Mrs. Carl Muck After Registering as an Alien Enemy

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Description

During WWI, German nationals were classified as “alien enemies” and subject to internment and the seizure of their property. As a German national, Mrs. Carl Muck was subject to these terms.

The original caption for this photograph reads: Mrs. Carl Muck, wife of the former leader the Boston Symphony Orchestra after registering as an alien enemy. On her right is Chas. A. Ellis who tried to protect her from the cameramen and the crowd which surrounded the police station where she had just registered. Her property was seized by the U.S. Government. Dr. Carl Muck her husband is interned at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952.

National Archives Identifier: 31477746

Full Citation: Photograph 165-WW-157A-6; Enemy Activities – Arrests of Alien Enemies – Arrest of Alien Enemies in U.S.A. – Mrs. Carl Muck, wife of the former leader of the Boston Symphony Orchestra after registering as an alien enemy; 7/8/1918; Enemy Activities – Arrests of Alien Enemies – Arrest of Alien Enemies in U.S.A.; American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 – 1918; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 – 1952, Record Group 165; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/carl-muck-arrest/, March 25, 2026]

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