William E. Bowdish Discharge Papers

DateApril 2, 1919

Mediumglass plate negative

Dimensions6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (16.5 × 21.6 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Water C. Haussamen

Object numberPA1990.013.416.A

DescriptionThe honorable discharge paper of the United States Army for William E. Bowdish. The aper indicated he was released from service from an Army camp in Texas. William was reported to have blue eyes, light hair, fair complexation, and six foot and one inches tall. He enlisted at the age of twenty-eight and eleven months old and was born in Cortage, New Mexico.

Silver mirroring and emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate creating color distortion and emulsion loss.

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