1916 Long Branch pup tent?

Noel

Noel

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Into my possession has come a very dirty stinky oiled canvas tent. Dark olive drab, stakes are fashioned of hardwood. No ID on the tent canvas but the bag says 1916 and has the C arrow circle symbol.
The tent has no floor, straps on ridge line would allow a pole to slide thru as they look like they were sewn in diagonally along the centre.

Not having any luck finding out if this tent and bag are even a match. Thought perhaps someone here can shed some light for me. Would like to know what the poles were like to set this bad boy up.
This is not a round tent. Didn't measure but laying out flat it is eight foot square rough guess.

Thanks!
 
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The tents we had back in the day had a 2 pc. centre pole for the round ones and 2 x 2pc. centre poles for the square ones. Basically, it was a pole with a metal dowel and a sleeve to nest one pole into the other. The metal dowel went through the mating hole in the ridge seam and the skirt was tensioned the normal way by ropes and stakes. As you noted, they did not have a floor. BTW, they weren't Long Branch, just Canadian. I don't think that the Long Branch facility existed in 1916.
 
No, the 80 pounder. There were two related tents, the 80 pounder and the 160 pounder. The number refers to the total weight of the tent. The 80 pounder used an upright pole at each end, and had a ridge pole running down the center between the two. The 160 pounder was twice as long, had two ridge poles and 3 uprights. All the ones I had or saw were the olive green, with many made in the 60s. I think I still have one, maybe two out in the canvas shed, but quite frankly that shed has become so overfilled I would have to dedicate a couple days to clear it out and inventory everything.

They also had a fly you would spread over the top which would help reduce the heat as well as deflect a lot of the rain.

These tents were fairly heavy, but did not hold a candle to a marquee. If you did not have many bodies to raise the poles on a marquee, then a jeep could do the trick, but only on a windless day.
 
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So, a turn of events. I found very faint print on the bag, contacted the prior owner and she confirmed the name is of her Grandfather who was in the Great War. She has his discharge papers which she is going to pull out for me as well as the shrapnel they pulled out of "a place he didn't like to talk about".

I realize the tent and the bag may not match too. It is a supreme bugger to get it in the bag, perhaps it shrunk over time. Have more pics I'll load as time permits
 
Lol yeah it is every bit rank as you would expect.
Got a metal lathe and a wood lathe from the lady who sent this to me so I can whip up some dandy poles for it. Also came home with a Ross Bayonet and some of his insignia(?) stuff.
 
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