Collection	Otto B. Sells
Copyright	Oshkosh Public Museum
Description	Gelatin print Company B, 2nd Wisconsin National Guard Football Team.
Event	World War I
Medium	Photographic Paper/Ink
Notes	Candid outdoor image of Company B, 2nd Wisconsin National Guard Football Team. The men are wearing football uniforms and standing in an arc while a photographer at left takes their picture. A barracks building is in the background. Taken when Company B won the Pennant at Camp MacArthur, Texas. They played other teams from neighboring camps and were undefeated. The image the photographer is taking, appears in the booklet: "Company B 127th Infantry In the World War: 1917-1919." Otto B. Sells was the son of William and Carrie Prine Sells. He was a member of Company B, 127th Infantry, 32nd Division during World War I. He was killed by an artillery shell near the town of Fisme, France on August 4, 1918.
Object ID	P1935.12.2
Object Name	Print, Photographic
People	Sells, Otto Bernard
Place	Camp MacArthur, TX
Print size	2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Subjects	Group Photographs Male Soldiers Football Football players 2nd Wisconsin National Guard World War I Photographers Cameras
Title	Company B, 2nd Wisconsin National Guard Football Team
Year Range from	1917
Year range to	1918

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