Mock, T Heodore F (4 results)

Photograph. Condition: Very Good. First Printing. 8" x 24". Original panoramic photograph. Titled on photograph "Post Laundry, Camp Custer, 1919 Photo by Mock". Theodore F. Mock was listed as the Camp Custer Photographer in David V. Tinder's "Directory of Early Michigan Photographers" published by Clements Library, 2013. Camp Custer, at Battle Creek, Michigan, had over 100,000 US Army troops pass through its doors between 1917-1919. Photo shows laundry buildings with staff standing in front. Very Good, 1" edge tear and a 5" vertical crease with app. 3" tear, tear tape mended on back. Photograph is currently unframed and will be shipped rolled. SCARCE WWI era panoramic photograph. Photographic Image.

Photograph. Condition: Very Good Minus. First Printing. Original panoramic photograph, 8" x 62", unframed, rolled. Very Good Minus, vertical tear that has been archivally tape repaired, 2 chips top edge in margin of photograph, not affecting image, 2 small stains. At 8" high, this photograph is 1 1/2" higher than the one located in the Library of Congress. States "copyright T.F. Mock 1919". Theodore F. Mock was listed as the Camp Custer Photographer in David V. Tinder's "Directory of Early Michigan Photographers" published by Clements Library, 2013. Camp Custer, at Battle Creek, Michigan, had over 100,000 US Army troops pass through its doors between 1917-1919. SCARCE. Photographic Image.

Photograph. Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. Original panoramic photograph, 6 1/2" x 72", unframed, rolled. Near Fine, small corner crease, pencilled indications on rear denoting "officers quarters" and "administrative". The photograph is unsigned and untitled, but is same view as the one located in the Library of Congress attributed to Mock, EXCEPT this photograph is nearly 30" longer than the one in the LOC's collection ! Theodore F. Mock was listed as the Camp Custer Photographer in David V. Tinder's "Directory of Early Michigan Photographers" published by Clements Library, 2013. Camp Custer, at Battle Creek, Michigan, had over 100,000 US Army troops pass through its doors between 1917-1919. A magnificent panoramic photograph spanning 6 feet, and SCARCE. Photographic Image.

Photograph. Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. Original panoramic photograph, 6 1/2" x 42 1/4", unframed, rolled. Near Fine, faint creases near ends, scant light soiling rear of photo. Stamped in blue ink rear -"Passed by Intelligence Section Office, Chief of Staff". Written in ink rear -" 355th Battalion Q.M.C., Camp Custer, Mich. T.F. Mock Sept. 29, 1918". Unclear whether this is in Mock's handwriting. Theodore F. Mock was listed as the Camp Custer Photographer in David V. Tinder's "Directory of Early Michigan Photographers" published by Clements Library, 2013. Camp Custer, at Battle Creek, Michigan, had over 100,000 US Army troops pass through its doors between 1917-1919. Sept. 29th, 1918 was the day in 1918, after a 56-hour-long bombardment, Allied forces breached the so-called Hindenburg Line, the last line of German defenses on the Western Front during World War I. SCARCE photograph of Negro troops during World War I, with many interesting poses by the soldiers (including a pair in boxing pose !) making this a unique piece of African-Americana and U.S. Military history ! Photographic Image.