In preparation for and during World War I, many local National Guard units were called into service, both in foreign service and in service protecting the home front. This picture shows Company C, 318th National Guard Unit, Engineers, which was mobilized from the Vancouver (Washington) Barracks to serve in France. One of the individuals in the group is Lt. George Wellington Stoddard (1896-1967), who earned his architectural engineering degree from the University of Illinois in 1917, and was immediately drafted into the U. S. Army. He served with the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in France from 1917 to 1920, then returned to Seattle where he began a prolific architectural practice.
Handwritten on image: Co. C. 318th Engineers Handwritten on verso: Lt. George W. Stoddard's outfit in 6th Division. AEF later in France 1918-1919. 318th departed from Vancouver Barracks, Washington. Stoddard - well-known Seattle architect.
Caption information source: https://www.mil.wa.gov/uploads/pdf/history/fields_vol_v.pdf Caption information source: https://dahp.wa.gov/historic-preservation/research-and-technical-preservation-guidance/architect-biographies/bio-for-george-w-stoddard
ID Number: 1970.4969.29
Date: 1917
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 47.5 x 7 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
