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Showing men and women at the stacks and at tables reading in the American Library Association Library.

A soldier in military uniform stands at the microphone on stage at Camp Grant. There is an accordion player behind him.

Aerial rendering of the crisscross patterns of roads, fields, and buildings that make up Camp Grant. On back: "Lower center is the Recruit Reception Center, where as many as 20,000 new soldiers may be outfitted and processed each month. Top left is…

Pictures the layout of the land and the buildings.

A promotional photo of Al Kavelin. He and his orchestra are believed to have been guest performers at Camp Grant during World War II.

Contained in a souvenir booklet labeled "Set of Photographic Post Cards, Camp Grant, Illinois." Postmarked Rockford IL on June 3, 1942. This card depicts new recruits on benches while soldiers hand out paperwork for testing.

Shows many two-story barracks in neat rows. A handwritten date on the back (Aug. 5, 1941) suggests that this postcard is World War 11 era.

A makeshift tent serves as a post office, with a man working inside, mail sacks outside, and two soldiers perusing a bulletin board on the left.

Contained in a souvenir booklet labeled "Set of Photographic Post Cards, Camp Grant, Illinois." Postmarked Rockford IL on June 3, 1942. This card depicts an assembly of civilian recruits with their bags disembarking from trains.

The photo, dated Nov. 1918, shows a 33-piece band and leader.

Group of men in striped shirts with baseball gloves. A military officer, Captain Cyril J. Ballam sits at the left. Part of the recreational activities at Camp Grant during World War II.

A baseball player in a Browns jersey stands at the plate to bat with a catcher behind him. The Browns were likely a St.Louis team affiliated with the Army's Granite City Depot of Engineering.

Kids playing baseball with a crowd behind the backstop. Believed to be related to Camp Grant activities during World War II.

An unidentified man in military uniform stands in a field with a baseball glove. Believed to be related to Camp Grant.

Basketball payer in a Camp Grant uniform prepares to shoot the ball.

These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. Portrays a number of buildings on flat, barren land. "200 men live in a barrack. Ten barracks house one regiment. One hundred barracks house one division."

Looking down on rows of long buildings. On back: "The time has come, how well I know, / I hear our nation's call. / Farewell, my friends, till victory's won. / For liberty must not fall."

Looking down on extended stretches of long buildings. On back: "Come, arm for the conflict, O sons of the sires, / Who on freedom's fair altars enkindled the fires; / That light, the way of the heroes, that fight / For home and for country, for…

Looking down a wooded slope to a clearing filled with strings of tents, comprising a bivouac, or temporary encampment of soldiers. On back: "The tiny triangular dots in the center of picture are 'pup' tents, or shelter-halves erected by trainees at…

A promotional photo of "Blue Barron". He and his orchestra are believed to have been guest performers at Camp Grant during World War II.

A promotional photo of performer Bob Cross. He is identified as Bob Cross and his orchestra "Mellow Music". He is believed to have been a guest performer at Camp Grant during World War II.

A boxing match on the grounds of Camp Grant during World War II.

A promotional photo of Boyd Raeburn. He and his orchestra are believed to have been guest performers at Camp Grant during World War II.

With men working atop a multi-tiered snow mound, there are additional men in front and horse-drawn wagons to the sides. This card is postmarked from Rockford IL Grant Branch on June 13, 1918 at 3:00 AM.

Buildings, tents, and more construction by the side of the railroad tracks.

With tents in the background and men sitting and lying on the ground in front, this seems like a picnic scene.

Rows of small tents with two soldiers at attention outside each.

Barracks at Camp Grant.

Camp Grant barracks. The Property Office is the second building from the left.

Camp Grant barracks under construction.

The Camp Grant Baseball team playing at an unidentified location.

Photo of the Camp Grant Baseball Team from the 1940s. The men's uniforms read, "Grant" across the front. Gilbert Johnson is pictured.

Seven basketball players with Captain Cyril J. Ballam at right. At Camp Grant during World War II.

Captain Cyril J. Ballam, dressed in military uniform, stands with Camp Grant basketball player number 13 and two other men in military uniform.

Camp Grant basketball player number 13 shakes hands with an unidentified officer.

The Camp Grant basketball team poses with two men in military uniform.

The Camp Grant basketball team stand on the court under the hoop. Cyril J. Ballam stands at the far right in his military uniform.

Captain Cyril Ballam stands at the right in military uniform. With him is a basketball team believed to be related to Camp Grant.

A chapel at Camp Grant during World War II.

A chorus line of soldiers performing at Camp Grant. Performance was related to Camp Grant activities.

A chorus line of soldiers performing at Camp Grant. Dwight C. Austin is third from the left. Harry Trunk is fourth from the left. Performance was related to Camp Grant activities.

A soldier in uniform cooks a large vat of sausages at Camp Grant during World War II.

Uniformed soldiers out on horseback at Camp Grant. Belonged to Floyd W. Hanford. Hanford enlisted in the Army on October 16, 1917 and was stationed at Camp Grant.

Camp Grant Hospital Ward. Several men are sitting up in their beds.

Portrait of two unidentified men in military uniform circa World War I. The man on the right may be a French officer, based on his collar tabs with the number "2". He may have been part of the British and French contingent that made up the Allied…

Portrait of circa World War I portrait of two men in military uniform, one sitting, the other standing with his elbow resting on the other man's shoulder. The seated man may be a French officer, based on his collar tabs with the number "2". He may…

Circa World War I portrait of two unidentified men dressed in military uniforms, shaking hands, one likely French, the other American. The French officer (on the left) may have been a part of the Allied Officers Mission at Camp Grant from the fall of…

Soldiers reading and relaxing in the Camp Grant Library.

Soldiers in the Mess Hall at Camp Grant during World War II.

Men in military uniforms sit down to a meal in the mess hall at Camp Grant.
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