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identity cards

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Cards issued by a government or other authority that verifies the identity of those that carry them. These usually have photographs affixed to them and include personal and descriptive information.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Lawrence Layden scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-042
Abstract

The collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by Lawrence "Ed" Layden, an officer with the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. The scrapbook contains photographs of Layden at various bases during the war, reconnaissance photographs, and photographs of Buchenwald concentration camp, which Layden visited on April 17, 1945, six days after it was liberated.

Dates: 1941-1945