Acting Provost Marshal, Lt. Walter M. Niles

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Title Acting Provost Marshal, Lt. Walter M. Niles
Photo Number P0665n07_08_02
Description Item from Leo Leonard Scrapbook (black cover), 1935 to 1957. Newspaper photograph with caption: Acting Provost Marshal, Lt. Walter M. Niles is generally, as shown, with both hands busily engaged. Famous for his expediting of necessary details, his desk has a trmendous daily turnover. Lt. Niles is taking Capt. Leonard's place until his return. From a military newspaper, probably from Italy in the mid-1940s.
Date 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947
Keywords Niles, Walter M.; Men; Military officers; Provost Marshals; Military police; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Newspaper clippings; Clippings (information artifacts); Photographs; Snapshots
Subject Leonard, Leo Bradford, 1905-1975--Archives; Leonard, Leo Bradford, 1905-1975--Souvenirs and keepsakes; United States. Army--Military police--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Italy
Additional Information The Leo Bradford Leonard Photograph Collection follows his life as a civilian band member in the 1930s to joining the army band of the 88th Division of the 32nd Infantry and consequently being assigned as a military policeman in Germany and Europe around the time of World War II and immediately following. The main bulk of photographs are postcards and tourist images purchased by Leonard depicting towns and cities throughout Europe. The collection also contains personal photographs of Leonard and his second wife Elisabeth Josefine Gangl and her family in Europe as well as formal portraits. Also included is an album owned by Elisabeth before World War II showing friends and acquaintances in Germany.of his good friends, the writer Bernard DeVoto, as well as various photographs from trips he took that include Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Germany, Italy, and Asia.
Collection Number and Name P0665 Leo Leonard Photograph Collection
Collection Name Leo Leonard
Rights
Type Image
Digitization Specifications Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, 24-bit color. Archival file is uncompressed TIF.
ARK ark:/87278/s6ng68b9
Setname uum_map
ID 995883
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ng68b9