Making Nets and Camouflage Material
National Museum of American History

Making Nets and Camouflage Material

War Department · ca 1918

charcoal (overall production method/technique)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

Charcoal and ink wash sketch on blue-gray paper. Women are making nets and camouflage material in a large tent-like structure in Dijon, France. The structure appears to be fortified with sand bags at one end. There is a label attached to the bottom center of the sketch that reads: "MAKING NETS AND CAMOUFLAGE MATERIAL/Central Camouflage Depot at Dijon/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/3004."

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