Charles Ernest Gormley Playing the Clarinet During World War I

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Dublin Core

Title

Charles Ernest Gormley Playing the Clarinet During World War I

Alternative Title

WWI Soldier with Clarinet

Subject

World War I, 1914-1918
Veterans--Florida
Clarinetists

Description

Charles Ernest Gormley, an American soldier, playing the clarinet during World War I. Gormley was originally from Kansas, but he moved to Sanford, Florida, with his family shortly before WWI. Gormley served alongside his brother, George Gormley, in France from August 13, 1917, to April 14, 1919. His daughter, Luticia "Tish" Gormley Lee, was the contributor of this photograph.

Before entering World War I, the United States maintained a policy of neutrality, although the U.S. continued to supply the Allies: Great Britan, France, and Russia. The U.S. officially entered the war on April 6, 1917, in response to Germany's return to all-out submarine warfare on all commercial ships sailing for Great Britain and Germany's offer for military alliance to Mexico via the Zimmerman Telegram. The U.S. mobilized over four million military personnel through the course of American involvement in the war and lost 110,000 casualties. The U.S. vastly expanded its government and dramatically increase the size of its military during World War I.

Source

Original 2.25 x 3.25 inch black and white photograph: Private Collection of Luticia "Tish" Gormley Lee.

Date Created

ca. 1917-1919

Contributor

Lee, Luticia "Tish" Gormley

Has Format

Reprinted 4 x 6 inch black and white photograph, February 6, 2007.

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original 2.25 x 3.25 inch black and white photograph.
Digital reproduction of reprinted 4 x 6 inch black and white photograph, February 6, 2007.

Is Part Of

Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

image/jpg
application/pdf

Extent

100 KB
206 KB

Medium

2.25 x 3.25 inch black and white photograph
4 x 6 inch black and white photograph

Language

eng

Type

Still Image

Coverage

France

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher

Provenance

Inherited by Luticia "Tish" Gormley Lee.

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by Luticia "Tish" Gormley Lee and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Contributing Project

Dr. Scot French's "Tools in Digital History Seminar," Fall 2013

Curator

Cepero, Laura

Digital Collection

Source Repository

Private Collection of Luticia "Tish" Gormley Lee

External Reference

Keith, Jeanette. Rich Man's War, Poor Man's Fight: Race, Class, and Power in the Rural South During the First World War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004.
Carlisle, Rodney P. Sovereignty at Sea U.S. Merchant Ships and American Entry into World War I. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2009.

Transcript

FUJIFILM

02/06/07

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

2 black and white photographs

Physical Dimensions

2.25 x 3.25 inches
4 x 6 inches

Citation

“Charles Ernest Gormley Playing the Clarinet During World War I,” RICHES, accessed December 1, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/3081.

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