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Doughboys and Camp Greene: Image Gallery: Photographs
Sunday Afternoon Band Concert, Base Hospital
Sunday afternoon Band Concert at Base Hospital, Camp Greene, N. C. 1st N. H. Inf., 2/10/1918
Charlotte Schoolboy Chorus
The Charlotte Schoolboy Chorus, singing "La Marseillaise," under the direction of M. Hasselmans and Robert Lee Kessler, posed for this photo. Hasselmans, who is standing left of center, was ready to return to his native France but was invited to remain in America to assist in patriotic music festival. Under the appointment of the French High Commissioner he came to Charlotte and trained the military band for six weeks prior to the Entente Allies' Patriotic Music Festival to benefit the American Red Cross on April 26-27, 1918.
Sunday Afternoon Concert, Base Hospital
Some of the audience listening to the Sunday afternoon concert by the First N. H. Inf. Band. Sunday 2/10/1918 in the quadrangle of the Base Hospital, Camp Greene, N. C.
Base Hospital, Camp Greene, NC
Base Hospital, Camp Greene, Charlotte, N.C. 5/12/1918
Young Pine Trees, Base Hospital
Young pine trees. Base Hospital, Camp Greene, N. C. 12/1917
One of the Isolation Wards, Base Hospital
One of the Isolation Wards, Base Hospital, Camp Greene, N. C. 12/1917
Administration Building, Camp Greene, NC
Administration Building at the Base Hospital at Camp Greene.
Soldier with dog, Camp Greene, NC
Camp Greene soldier with his dog wearing a bandana. Note four soldiers sitting on a fence, facing the photographer.
Wards, Camp Greene
Each building shown in the photos was built to hold 900 convalescing patients. They were part of 4 others built west of the already established hospital area. These two-story buildings contained sun porches and were connected by covered walkways. Each was estimated to cost $75,000. J. A. Jones Co. of Charlotte did the construction work.