Museum object · Books and Published Materials
First Lessons in Spoken French for Men in Military Service
1917
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
First Lessons In Spoken French For Men in Military Service is a blue cloth wrapped book. The title and authors are in black print on top of the front cover, [FIRST LESSONS IN SPOKEN FRENCH / FOR MEN IN MILITARY SERVICE / Wilkins, Coleman, and Huse]. At the center is the Coat of Arms of the University of Chicago that is comprised of an open book and a phoenix over a flame. At the bottom is name of the publisher, [THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS]. The back cover is blank. The inner cover has a handwritten inscription in graphite that reads, [Capt. C. N. Caldwell / 1st Miss Leif / Personal.
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Catalog reference: 2017.111.24.3
