Postcards, Camp Pike

 
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Camp Pike souvenir folder of postcards
Postcards, Camp Pike
Camp Pike souvenir folder of postcards
Camp Pike souvenir folder of postcards

Postcards, Camp Pike

Object number1991.012.00
DateMarch 5, 1919
Mediumpaper and ink
Dimensions4 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (10.8 x 15.9 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionSouvenir folder of color lithographed cards (views on both sides) of Camp Pike (now Camp Joseph T Robinson, USA) Front has trop pause view and two U.S. 1 cent stamps. Gray border, vine and berry deco, addressed to Miss May White, Poole, Ind, , back cover view os U.S. troops on a hike, stripe border has vine a berry trim and various military vignettes, including a motorcycle mounting 3 troops and a machine gun armored side car. Inside folder lists U.s. accomplishments on 1st 6 months of the war. Car includes views of Knights of Columbus Volunteer Firemen, fire engines and fire houses, troops eating in mess hall, patients in a base hospital ward, overview from a warehouse district, Division Headquarters, roads and grounds, troops at work, an equestrian officer, and more.
    Status
    Not on view
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