This is an image from the U.S. National Archives of soldiers taking a predecessor of the Army Alpha (probably Examination a) at Camp Lee, Virginia in November 1917. Examination a was revised in January 1918 to create the Army Alpha, and latter replaced Examination a completely within a few months.
U.S. War Department, November 1917.
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985 (Record Group 111, image 111-SC-387). This is a cropped version of the image available online in the National Archives at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55162121">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55162121</a>