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Management number | 15360319 | Release Date | 2025/10/04 | List Price | $45.00 | Model Number | 15360319 | ||
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You're bidding on a RARE set of 10 RPPC real photo post cards circa 1917 showing WWI soldiers in training at Camp Lee, Virginia.
The subject matter for the mint condition post cards that came in their original mailer envelop (soldier bought the post cards on base and took them home while on leave) is as follows: THE HOSTESS HOUSE SETTING UP A FIELD MESS STATION BASE HOSPITAL SOLDIERS AT MESS TIME INTERIOR OF YMCA AUDITORIUM A SKIRMISH LINE TROOPS ON REVIEW CAMP LEE LOOKING WEST FROM WATER TANK RIFLE INSTRUCTION YMCA BUILDING VIEW OUTSIDE FROM NO 57 STREET
World War I Just 18 days after a state of war with Germany was declared, the first Camp Lee was selected as a state mobilization camp and later became a division training camp. In June 1917, building began and within sixty days some 14,000 men were on the installation. When construction work ended, there were accommodations for 60,335 men. On 15 July 1917, the War Department announced that the camp would be named in honor
Category | Vintage & collectibles > Paper ephemera > Postcard |
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Size | N/A |
Brand | None |
Condition | Good |
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