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Washing kits after noon mess, Camp Dodge, Iowa

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Looking at several military trainees washing their kits after noon mess. Original construction of Camp Dodge began in 1907, to provide a place for the National Guard units to train. In 1917, the installation was handed over to national authorities and greatly expanded to become a regional training center for forces to participate in the First World War. The name Camp Dodge comes from Brigadier General Grenville M. Dodge, who organized Iowa's first National Guard unit in 1856. 1918 postmark. Number 52974.
Title Washing kits after noon mess, Camp Dodge, Iowa
Index Date 1918
Publisher Hunt, Enos B. (Des Moines, Iowa)
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Commercialchrome print, divided back.
Note Color
citation/reference Camp Dodge (http://www.iowanationalguard.com/History/History/Pages/Building-Camp-Dodge.aspx)
Date Issued 1918?
Note Purchase or donation
Note Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Language English
Topic Military camps
Topic Military personnel
Topic Military life
Topic Military facilities
Topic Polk County (Iowa)
Topic Camp Dodge (Iowa)
Cartographic 41.699710, -93.707444
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_desa0001
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_desa0001
Identifier (local) grinnell:16866
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/16866
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