Call NumberTMD-19Alternate TitleShowering in Army's mobile shower unit Italy 1945CreatorBingham, Roy O., 1918-1992DateMarch 1945SummaryDuring a lull in the fighting, the Tenth Mountain Division's 85th Regiment, second battalion, established This shower bath in a shell-torn building as part of a larger rest center close to the front lines. Shows naked men showering, their clothes hanging on pegs, and men above manning the water tanks. One reads a book; sign reads: "Open for Business."Physical Description1 copy photonegative; 9 x 7 cm (3 3/4 x 3 in.); 1 photonegative ; 13 x 10 cm (5 x 4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 10 cm (5 x 4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectSki troopsMilitary campsNudesSoldiersUnited States. Army. Mountain Division, 10thWorld War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--ItalyGeographic AreaItalyCollection10th Mountain Division RecordsRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR700200019; Blizzard.Type of MaterialFilm negativesOriginal Material Found in Collection10th Mountain Division Resource Center CollectionTMD68. Henry I. Moscow papersNotesCopy negative originally numbered F46498. Number 123 handwritten on the original negative envelope. Number 21 handwritten and "Showering in Army's mobile shower unit Italy 1945" on the back of the vintage photographic print. Photograph published in Blizzard March 24, 1945, p. 3. Print torn in upper right corner. Vintage photographic print. R7002000195
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Bingham, Roy O., 1918-1992, Showers behind the front (March 1945). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 17/07/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1053596
