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Camp Greene (KP Duty)

Soldiers doing kitchen duties at Camp Greene.labeled censored Physical Description: 3x5 black and white Publisher: Unknown

Digging trenches at Camp Greene

Trench warfare was the main military maneuver in World War I. Soldiers are seen learning the skill. Camp Greene was a World War I training base in Charlotte, North Carolina. Physical Description: 3x5 black and white Publisher: A. M. Simon

Soldier returning from a hike at Camp Greene

Soldier returning to Camp Green after a hike. Camp Greene was a World War I training base in Charlotte, North Carolina. Physical Description: 3x5 black and white Publisher: A. M. Simon

Soldiers writing home at Camp Greene

Soldiers writing home at the YMCA facility at Camp Greene. The latter was a World War I training camp in Charlotte, North Carolina Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Unknown

Company Mess Hall at Camp Greene

Company Mess Hall at Camp Greene with three soldiers, including one of the cooks. Physical Description: 3x5 black and white Publisher: A. M. Simon

Hugh Ashcraft, Jr.

Charlotte native Major Hugh Ashcraft, Jr. served in the United States Army Air Corps and was later promoted to Colonel. He described his war experiences in his autobiography, Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown

Elizabeth College Student With Ensign William Cash

From Marie Isabella Matson's scrapbook when she attended Elizabeth College in Charlotte. Caption reads: Ensign William Cash - The Cincinnati.

Physical Description: Original in scrapbook35 mm negative

Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Dedication of the D.H. Hill School Marker

Photograph of the Dedication of a stone marker for the D. H. Hill School which stood at South Boulevard and Morehead Street.To the right of the marker is D. H. Hill IV, Carolina Platt and D. H. Hill, III. To the left of the marker is a child (unknown), North Governor Angus McLean and Cornelia Fore, Charlotte's leading historian of her day. Her papers are housed in the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room.To the far left, the bearded soldier is possibly named Mason, grandfather of Lillian Crosland. The granite boulder was manufactured by Piedmont Marble Company, and has since been lost.