Iowa Heritage Digital Collections
State Library of Iowa

Wool Putees

Title

Wool Putees

Description

The soldiers in World War 1 wore Puttees in order to stop water and mud from getting into their boots and pants. These wool putees were donated by Karen Ballard Avey in memory of Ed A. Howard in September 2015

Publisher

State Library of iowa

Contributor

Ankeny Area Historical Society in Ankeny, Iowa

Rights

U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. For permission to use the digital image, please contact the Ankeny Area Historical Society

Format

jpg

Type

still image

Identifier

2015.31.03b

Coverage

World War I

Original Format

Wool Putees

File Name

Wool_Putees0000.pdf

Repository

Ankeny Area Historical Society, Ankeny, Iowa

Repository Collection

World War I

Contact information.

Ankeny Area Historical Society, Phone (515) 965-5795

Digital item created

2017-03-02