Olmsted, William Beach, Jr.: [Olmsted, Margaret Overton]: [World War I]:

$4,250 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

[ARCHIVE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA DOCUMENTING THE SERVICE OF 1st LIEUTENANT WILLIAM BEACH OLMSTED, JR., A.E.F., IN WORLD WAR I, INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF IMAGES OF FRANCE DURING AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER ... An engaging and carefully assembled collection of photographs recounting the World War I service of 1st Lt. William B. Olmsted, Jr., along with a substantial collection of ephemera and letters, described below. The photographs document all aspects of his war service, showing the aftermath of important battles, American soldiers, French soldiers and civilians, scenes of the countryside and devastated towns and villages, moments of calm and recreation, and images in France from the period of the Armistice and in the months after. The ephemera provides a detailed paper record of Olmsted's service in France.William Olmsted, Jr., (1893-1948) was born in Southboro, Massachusetts. His father, the Rev. William B. Olmsted, was the Headmaster of Pomfret School in Connecticut. Olmsted was Yale Class of 1915, and also did graduate work at Trinity College. After the war he joined the staff of American Viscose Corporation and was Vice-President in Charge of Sales and a director at the time he died. Olmsted volunteered for the American Field Service (formerly the American Ambulance Field Service) in France in June 1917, and then enlisted in the American Expeditionary Forces later that year. He attended French Officers' School at Meaux and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in February 1918.

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