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Rockford Airport, Rockford, Ill.
Aerial view looking down on the airport with cars in the parking lot and people on the grounds.
"Slum" in the making, Camp Grant, ILL.
Shows four members of a mess kitchen's staff at a field maneuver on the military reservation at Camp Grant, Illinois. Postmarked from Rockford IL with an indiscernible date.
Post Exchange, Camp Grant, Ill.
Depicts soldiers sitting and standing at a counter enjoying the company and refreshments. On the back: "Camp Grant, Illinois, located 4 miles south of Rockford has again been converted into an Army Camp." This suggests that this postcard is from…
Soldiers Leaving Camp Grant, Illinois
This card shows a line of soldiers next to a train with a water tower on the left in the distance. The soldiers' uniforms suggest this is World War II era.
Interior, St. Mary's Chapel, Camp Grant, Illinois
Depicts soldiers in pews at a service.
Army Barracks, Camp Grant, Ill.
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.
Air View of Camp Grant, Illinois
Pictures the layout of the land and the buildings.
Interior, Emmanuel Chapel, Camp Grant, Illinois
Depicts men gathered for a church service.
U.S. Cavalry Review
A large assembly of uniformed soldiers on horseback with swords drawn.
Roll Call
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. Soldiers are lined up outside their barracks ready for roll call.
Water Tower - First class water tower and sewerage system for perfect sanitation
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. Shows a water tower on the grounds with buildings on either side.
"Orders to Leave"
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. Men are outside their barracks, folding tents, preparing for departure.
"Hospital Units"
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. A long, two-story building flying the US flag and a red cross flag, with a medic vehicle parked outside.
General View of Medical Section - Well equipped for all emergencies
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. Shows buildings between diverging roads and towering trees to the left and right.
A Street Scene - Wide streets etc.
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. Soldiers with arms, and one on horseback. "Wide streets, allowing plenty of light and air. The camp covers several square miles and has about one thousand…
"News from Home always Welcome"
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. Pictured is a group of five soldiers reading a newspaper with tents in the background.
Bird's-eye View - Camp Grant
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."
Interior of Barracks
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. A long view with cots on either side of a central aisle. Four men are seen on cots with two soldiers standing at attention in the far left distance.
Regimental Exchange
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. A truck is backed up to this facility, with three men outside.
"Strike One" - Baseball and other good sports
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. Depicted are a group of men playing baseball and another group as spectators. "Baseball and other good sports for recreation and muscle building."
"Mess Line"
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. With two men conversing in the background, a group of soldiers, two abreast, apparently march toward a meal. "Simple, but wholesome food is supplied to…
"Everybody Happy Here - Visitors Welcome
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. A group of soldiers, one playing guitar, with three women present, two boys, and a dog.
"Target Practice - Ready! Aim! Fire!"
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. Depicts a group of soldiers, rifles ready - down on one knee - aiming.
National Army Engineers
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. Two soldiers are in front of a tent in the background while in the foreground three surveyors demonstrate their work.
"Getting into Form" - healthful exercises
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. A group of soldiers, with hats on the ground and arms extended, get a dose of "healthful exercises [-] our daily program."
Post Office
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. Several men are pictured outside a structure with a US flag atop.
"Recreation - It's lots of fun dancing"
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. A semi-circle of smiling men, many kicking up one leg, while one soldier provides music on his fiddle.
Guard House
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. A line of ten soldiers in front of the guard house building, one on each end with rifles.
A portion of the Camp
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. This picture depicts rows of long buildings; "each barrack is 43 by 140 feet, housing 200 men."
YMCA Building [on outside of folder]
These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. This photo portrays thirteen men standing in front of the Y.M.C.A. building.
A Modern U.S. Army Camp
With tents in the background, soldiers march on the grounds in front.
Ed Larson at Camp Grant, WWI
Depicts a man holding a child in one arm in front of a rickety fence with a bare tree to the left. On back: "Ed Larson - WWI - Camp Grant - in the only clothes he had all winter - uniforms issued in late spring when Camp Grant finally got them - and…
Cecil Orford
A soldier, in full uniform, stands at attention by a house with a man on the porch in the background. On back: "Taken in 1917 at King Farm House - Apple River. Cecil Orford."
Camp Grant, Y.M.C.A. building
A building, with a chimney and a water tower behind, at the intersection of two streets; the street sign reads "S. 4th Ave." and "S. Service St."
Camp Grant, army bake ovens
Men outside cook tents with smokestacks, telephone poles lined up in the background.
Camp Grant, pumping plant on beautiful Rock River
A building beside a raised reservoir with a wide vista of surrounding trees and the Rock River.
Camp Grant, section of barracks
A road lined with telephone poles dissects rows of buildings on each side.
Camp Grant, Y.M.C.A. Auditorium
View of this large structure showing four doorways with a bicycle by one of them.
Camp Grant, section of birdseye view
Looking down on rows of long buildings with smaller structures in between.
Camp Grant, section of hospital unit
Photo over telephone lines and trees depicting rows of long buildings with porch railings.
Camp Grant New C.B. & Q. R. R. Depot
The train depot building, with a portico area to the right, beside train tracks.
"Mess Line" - Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill.
With two men conversing in the background, a group of soldiers, two abreast, apparently march toward a meal. "Simple, but wholesome food is supplied to Uncle Sam's soldiers." This card is postmarked from Rockford IL on January 24, 1918 at 6:00 PM.
The House Guards
The photo, with a handwritten date of Oct. 28th 1918, portrays four uniformed nurses.
I'll bring you back some souvenirs
Cartoon of a uniformed soldier with a beer stein suspended on sausages hanging from his shouldered rifle as he leads a dachshund wearing a German spiked helmet. Postmarked from Waco Texas MacArthur Branch with an indiscernible date in 1918.
"Rookies carrying their bedding to Barracks" - Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill.
Soldiers in front of a barracks building watching another group carrying their bulky bundles. Postmarked from Rockford IL Grant Branch on March 11, 1918 at 3:00 AM.
Water Tower, Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill.
With a blue, white-clouded background, the buildings below - with a few people on the grounds - surround a water tower. On back: "Our hearts exulting swell as we think / Of victories we have gloriously won. / We've never lost our cause, as yet, /…
Unidentified soldier
A dignified pose of a uniformed soldier, with mustache, glasses, and hands behind his back.
Untitled [group photo, soldiers & women]
With a backdrop of a train's engine - with people even in its two front windows - poses a group of fourteen soldiers and women, with handwritten names by some.
"Our First Lesson" - Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill.
This card depicts crouching soldiers aiming their rifles. On back: "We are drilling every day, / For that land so far away, / To defend our country true / To represent Red, White and Blue." Postmarked from Rockford IL on April 25, 1919 at 2:00 PM.