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 192, Box 546, Folder: 2

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1944

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Weakley, Dewey M
• Luray (Va.)
• Employees
• Judd, Harry L
• World War, 1939-1945
• Black, Lynn V., Sr
• WW II
• Storage
• Wartime Activities
• Judd, Lester L
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Guard Force
• National Collections
• Batman, W. E
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

Shenandoah National Park (Va.)

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Group

ID Number

SIA2007-0038 or 96-1357

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 3 1/2w x 5 1/2h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print

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