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Untitled [barracks under construction]
With completed buildings to the right, skeletal frames go up on the left, some with men on the roofs.
Untitled [framing in]
As the frames of buildings go up, so do the men - to the emerging floors, rafters, and roofs!
Untitled [building buildings]
The workers on this building are mostly on the roof as two men in the foreground discuss plans.
Untitled [construction almost completed]
The labor on this building is almost finished, with some workers outside to the right and others no doubt toiling inside the structure.
Construction Work, Rockford Cantonment
With workers and materials high, low, and in between, this construction scene seems chaotic, but the men know what they're doing!
Camp Grant
With tents in the background and men sitting and lying on the ground in front, this seems like a picnic scene.
Untitled [men marching]
Soldiers on the march.
U.S. National Army - Camp Grant, Rockford, ILL. #1968
Depiction of a building with cars parked in front. "Headquarters building where the staff officers transact business. In the camp are divisional headquarters, also the various brigade headquarters for the 40,000 men in camp."
Bunk Houses & Mess Hall, Rockford Cantonment
Buildings, tents, and more construction by the side of the railroad tracks.
Bird's-eye View, Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill.
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…
Untitled [men in civilian dress in lines]
Are they working or walking somewhere?!
Untitled [probably Walter R. Julian]
Photo of a soldier standing in front of a brick wall with arms crossed. Handwritten on the back is "probably Walter R. Julian WWI."
Operating Pavilion, Base Hospital, Camp Grant, Ill.
A team of six medical professionals around a patient on a table with an empty table to the left.
Patients Mess Hall, Base Hospital, Camp Grant, Illinois
Empty seats alongside long tables laden with food, plates, and pitchers.
Physio Therapy/Electro Therapy/Accounting & Banking/ Physical Reconstruction, Base Hospital, Camp Grant, ILL
The three depictions show various scenes of men in beds and others bedside.
A.L.A. Base Hospital Library. Physical Reconstruction, Base Hospital, Camp Grant.
Showing men and women at the stacks and at tables reading in the American Library Association Library.
Monday Night Convalescent Party, Base Hospital, Camp Grant
Men and women sitting at tables with a large band on stage.
Base Hospital Band - Camp Grant
The photo, dated Nov. 1918, shows a 33-piece band and leader.
Farming at Camp Grant
The top picture is labeled "use of tractor," with men laboring in the field; the bottom photo, labeled "Physical Reconstruction, Base Hospital, Camp Grant, ILL" shows six soldiers tending a garden.
Enlisted Men's Recreation Room, Base Hospital, Camp Grant, Ill.
A large, airy cabin-type room, featuring paneling and a beamed ceiling, with soldiers sitting at tables and on wicker chairs reading and relaxing.
332 Field Artillery Exchange, Camp Grant, Ill.
Men standing around a counter that bears the signs "Soda Department" and "Empty Bottles Here."
U.S. National Army - Camp Grant, Rockford, ILL. #1969
Looking down on rows of buildings. "Birds-eye view of Camp showing over 40 of the Cantonment Barracks in each of which 200 soldiers live. There are about 200 of these Barracks in the camp. The Barracks are each 43 feet by 140 feet."
"Retreat", Camp Grant, Ill.
Showing a marching band in front of a flagpole. On back: "Saluting Old Glory at Camp Grant, Illinois, is the Medical Department Replacement Center's military band. On this spot the cannon's thundering report is the signal for the raising of the flag…
Gas Defense, Camp Grant, Ill.
A line of soldiers in a wooded area with clouds of white smoke before them. On back: "Defense against chemical warfare is being practiced by the Camp Grant soldiers in this picture. In addition to training for service with U. S. Army medical units,…
"On Review", Camp Grant, Ill.
Groups of marching soldiers. On back: "A battalion of Camp Grant trainees passes in review on one of the camp's two spacious drill fields. In addition to their training for service with ambulance, collecting, clearing, station hospital and general…
Typical Post Exchange, Camp Grant, Ill.
With counters on both sides and soldiers at tables in between, this is the place for "a cooling drink, a smoke, a pair of socks, a bar of soap - almost anything may be purchased at one of the United States Army's Post Exchange stores. This is an…
Typical Barracks, Camp Grant, Ill.
With identical fences and lawns in front, these barracks almost seem like crackerbox houses in a row. On the back: "These are the barracks in which Uncle Sam's new soldiers get their first taste of army life. Located at Camp Grant's recruit…
Simulated Injury - Medical Dept. Field Exercises, Camp Grant, Ill.
Four men beside an ambulance tending to a "wounded" soldier on a stretcher. On back: "In action in the field at Camp Grant, Illinois, these new soldiers are getting practical experience in litter, or stretcher bearing, and are learning how to…
Issuing Initial Outfit - Recruit Reception Center, Camp Grant, Ill.
Personnel helping soldiers with their new uniforms. On back: "Welcome to Camp Grant, Soldier! You're in the Army, now! Thousands of new recruits are measured for shirts, caps, trousers and shoes each month at Camp Grant's recruit reception center.…
Colors on Parade, Camp Grant, Ill.
Color guard in front with men marching behind and barracks in the background. On back: "Guarding the Stars and Stripes are these three soldiers as Camp Grant trainees pass in review during an afternoon parade on the south drill field. One of the two…
Special Entertainment at Recreation Hall, Camp Grant, Ill.
Soldiers in bench seating watch and listen to a band on stage. On back: "This is a typical interior view of one of Camp Grant's recreation buildings. Here are brand new soldiers, listening attentively as a concert orchestra from nearby Rockford,…
Air View Looking West, Camp Grant, Ill.
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…
Bivouac on Field Exercises - Medical Dept., Camp Grant, Ill.
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…
"Post Office" - Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill.
Several men stand in front of the long building designated as the camp's post office. Postmarked Rockford IL Camp Grant Branch on October 4, 1918 at 9:00 AM.
U.S. National Army - Camp Grant, Rockford, ILL. Officer giving the boys the Guard Manual in front of barracks #1987
Soldiers seated on the ground before a barracks while an officer seated in a chair reads and offers instructions.
Camp Library, American Library Association, Camp Grant, Ill.
A sign on the left end of the building reads "A.L.A. Camp Library" while a sign proclaiming "Camp Library" is atop the main entrance. Several men are on the front porch and there are a few off to the side in front of the building.
U.S. National Army - Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill. A school of instruction in a camp street, showing line of barracks #1988
Soldiers sit on the ground while an officer seated in a chair gives instruction. A row of barracks are in the background with a few men milling about.
These supply trains will continue moving as long as you folks buy bonds
Convoys of covered army trucks move in two directions. On back: "United States Army Post Card. Soldier's Mail Free" and "Bolster the Line with Liberty Bonds."
U.S. National Army - Camp Grant, Rockford, ILL. #1964
With trucks and men in front, buildings recede to a line of trees and telephone poles. Also on the front of the card: "The camp is laid out in rectangular form with wide streets on which are the Barracks for the soldiers, officers' quarters,…
Jumping the hurdles, Camp Grant, Illinois
Men in the field performing various exercises and drills, with soldiers in the forefront jumping hurdles.
Hospital ward, Camp Grant, Illinois
Beautiful sidelong view of the building surrounded by trees with an extensive screened-in porch on the side.
Drill parade, Camp Grant, Illinois
Various clusters of units marching with a color guard in between.
Greater Rockford Airport
Aerial view of the airport on the left with woods and the Rock River on the right separated by a road. On back: "Greater Rockford Airport was established on property, which during World War I and II was a military reservation known as Camp Grant,…
Mounted troops on parade
Soldiers on horseback marching down the street with people viewing from the left. The Rockford Furniture Company building is in the left background and Rockford Lumber is on the right.
Remount Station, Camp Grant [left half of 4-card width post card]
This left section of a long (22") panoramic view shows a train (far left) stopped on tracks, then a road with a fence by it and horses to the right.
Remount Station, Camp Grant [right half of 4-card width post card]
This right section of a long (22") panoramic view shows a building of horse stalls, a fenced horse pen to the right, followed by more stalls and pens still further right.
Infantry Barracks, Camp Grant, Rockford, ILL. [left half of 4-card width post card]
This left section of a long (22") panoramic view shows neat rows of barracks buildings separated by long strings of telephone poles with a group of men far left.
Infantry Barracks, Camp Grant, Rockford, ILL. [right half of 4-card width post card]
This right section of a long (22") panoramic view shows more barracks in the distance, other long buildings in the middle, and small shacks further right with a group of men nearby.
Roosevelt at Camp Grant
A large group of soldiers sitting on the ground before a covered stage in the distance with buildings behind. On the campaign trail, Theodore Roosevelt stops at Camp Grant on September 26, 1917 to inspect the facilities and speak to the men.…
Army Post Office
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.