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Myriam Lahaurine met the American Sergeant Major H. W. Johnston during his service with the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I.
This scrapbook consists of photographs of Sergeant Johnston, his fellow servicemen and a few aircraft (including a Junkers and the USS Akron). Most of the scrapbook commemorates personal events in Myriam Lahaurine Johnston's life, such as her relations with family and friends, her wedding to H. W. Johnston, the birth and childhood of their daughter, Miriam, their home in Ohio and the family's travels to such places as Biarritz, Nice, Paris and Washington, DC. Also included are signed photos from Richard Evelyn Byrd and Lily Pons, as well as a signed letter from the latter.
Genre/Form
Correspondence
Photographs
Rights
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Names
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
ZRS-4 Akron (Airship)
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957
Johnston, H. W.
Pons, Lily, 1898-1976
Topics
Aeronautics, Military Aeronautics World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations World War, 1914-1918