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XIV. World War I Polar Bear Expedition Photographs, U.S. Signal Corps.
The David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography World War I Polar Bear Expedition photographs series consist of 193 gelatin silver prints produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps during the Allied Forces' Polar Bear Expedition in Russia from 1918-1919. Most photographs have annotations on the back with identifying information for individuals and locations pictured. The U.S. Army, 339th Infantry Regiment is heavily represented in these images. Scenes depicted include interior and exterior shots of military buildings and Russian villages, soldiers engaging in various tasks and recreational activities, and transportation via pony-led sleighs. Of note are photographs of funerals for fallen soldiers, soldiers preparing to depart from England and Scotland to Russia, soldiers receiving medals for bravery as well as images of Russian citizens and Sami people.
David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography, ca. 1845-1980
Approximately 113,000 photographs and 158 volumes
The subject contents of different photographic format series within the Tinder collection vary, depending in part upon how each format was historically used, and the date range of that format's popularity. For example, cartes de visite and cased images are most often formal studio portraits, while stereographs are likely to be outdoor views. Cabinet photographs are frequently portraits, but often composed with less formality than the cartes de visite and cased images. The postcards and the mounted prints contain very diverse subjects. The photographers' file contains many important and rare images of photographers, their galleries, promotional images, and the activities of photographers in the field. See individual series descriptions in the Contents List below for more specific details.
Included throughout are images by both professional and amateur photographers, although those by professionals are extant in far greater numbers.