Purchased by the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College on August 12, 2020 from Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York.

Great Military and Naval Preparedness Tournament Starts at Sheepshead Bay, New York: One of the greatest and most educational military spectacles ever staged in the United States was formally opened on May 20 at Sheepshead Bay, New York. During the next week, the militia will engage in extensive military naval operations. They will create conditions that are as close to actual war as possible, for the sake of working out problems revealed by the European war. Photo shows New York motorcycle ambulances, the very latest thing in transporting wounded from the front to military hospitals, New York.

Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 1/2

Ferrotyped prints are processed in such a way that they are shiny. The print has a sensitive surface, usually thinner, because it was put through a press while still wet.

Ferrotyped prints have a sensitive surface, usually shiny and thinner, because they are put through a press while still wet. Ferrotyping makes the surface of the photograph smoother. Light does not scatter as much on a smoother surface, so this increases contrast. That makes ferrotyped images better for press photography.

This object has the following keywords:

• Casualties
• Injury
• Motorcycle ambulances
• Motorcycles
• Sheepshead Bay
• Stretchers
• Training maneuvers
• United States Navy
• United States Navy
• World War I

• Image Dimensions: 6 x 7 15/16 in. (15.24 x 20.16 cm)

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