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Doughboys and Camp Greene: Image Gallery: Photographs

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.

Seaboard R. R. bridge across Catawba River

Seaboard R. R. bridge across Catawba River. Its predecessor was washed away a year or so ago in the flood and a portion of its remains may be seen further down stream. 2/24/1918

Seaboard R.R. Station, Mount Holly, N.C.

Mount Holly, N. C. (not N. J.) 12 miles from Charlotte on the line of the Seaboard R. R. although the tanks of the 'Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey' makes you feel nearer to home than you are.

Rear of Officers Quarters

Through the pines - rear of Officers Quarters to Liberty Park, Base Hospital, Camp Greene, N.C. 6/1918