John F. Blauer World War I photograph collection, 1910-1933

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Blauer, John F.
Title
John F. Blauer World War I photograph collection
Dates
1910-1933 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 box, (.5 linear feet)
Collection Number
UUS_P0502
Summary
The John F. Blauer World War I Photo Collection consists of 115 black and white photographs mostly depicting scenes from France (St. Juvin, Grandpré, and the Argonne area) and Germany (Prüm and Trier area) during World War I and the soldiers and nurses of Evacuation Hospital Unit Number Seven. There are additional prewar photographs from Lund, Idaho; Lava Hot Springs, Idaho; and Fort Riley, Kansas as well as postwar photographs taken in Junction City, Kansas and near Niagara Falls. The collection also contains 11 postcards with scenes of France, and an invitation to a 1933 reunion of the Evacuation Hospital Unit Number Seven.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

John F. Blauer was from Lund, Idaho. He enlisted in the military on July 26, 1917 and joined the Evacuation Hospital Unit Number Seven on November 25, 1917. Blauer was promoted to private first class on July 17, 1918 and was discharged at Fort Russell, Illinois on May 18, 1919. After the war he settled in River Heights, Utah where the family home still stands. Blauer died on February 12, 1955 from injuries sustained in a January 1, 1955 automobile accident. He was 60 years old. The accident also killed his wife, Violet Hansen Blauer.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Log Book of Evacuation Hospital Number Seven A.E.F. November 25, 1917: May 1, 1919 described the unit as having organized: “at the Medical Officers Training Camp at Fort Riley, Kansas, late in October, 1917. The personnel consisted entirely of officers from the M.O.T.C., there being no enlisted men selected at that time. Early in November Lieut. Col. W.H. Tefft assumed command, and on November 25, 1917, about one hundred enlisted men were assigned to the company.” The unit operated in France and Germany during World War I from 1917 to 1919.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The John F. Blauer World War I Photo Collection consists of 115 black and white photographs mostly depicting scenes from France (St. Juvin, Grandpré, and the Argonne area) and Germany (Prüm and Trier area) during World War I and the soldiers and nurses of Evacuation Hospital Unit Number Seven. There are additional prewar photographs from Lund, Idaho; Lava Hot Springs, Idaho; and Fort Riley, Kansas as well as postwar photographs taken in Junction City, Kansas and near Niagara Falls. Some of the photographs are thought to have belonged to a German prisoner-of-war and were most likely removed from the enclosed album with the German word for war memories (Kriegserinnerungen) on the front cover. The collection also contains 11 postcards with scenes of France, an invitation to a 1933 reunion of the Evacuation Hospital Unit Number Seven, and a leather-bound book titled The Log Book of Evacuation Hospital Number Seven A.E.F. November 25, 1917: May 1, 1919.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the John F. Blauer World War I photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: USU_P0502; John F. Blauer World War I photograph collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_P0502, USUSCA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed in November of 2012

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased by Utah State University Special Collections and Archives from Orrin Schwab Books located in Providence, Utah, in March 2012. This collection came to the book dealer through John F. Blauer’s grandson.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Images of Idaho, 1910-1920Return to Top

Container(s): Box Box 1, Folder Folders 1-3

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
Box 1 Folder 1
1-01-01: Front: "Lund School. Teachers. Mr. Robinson, Miss Standley, John Barker Sr., H.(?) Reddish” Back: “T.H. Robinson, Lucy Standley – Teachers”
1910
Box 1 Folder 2
1-02-01: Lund, Idaho baseball uniform; John F. Blauer at left
1910-1915
Box 1 Folder 3
1-03-01: “Taken in Lava Hot Springs [Idaho] Carl Meiners photographer Harold & Eva Spackman, Maude Moore, John Barker, Alice B. John Blauer, Wilford Barfuss”
1917 March 17
Box 1 Folder 3
1-03-02: Front: “Luella Peterson, John Barker, Eva Spackman Gladys Horsley, Carl Meiners, John F. Blauer, J.D. McDowell Harold Spackman was left out” Back: “Bancroft Theater”
1917 April 3

Images of World War I, 1917-1919Return to Top

Container(s): Box Box 1, Folder Folders 4-7

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
Box 1 Folder 4
1-04-01: “Kelley’s Kitchen, Fort Riley [Kansas]”
1917
Box 1 Folder 4
1-04-02: “Chow time Kelley’s Kitchen, Fort Riley, Kan.” Verso: “1. Kester 2. Chas. Wyant 3. Hair 4. Otto Jensen 5. Ervin Fausett 6. Christofferson 7. Chas. Gardner 8. Douglas Taylor 9. Harry C. Warner 10. Wilson” Individuals numbered on front of image
1910
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-01: "Pulling down the camp at St. Juvin [France]"
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-02: “An Exploding Mine”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-03: St. Juvin, France area
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-04: French postcard of “Coulommiers (S.-et-M-) – Château de Montanglaust”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-05: “A grave in the Argonne [France]”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-06: Plane wreck, St. Juvin, France area
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-07: "Bomb wrecked museum at Trier [Germany]"
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-08: “LaFollette and a machine gun, Argonne, France”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-09: “An English Plane”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-10: “An English Tank in Action”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-11: “77th Division Troops on their way from the front. St. Juvin, France”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-12: St. Juvin, France area
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-13: “1. Bingham 2. E.D. Green 3. Wilson 4. Reeder” Individuals numbered on front of image
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-14: “Ruins near St. Juvin [France]”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-15: “Captain Phelps grave in the Argonne [France] 77th Division”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-16: “American graves near St. Juvin [France]”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-17: “Our pup tents at St. Juvin [France]”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-18: “A part of a tower in Trier [Germany] of the old Roman wall”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-19: “Farrens on a pile of shells at St. Juvin [France] a negro guard nearby”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-20: Unknown location
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-21: “Pfc. Guy Farrens with a German machine gun in the Argonne [France]”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-22: Soldiers by a plane
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-23: “Evac. Hos. No 7 receiving candy, cigarettes and cigars from company fund. Prüm, Germany”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-24: Soldiers
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-25: Soldiers with weapons
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-26: “Ruin near Grandpré [France]”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-27: “Blowing Taps over the remains of an American hero”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-28: “A German cannon in the salvage dump at St. Juvin [France]”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-29: “A shell hole”
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-30: “Gravel gang at St. Juvin [France] 1. F.B. Booth 2. Dan Robinson 3. E. N(?) Peterson 4. (blank) 5. Guy H. Farrens 6. Lorenzo Oakeson 7. Walter E. Bode 8. Chas. Cook” Individuals numbered on front of image
1918
Box 1 Folder 5
1-05-31 through 1-05-32: “Camp at St. Juvin [France]”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-01: “Firing Squad Prüm [Germany]”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-02: “One way of traveling in Germany. The tent is our kitchen.”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-03: “First retreat in Prüm [Germany], by E.H. 7”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-04: “Winter scene in Prüm, Germany”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-05: “German shells”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-06: “Pvt. Greening Shoemaker Prüm, Germany”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-07: “Training horses at Prüm, Germany”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-08:
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-09: “Ruins Kaisers Palace in Trier [Germany]”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-10: “An opened grave by a bomb”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-11: “Church in Prüm [Germany]”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-12: Ruins of a church; Unknown location
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-13: “German bombing planes”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-14: “An American hero in his final resting place. Chaplin Kelley, Prüm [Germany]”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-15: “Firing squad at Prüm, Germany”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-16: Postcard, “Quentin Roosevelt and plane in Germany”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-17: Ruins in Trier, Germany
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-18:
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-19: “Wreckage from a bomb”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-20: “A horse blown into a tree by a shell”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-21: “German dead”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-22: “A play in the Kaiserhof. Prüm [Germany] by 89th Division” showing some soldiers in blackface with a Kansas banner in the background
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-23: “An ice elevator, Prüm [Germany] and horse power”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-24: “A place in Prüm [Germany]”
1918
Box 1 Folder 6
1-06-25: “Market day at Prüm [Germany]”
1918
Box 1 Folder 7
1-07-01: “In the carpenter shop at Prüm [Germany] 1. Kinny (?), transferred from (?) 2. Hilder (?), Chauffeur for Colonel 3. Brown, Asst. carpenter 4. Dillon, athlete 5. Greening, shoemaker 6. Towers, plumber 7. Lewallen, sign painter 8. Higgarson, machinist 9. Hawkins, asst machinist” Individuals numbered on front of image
1917-1919
Box 1 Folder 7
1-07-02: “Mr. Herman H. Wendt”
1917 January 5
Box 1 Folder 7
1-07-03: “Officers of Evac. Hos. No. 7 Prüm, Germany Reading left to right Sitting 1. Cpt. J.A. Matson (?) 2. Col. Tefft 3. Cpt. Barber Standing second row 4. Lt. J.C. Addison 5. Cpt. Lewis 6. Lieut. McGowan 7. Major. O’Rielly 8. Major Don P. Peters 9. Major Babcock 10. Cpt. McLain 11. Cpt. Doyle 12. Lieut. (blank) 13. Lieut. Vetters 14. Lieut. Elliott 15. Lieut. Miller Backrow 16. Lieut. Parson 17. Lieut. Garret 18. Lieut. Braden 19. Lieut. Parker 20. Capt. Sherman 21. Capt. (blank)” Individuals numbered on the front of image
1919 February 10
Box 1 Folder 7
1-07-04: “From Charles Wyant”
1917 August 18
Box 1 Folder 7
1-07-05: “1. Earl G. Green 2. Guy H. Farrens 3. Wilson 4. Reeder” Individuals numbered on the front of image
1917-1919
Box 1 Folder 7
1-07-06: “Wilson H. Masters Cape Girardeau, Mo. Prüm, Germany”
1919 January 25
Box 1 Folder 7
1-07-07: “Receiving tobacco and candy from company fund at Prüm [Germany]”
1917-1919
Box 1 Folder 7
1-07-08: “Record office of E.H.7, Prüm, Germany 1. Ernest Hill 2. Harry O’Grady 3. James R. Howard 4. Edwin Austin 5. Leo J. Sickel 6. Charley Carroll 7. T.M. France 8. John Briggs 9. L. Gardette 10. (blank) 11. (blank) 12. Victor R. Cloe 13. (blank) 14. (blank) 15. (blank) 16. Theodore Iles” Individuals numbered on front of image
1917-1919
Box 1 Folder 7
1-07-09: “1. Wilson 2. Reeder 3. Cloe 4. Block 5. Marrinelli 6. Barr 7. Alward 8. Ferraro 9. Clark 10. Lewallen 11. Grishaber 16. McCrosein (?) 13. E.W. Schultz 14. Maher 15. Guenther 12. Roth, Etta E. 17. Palmer 18. Guthro 19. France 20. Miss Grantham” Individuals numbered on front of the image
1917-1919
Box 1 Folder 7
1-07-10: “E.H.7 Banquet from company fund. Prüm [Germany] 1. Paschall 2. Cloe 3. Wesel 4. Howard 5. Beard 6. McCallum 7. Austin 8. Veenker (?) 9. Bingham 10. G.E. Schultz 11. Coutts 12. Warwick” Individuals numbered on front of the image
1917-1919
Box 1 Folder 7
1-07-11: “In the Red Cross Room 1. Sgt. Gustafson 2. Neilson 3. Envey 4. Henduf (?) 5. George 6. Tegan 7. Seikel 8. Carroll 9. Alward 10. Block 11. An English patient 12. Morin 13. R.B. Perkins 14. Guenther 15. Farrens 16. Grishaber 17. Morgan 18. Mushik 19. Miss Clark 20. Lance 21. Sgt. Lally 22. Valdez 23. Roundtree 24. Russ” Individuals numbered on front of image
1917-1919
Box 1 Folder 7
1-07-12: “In a French boxcar going to Neufchâteau [France] 1. Frost 2. Lyndahl 3. (blank) 4. (blank) 5. Williams” Individuals numbered on front of image
1918
Box 1 Folder 7
1-07-13: “Side door Pullman At Bar-Le-Duc on French boxcar to Neufchâteau [France] 1. Frost 2. Lyndahl 3. Me [John F. Blauer] 4. Fraas (?) 5. Williams” Individuals numbered on front of image
1917-1919
Box 1 Folder 7
1-07-14: Group of men in uniform
1917-1919
Box 1 Folder 7
1-07-15: “Basket ball players E.H. 7 1. Sgt. Preston Thatcher 2. Chester D. Barnes 3. Ralph B. Perkins 4. Charles S. Warwick 5. Albert N. Bingham 6. Dillon 7. Charlie W. Graves” Individuals numbered on front of image
1917-1919
Box 1 Folder 7
1-07-16: “Detachment office and workers 1. Sgt. B.O. Gustafson 2. Sgt. W.F. Reeder 3. Sgt. 1st C. A.S. Dahl 4. Sgt. 1st C. Orrill Rasmussen 5. Pfc. James G. (?) Sellers 6. Sgt. Malcolm C. Davis 7. Sgt. Maurice Miller 8. Sgt. 1st c. F.E. Lally 9. Sgt. Preston Thatcher 10. Sgt. 1st c. C.J. Crottier” Individuals numbered on front of image
1917-1919
Box 1 Folder 8
1-08-01: “Received from a German prisoner Oct. 15, 1918 at Soully (?), France” Taken from German P.O.W.
1918
Box 1 Folder 8
1-08-02: “Kaiser [Wilhelm II] reviewing troops” Possibly taken from German P.O.W.
1918
Box 1 Folder 8
1-08-03: “Germans dragging a machine gun” Possibly taken from German P.O.W.
1918
Box 1 Folder 8
1-08-04: “A German tank” Possibly taken from German P.O.W.
1918
Box 1 Folder 8
1-08-05: “Kaiser [Wilhelm II] visiting patients in hospital” Possibly taken from German P.O.W.
1918
Box 1 Folder 9
1-09-01: “Zeppelin which bombed London. Trier [Germany]”
1918
Box 1 Folder 9
1-09-02: “Zeppelin and hanger which bombed London. At Trier [Germany]”
1918
Box 1 Folder 10
1-10-01: “Nurses of E.H. 7 Prüm [Germany] 1. Palmer 2. Miller 3. Dunlap 4. Hindal (?) 5. Grantham 6. Todd 7. Dunlop 8. McFarland 9. McAllister 10. Reamy 11. Gorman 12. Murphy 13. McGrogan 14. Lang 15. Hiel 16. Cronk 17. Coyne 18. Grininger 19. Goge (?) 20. McLeod 21. (blank) 22. (blank) 23. Barrett 24. Bailey 25. Jones 26. (blank) 27. Tipton 28. Frederick 29. Kiel 30. (blank) 31. Dean 32. (blank) 33. Gladstone 34. (blank) 35. Clairmont 36. (blank) 37. Foresman 38. Slorp 39. (blank) 40. Ringrose 41. Wendling 42. Hanson 43. Clark 44. Grimes 45. (blank) 46. (blank)” Individuals numbered on front of image
1919 February 10
Box 1 Folder 10
1-10-02: Nurses of the Evacuation Hospital Unit Number 7
1919 Feburary 10
Box 1 Folder 10
1-10-03: “In hospital Prüm [Germany] 1. (blank) 2. Sgt. Nelson 3. Pfc. Griffin (?) 4. (blank)” Individuals numbered on front of image
1918-1919
Box 1 Folder 10
1-10-04: “In a ward at Prüm, Germany 1. Chaplain Kelley 2. a patient 3. 1st Lt. Braden” 4. (blank) 5. (blank)” Individuals numbered on front of image
1918-1919
Box 1 Folder 10
1-10-05: “Major Babcock’s oper. Team Prüm, Germany 1. Kitchen 2. Miss Dundas (?) 3. Major Babcock 4. Capt. Sherman 5. Major O’Reilly 6. Pfc. Booth 7. Nurse Dunlap 8. Patient on operating table” Individuals numbered on front of image
1919 February 19
Box 1 Folder 11
1-11-01: Image of bomb damage most likely photographed by a German soldier and taken from him as a P.O.W. Probably removed from the Kriegserinnerungen album
1918-1919
Box 1 Folder 11
1-11-02: Image of bomb damage most likely photographed by a German soldier and taken from him as a P.O.W. Probably removed from the Kriegserinnerungen album
1918-1919
Box 1 Folder 11
1-11-03: Image of bomb damage most likely photographed by a German soldier and taken from him as a P.O.W. Probably removed from the Kriegserinnerungen album
1918-1919
Box 1 Folder 11
1-11-04: Image of barracks most likely photographed by a German soldier and taken from him as a P.O.W. Probably removed from the Kriegserinnerungen album
1918-1919
Box 1 Folder 11
1-11-05 through 1-11-08: Image of bomb damage most likely photographed by a German soldier and taken from him as a P.O.W. Probably removed from the Kriegserinnerungen album
1918-1919
Box 1 Folder 11
1-11-09: Image of statue most likely photographed by a German soldier and taken from him as a P.O.W. Probably removed from the Kriegserinnerungen album
1918-1919
Box 1 Folder 11
1-11-10: Image of bomb damage most likely photographed by a German soldier and taken from him as a P.O.W. Probably removed from the Kriegserinnerungen album
1918-1919
Box 1 Folder 11
1-11-11: Image of train most likely photographed by a German soldier and taken from him as a P.O.W. Probably removed from the Kriegserinnerungen album
1918-1919
Box 1 Folder 11
1-11-12 through 1-11-13: Image of bomb damage most likely photographed by a German soldier and taken from him as a P.O.W. Probably removed from the Kriegserinnerungen album
1918-1919
Box 1 Folder 11
1-11-14: Image of unknown town most likely photographed by a German soldier and taken from him as a P.O.W. Probably removed from the Kriegserinnerungen album
1918-1919
Box 1 Folder 11
1-11-15: Image of cemetery most likely photographed by a German soldier and taken from him as a P.O.W. Probably removed from the Kriegserinnerungen album
1918-1919
Box 1 Folder 11
1-11-16 through 1-11-20: Image of solders and bomb damage most likely photographed by a German soldier and taken from him as a P.O.W. Probably removed from the Kriegserinnerungen album
1918-1919
Box 1 Folder 11
1-11-21: Multiple images of town scenes most likely photographed by a German soldier and taken from him as a P.O.W. Probably removed from the Kriegserinnerungen album
1918-1919
Box 1 Folder 12
1-12-01: French postcard of “La Bretagne Pittoresque – St. Brieuc. Cathèdrale et Vielles Maisons du Marira y”
1910-1919
Box 1 Folder 12
1-12-02: French postcard of “Rennes Eglise Saint. Sauveur. Vitrail du portail”
1910-1919
Box 1 Folder 12
1-12-03: French postcard of “Rennes – La Rue de l’Alma”
1910-1919
Box 1 Folder 12
1-12-04: French postcard of “Rennes – Les Quais de St. Cyr et de la Prévalaye – Au fond, panorama de la Ville”
1910-1919
Box 1 Folder 11
1-12-05: French postcard of “Amitiés de St. Brieuc”
1910-1919
Box 1 Folder 12
1-12-06: French postcard of “La Bretagne Pittoresque St. Brieuc – La Gare”
1910-1919
Box 1 Folder 12
1-12-07: French postcard of “La Bretagne Pittoresque Saint Brieuc – Entrée du Port et du Bassin á flot du Légué”
1910-1919
Box 1 Folder 12
1-12-08: French postcard of “Chateaubriant Phototypie Lacroix, Châteaubriant”
1910-1919
Box 1 Folder 12
1-12-09: French postcard of “Guerre Européenne – Rennes L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts – Centre de Réforme”
1910-1919
Box 1 Folder 12
1-12-10: French postcard of “La Bretagne Pittoresque Saint Brieuc Palais de Justice”
1910-1919
Box 1 Folder 13
1-13-01: Homecoming military parade for the 7th Evacuation Hospital, Junction City, Kansas
1918 April
Box 1 Folder 13
1-13-02: “From John to Alice Junction City looks quite nice in this photo but it isn’t very large.” Homecoming military parade for the 7th Evacuation Hospital, Junction City, Kansas
1918 April
Box 1 Folder 14
1-14-01: “E.H. 7 at Niagara Falls”
1918 April
Box 1 Folder 15
1-15-01: Postcard invitation for Evacuation Hospital No. 7 Reunion on October 3, 1933. Sent from W.W. Briggs in LaGrange, Illinois
1918 April

Kriegserinnerungen album (empty), 1933 SeptemberReturn to Top

Container(s): Box Box 1

The Log Book of Evacuation Hospital Number Seven A.E.F. November 25, 1917: May 1, 1919 , 1919Return to Top

Container(s): Box Box 1

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • World War, 1914-1918--France--Postcards.
  • World War, 1914-1918--Photographs.

Personal Names

  • Blauer, John F.--Photographs.