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Doughboys & Camp Greene Mecklenburg County, NC 1917-1918

Base Hospital after Fire

After the fire of 12/30/1917 - Base Hospital, Camp Greene, N. C. - 3 a.m.- that destroyed the operating pavilion and laboratory building.

Administration Building

Administration Bldg. from in front of Officers Quarters. Base Hospital, Camp Greene, N. C. 12/1917

Train Tracks

Near Blue Ridge, VA on line of Southern Ry., 9/1917

Laundry Truck

Base Hospital ambulance loaded with laundry stuck in the mud. 2/1918

Newspaper Delivery Men

'They Have Made The Caduceus Famous.' These men helped carry the newspaper to a ninety mile radius of Charlotte. The newspaper was selling almost 10,000 copies a week by September, 1918. The points of distribution were Charlotte, Gastonia, Statesville, Salisbury, Rock Hill, Kannapolis, Concord, Monroe, Mount Holly, Belmont or Hoskins. The men are, reading the top row from left to right, Toohey, Fields, Hilsabeck, Griswold, Bissell, Townsent, Mills, Wilson and Harrington. Seated are O'Connor, Donley and Lawlor with Frank seated on the ground.

US Rifle Training

Explaining the Mechanism of a U. S. Army Rifle at Camp Greene, NC